MillerKnoll is making headway toward its 2030 goal of cutting the carbon footprint of its operations and goods by 50%. The company's investment in renewable energy is one of the ways it intends to achieve this objective.
In the UK, one of MillerKnoll's manufacturing and distribution sites, PortalMill, was revealed to have finished installing solar panels and started producing its first solar-powered energy. "By utilizing the power of clean energy, we are able to significantly reduce this facility's carbon footprint and act as a local pioneer in the transition to a more sustainable, low-carbon operating model." By taking this action, PortalMill will be able to generate 20% of its electricity from renewable solar energy. As a result, the facility will annually offset 140 tons of CO2, which is the same as 347,509 miles of passenger car exhaust or about 14 Earth rotations. In addition to the advantages of the recently installed solar panels, MillerKnoll will work with Creating Tomorrow's Forests, which creates diverse woodland and ecosystems in the UK, to plant more than 20,000 trees in order to offset the emissions linked to the production and transport of the solar panel installation.