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Client Success Stories
EPA estimates 8.5 million tons of office furniture and equipment are sent to landfill each year in the US alone. By working with like-minded organizations, we can keep these items in use and out of the landfill.
See how we’re making a difference.
Office ConsolidationHouston, TX
United Airlines partners with Green Standards in Houston to responsibly decommission 14 floors of office furniture and equipment with a 99% landfill diversion rate on 728 tons handled. Through a strategic combination of resale, recycling and donation efforts, United generated $278,779 worth of in-kind donations to 18 local non-profits.
General Motors Transforms its Campuses and Communities
Since 2016, Green Standards' partnership with GM has diverted 5,000+ tons of surplus furniture from landfill while making in-kind donations of more than $700,000 to 100+ non-profits through the decommission of multiple corporate campuses in Michigan.
Georgia-Pacific Improves Corporate HQ to the Benefit of Local Non-Profits
Georgia-Pacific was revitalizing 500,000 square feet of office space at GP Center and partnered with Green Standards for a sustainable decommission that diverted 600 tons of office furniture and equipment from landfill while making in-kind donations to more than 50 non-profits in Metro Atlanta.
OMERS Prioritizes Sustainability in 1,400 Employee Move
OMERS was consolidating 3 offices into a single newly constructed tower. As part of the transition, they partnered with Green Standards to responsibly decommission 400,000 square feet of office space, to ensure excess furniture and equipment would be kept out of landfill and channeled into local communities.
Fortune 100 Client Transforms High School Design Labs
North Rowan HS was revitalizing its design centers and needed new furniture. Green Standards was able to help out by facilitating in-kind office furniture donations from one of its clients - a local, Fortune 100 financial institution in Charlotte.
Featured donation stories with non-profits from around North America.
North Rowan High SchoolSalisbury, NC
North Rowan High School was revitalizing its design centers and needed new furniture. Green Standards was able to help out by facilitating in-kind office furniture donations from one of its clients – a local, Fortune 100 financial institution.
Through the transformation of GP Center’s 500,000 square feet of office space in downtown Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific partnered with Green Standards to sustainably decommission 700+ tons of office furniture and equipment, while providing in-kind donations to 50+ non-profits, including Zoo Atlanta.
The in-kind donations, valued at $534,584 to date, have benefited numerous organizations across North America including Youth Speaks, Habitat For Humanity and Educare of California at Silicon Valley.
The MukiBaum Accessibility Centre is 1 of 17 beneficiaries that received furniture and equipment donations from OMERS through our partnership. OMERS was able to repurpose valuable products with a 99% landfill diversion rate on 400+ tons of surplus assets. The OMERS project has received multiple sustainability and CSR awards for these efforts.
“This donation and what we’re celebrating is revitalizing this workspace to make it more hospitable, more efficient and more professional so that we can go about doing the business of the Red Cross.” - Henry Van de Putte, American Red Cross Texas Gulf Coast Region
While transforming the GP Center’s 500,000 square feet of office space, Georgia-Pacific partnered with Green Standards to sustainably decommission 600 tons of office furniture and equipment, while providing in-kind donations to 50+ non-profits in Metro Atlanta, including the Salvation Army.
The donated items included whiteboards, conference tables, fridges, chairs and a washer and dryer. “It’s all about the kids, and this is going to help us better support our kids, and those outside in the local community. This donation makes a huge difference” said Lisa Kaufman, Executive Director of Educare at Silicon Valley.
"We want to thank Green Standards for coordinating and delivering donations of teller safes and file cabinets to our Habitat affiliate. Several of the file cabinets will be used in our offices and the income raised through the sale of your donated products at our ReStore will be used to purchase building materials for the construction of Habitat homes in Union County, NC this spring." - Mike Reece, Executive Director
“This is huge! Thanks to Green Standards and its corporate partners, we were able to launch a first rate Neighborhood Resource Center and completely furnish a computer lab, library, conference room and set up offices for 7 employees,” said Richard Logan, President and CEO of Attack Poverty.
