Quality and environment
Quality and environment
CRAFTING HIGH QUALITY DESIGN
At Muuto, we place the highest importance on being able to
deliver high quality products. In order to ensure this, continuous
testing is at the heart of our design and development process.
All products undergo thorough testing and quality control, which
includes testing at the Danish Technological Institute to ensure
high levels of resistance, durability and safety of our products.
Building on our Nordic heritage, we value craftsmanship, and
our design and development process puts great emphasis
on functionality and creating long-lasting designs. We put
great emphasis on the selection of suppliers and handpick
only suppliers that live up to Muuto’s high standards - for
example the majority of our standard textiles for upholstery are
certified with the EU eco-label. We also offer relevant geographic
standards, such as fire-resistant foam that have passed testing in
accordance with the British standard BS 5852, and the California
Technical Bulletin 117 E, as well as UL certification of lamps.
OUR SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND CARING
FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
MUUTO’s products are designed to last, which in itself is caring
about and putting less pressure on the environment.
We see responsible manufacturing processes as being an abso-
lute must. We make every effort to ensure that we only work
with socially responsible manufacturers that operate to the
highest ethical standards. Our manufacturers adhere to the
United Nations principles for human rights, anti-corruption and
non-use of child labour as outlined in the UN’s Global Compact.
We source our raw materials with the greatest of care and we
view sustainability as a natural part of the New Nordic design
emphasis of working with new materials and production
methods. In this way, caring for the environment is not seen
as a duty, but as an intrinsic part of the design process.
MUUTO has the ambition to add a new perspective that often
leads us to working with innovative materials that have lesser
impact on our environment. For example, our RESTORE basket
and UNDER THE BELL lamp are partly constructed from recy-
cled PET bottles, while our FIBER chair series has a bio-com-
posite shell that is made of up to 25% wood fibers.
As a Scandinavian design company, wood is of course a highly
valued and much used material at MUUTO. We only work with
Nordic wood types such as oak, beech, pine and ash that are
not endangered and sourced from sustainable managed forests.
YOUR GUARANTEE OF
HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS
All MUUTO designs have undergone extensive testing and are
produced according to ethical guidelines and environmental
requirements. You can read more about the standards we
adhere to here :
DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
Our furniture is tested at the Danish Technological Institute,
which tests our furniture in accordance with the latest European
and international standards and regulations.
www.dti.dk/testing
MÖBELFAKTA CERTIFICATION
The leading European measurement of high standards, the
Swedish Möbelfakta certification is a based on three criteria:
quality, environment, and social responsibility. This means that
every stage of manufacturing is green, meeting established
international technical standards, while also guaranteeing that
all stakeholders in the production chain comply with the United
Nations Global Compact.
www.mobelfakta.se
UN’S GLOBAL COMPACT
www.unglobalcompact.org/AboutTheGC/TheTenPrinciples/
index.html
UL CERTIFICATION
www.ul.com
CALIFORNIA TECHNICAL BULLETIN 117
www.bearhfti.ca.gov/about_us/tb117_faqs.pdf
EU ECOLABEL
www.ecolabelindex.com/ecolabel/eu-ecolabel
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