Restore Harrow Green Supports the Circular Economy and Delivers Major Office Furniture Refurbishment Project

Ida Gorecka • December 18, 2024

Banking on Office Furniture Refurbishment

With increasing awareness of the importance of sustainability across all aspects of their business, a major client of Restore Harrow Green was keen to explore how their current furniture portfolio could contribute to their ESG goals during a recent large-scale office refurbishment project.

When their office refresh left 285 Steelcase Reply chairs needing an update, the client's workplace partner Restore Harrow Green chose refurbishment over replacement. Working with our team at Coggin SOS, they transformed these premium office chairs into as-new condition, proving that large-scale office furniture reuse can be an obvious choice for large businesses.

The Numbers:

285 Steelcase Reply chairs given new life
13,965 kg of CO2e emissions prevented - equivalent to taking 71,082 miles of car travel off the road!
Energy savings comparable to powering 4 UK homes for a year
£76,950 saved compared to buying new (based on £335 per new chair)

Redefining Corporate Standards

The client's requirements were clear - no compromise on quality.

Coggin SOS delivered, with our partners Restore Harrow Green, chairs that met the exacting standards of one of the UK's leading financial institutions. Each chair was meticulously restored, proving that 'refurbished' can match 'new' in even the most demanding corporate settings. This demonstrates a new approach to corporate asset management that other businesses are starting to follow.

"Working on this project alongside Restore Harrow Green was an amazing opportunity to showcase how refurbishment can not only save furniture from unnecessary landfill, but can also provide a high-quality solution that not only saves money, but also the environment. Our client and Restore Harrow Green's commitment to sustainability has been fantastic, showing that even in the most demanding office environments we can still make a huge difference to the way we approach office furniture with just a small change of approach. We really look forward to continuing to prove that making a sustainable choice doesn't have to mean compromising on quality or cost."

-Sam Coggin

Setting New Standards

Projects like this change industries. Through this partnership with Coggin SOS and Restore Harrow Green, our client has shown that making sustainable choices doesn't mean you have to compromise on quality. While others mention sustainability, Restore Harrow Green is delivering it at scale in one of the most demanding sectors of all.

Coggin SOS's refurbishment expertise was central to this project's success. Our team's deep understanding of the Steelcase Reply chair's complex mechanisms, combined with our proven restoration techniques for premium fabrics and finishes, enabled us to return each chair to as-new condition. Working alongside Restore Harrow Green's logistics capabilities, we developed a batch processing system that maintained our exacting quality standards while handling a large premium chair refurbishment project.

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