Businesses need partners who walk the talk when it comes to sustainability. At Unisource Solutions, sustainability isn't a trend—it's been at the core of our business since 1987, beginning with our efforts to help clients reuse and recycle existing furniture. As we mark Earth Day 2026, our commitment has only deepened in response to evolving climate challenges, growing resource demands, and the real-world impact we see every day in our communities across Los Angeles.
A Legacy of Sustainable Practices
For nearly four decades, Unisource Solutions has partnered with forward-thinking clients to minimize waste and lower environmental footprints across all areas of business—including through Platform, our in-house custom furniture division. Our mission remains clear as we face growing climate demands: increase awareness, eliminate unnecessary waste, and lead with intention.
As a local furniture dealer, manufacturer, and service provider in Los Angeles, we understand the role our operations play in shaping environmental outcomes. That's why we're focused on continuous improvement—designing smarter, working cleaner, and collaborating with our clients to build spaces that meet the demands of both people and planet.
Our Nine-Point Sustainability Framework
Our comprehensive approach to sustainability encompasses every facet of how we operate:
- High Standards: We require our service partners and the manufacturers we represent to operate at rigorous sustainable standards.
- Pollution Prevention: We implement effective waste management programs that prevent pollution for both ourselves and our clients.
- Hybrid Workplace: We maintain and support a hybrid workplace model that reduces employee emissions and pollution impact.
- Charitable Decommissioning: Our decommission services support charities through strategic donation programs.
- Sustainable Sourcing: We prioritize environmentally friendly materials, including FSC-certified wood, recycled materials, and low-emission finishes.
- Locally Made: Our Platform furniture division manufactures locally in Los Angeles, supporting the local economy while reducing transportation-related emissions.
- Packaging Refusal: We employ a refusal policy for excess cardboard in our receiving department.
- Carbon-Conscious Design: We utilize carbon estimator tools in our design process to promote environmentally responsible practices and minimize our carbon footprint.
- Sustainability Education: We provide LEED and other sustainable education resources to help customers extend the life of their furniture and reduce the need for replacement.
The Circular Economy in Action
Our commitment to the circular economy means we're constantly finding ways to maximize the value of our clients' resources while minimizing environmental impact. In 2025, we diverted 393 metric tons of reused, recycled, and repurposed products and materials from landfills—generating $60,000 in savings for end users.
That 393 metric tons breaks down across material streams: metal (258mt), cardboard (92mt), wood (32mt), donated goods (8mt), and e-waste (3mt). Every category represents a deliberate choice to keep materials in use rather than send them to a landfill.
Our approach follows an industry-standard waste hierarchy that prioritizes the most sustainable options first:
- Prevent: We continuously improve processes for packaging, inventory management, and materials sourcing to stop waste before it starts.
- Reduce: We pursue environmentally friendly and sustainable materials throughout our supply chain.
- Reuse: We repair, repurpose, and donate usable items wherever possible.
- Recycle: We recover raw materials where reuse isn't feasible.
- Responsibly Processed Waste: Landfill disposal is used strictly as a last resort—only for materials that cannot be diverted to better recovery pathways.
Our innovative decommissioning services help clients like PNC Bank, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, State Fund, and Union Bank transition to new workspaces responsibly. Using an advanced inventory system, we repair, refurbish, and repurpose assets wherever possible. When it's time to reconfigure or launch a new workspace, we access what's on hand and redeploy it with intention—minimizing waste, extending asset life, and maximizing value.
Our eco-conscious decommissioning processes include:
- Rebuilt Responsibility: Redeploying existing inventory for new office configurations
- Full Circle Reporting: Providing detailed reports showing how items were diverted or donated
- Efficient Moves with Minimal Impact: Using hybrid trucks to reduce environmental impact
- Fast and Efficient Service: Meeting timeline and budget needs while maintaining environmental responsibility
Community Impact Through Sustainable Donations
This year, our community work has been especially meaningful. In 2025, Unisource Solutions donated 18,000 lbs of quality office furniture to nonprofit organizations and charities—and our donation program has now reached 75+ nonprofit organizations and charities since its inception.
Some of the moments we're most proud of this year:
Responding to the Eaton Canyon Fires: When the fires displaced families across the LA region, we mobilized quickly—furnishing homes for those in need and demonstrating that the design community can turn surplus inventory into stability and safety.
A Sense of Home: We're proud to partner with A Sense of Home, which furnishes first homes for young adults aging out of foster care. We teamed up with Corgan and Swinerton to furnish an entire home using donated items—giving former foster youth a genuine foundation to build from.
Santa Monica PAL Youth Center: The center needed to update its aging furniture to better serve after-school programs. We donated modern, vibrant, and durable pieces—including sectional seating, ergonomic chairs, and conversation areas—that transformed the space into a welcoming environment that reinforces the PAL mission of building trust between youth and law enforcement.
The Samaritan Center of Simi Valley: When the Samaritan Center needed to expand their capacity to serve those facing homelessness and food insecurity, we donated Haworth workstations, ergonomic chairs, height-adjustable tables, and collaborative furniture to transform their operations and help their staff do their best work.
Building Better Together
Our sustainability efforts extend to our manufacturing and brand partnerships. Platform by Unisource Solutions partners only with local manufacturers who operate with high environmental awareness—using 100% pre-consumer recycled wood fiber particle board and 100% recyclable shipping materials throughout the process.
A highlight from this year: Platform demonstrated the power of reupholstery as a sustainable alternative to replacement by fully restoring 34 chairs for Riot Games within a rapid two-week turnaround. Rather than sending aging furniture to a landfill and ordering new, this project extended the life of existing pieces—reducing waste, conserving raw materials and energy, and lowering the overall carbon footprint.
We're also proud of our Best-in-Class partnership with Haworth, who shares our deep commitment to people and planet. Together, we develop and actualize creative, sustainable solutions that protect and restore the environment, support communities, and promote well-being.
And alongside Humanscale—who have adopted a circular model that removes waste and pollution from the manufacturing process and keeps materials in use longer—we've accumulated the following net positive impact over the last five years:
- 63,404 kg of CO2e avoided
- 162,850 gallons of water conserved
- 199,994 kWh of energy saved
Moving Forward
At Unisource Solutions, we believe sustainability is not just a responsibility—it's an opportunity to innovate and create better workplaces. As we reflect on what we've accomplished in 2025 and look ahead through 2026 and beyond, we remain committed to learning, improving, and working alongside our clients to make lasting, measurable progress for our communities and the planet.
Sustainability isn't a trend. It's how we've done business for nearly 40 years—and it's how we'll keep doing it, together.
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