Thanks to a national partnership between TELUS and Green Standards, Lester B. Pearson Educational Foundation and Place Cartier were able to receive over 80 donated items, which included school-room essentials like chairs, desks, and cabinets. “We’re now better equipped to work with our students, especially our special needs students,” said Myriam Rabbat, director of Place Cartier.
“Our chairs were dilapidated,” said Jessica. “Some were missing wheels, some were way past their prime, and others were just gross to look at. Some of the staff started bringing stuff from home to compensate for their broken-down stuff at the office.” Green Standards facilitated the donation of 40 task chairs to the staff replacing their old chairs.
"On behalf of our entire KIPP LA Team and Family, I want to thank you so much for the incredibly generous furniture donation – it’s beautiful! Your support means so much to our schools and students who will be able to enjoy this modern and innovative furniture." - The KIPP LA Team & Family
"Thanks to this donation, Life Remodeled will be able to offer comfortable seating to students and community members who visit the center. Thank you for making the space look extra special." - Kelly Cleaver, Development Director
"Working with Green Standards has allowed us to have a great space for children and youth to come in and to manage. We can now focus some of that energy and time and money towards more meaningful tangible things for our participants within our programs. The donation has revitalized our space and transformed it drastically" - Shawn Burgess, Community Director at St. Alban's Boys & Girls Club.
"Thank you Green Standards for the wonderful donation of desks, chairs, and tables. The donated equipment created an open workspace, a comfortable lunch area, and a more enjoyable working environment for our staff."
- Jonathan Jump, Vice-President of Operations
“In an effort to feed 58,000 people each week, we rely heavily on donations that help us function in a professional and efficient manner,” said Eric S. Cooper, president and CEO of the San Antonio Food Bank, one of several non-profit agencies benefiting from Frost’s furniture donations through the decommission of the Rand Building.
Does Green Standards provide this service for free?
Green Standards Ltd. is a paid service for companies undergoing large moves or renovations at their corporate offices.
Conventional liquidation is typically expensive and will result in lots of waste to landfill on most office decommissions. Our turnkey service is an alternative to liquidation and combines resale, recycling and in-kind donations to local non-profits for triple bottom line results.
As the size of a project increases we get a lot more cost-competitive.
Is my project too small for Green Standards program?
We are best suited for large corporate projects or floors of offices with at least 75-100 employees and/or 15,000 square feet worth of office furniture and equipment to be removed.
Majority of our projects are in the 100 thousand square foot range and as the size of a project increases we get a lot more cost-competitive.
If you're interested in hearing more about our service, please follow the link below for a quote.
We collect a suite of supporting documents to demonstrate industry-leading transparency and accountability. Each piece is designed to protect your company from liability, track items to their end-destination and provide insight into the environmental and social benefits of the project.
We’re committed to measuring and sharing results, including the landfill diversion rate, greenhouse gas offset, and community impact of each project. To make your achievements accessible and easy to use, we’ve designed a cloud-based reporting portal that our clients can access 24/7.
I'm part of a non-profit interested in receiving donations, what should I do?
Have you signed up to receive notifications about free furniture available near you?
Please note, you will only get notifications by email if and when furniture and equipment donations are available in your region. After receiving the notification you’ll be able to view and place requests on what’s available near you.
How can I see what type of furniture you have available currently?
Our website does not feature furniture and equipment that we have available on an ongoing basis as we have hundreds of projects in multiple regions and cities running simultaneously.
If you’re interested in receiving future furniture and equipment donations for your registered non-profit or charitable organization, please follow the below link for more info.
Each office decommission is another opportunity to turn your excess office furniture and equipment into measurable value — value for your business, your community, and the greater environment.
Reduce waste
Leverage a unique redistribution strategy that diverts 98% of your surplus office furniture and equipment away from landfill.
Manage costs
Work with specialized project managers that save your organization time and money from inventory collection through to close-out.
Engage community
Generate valuable in-kind donations for non-profit and charitable organizations without any additional effort or investment.
Report results
Benchmark performance, utilize data, and share the achievement from all of your projects with our cloud-based reporting portal.