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| California Air Resources Board (CARB) Formaldehyde Rule | • New CARB Rule Labeling Fact Sheet • Sample Letters for 1) Customers, and 2) Suppliers |
| Canadian Furniture Task Group |
To join this effort to help ensure fair and smart furniture purchases in Canada, click here. |
| Department of Transportation | Petition for Rulemaking Classification of Polyurethane Foam and Certain Finished Products Containing Polyurethane Foam as Hazardous Materials |
| Environment Page (Click here for information on environmental and sustainability-related projects and resources.) |
Environmental Mission Statement: The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association is committed to promoting sustainable work environments and business practices based on sound economics, environmental protection, and social responsibility. We will accomplish these goals by fostering partnerships between manufacturers, suppliers, end users, and the science community; providing association members with education in the concepts of sustainable design; and developing meaningful tools for quantifying and communicating industry progress to interested parties. |
| Federal Prison Industries | Action Alert |
| Fire-Safe Cigarettes | BIFMA has joined the Coalition For Fire-Safe Cigarettes and encourages association members to join. Learn more about it at www.firesafecigarettes.org. |
| State Franchise Taxes | The Coalition to Protect Interstate Commerce (CPIC) is a group of businesses and trade organizations concerned with the trend of aggressive actions by state taxing authorities that effectively interfere with the conduct of interstate commerce. BIFMA is a member of CPIC. To join the BIFMA Interest Group for this issue, email bmiller@bifma.org and you will be added to the mailing list. |
| Sustainability | A draft standard entitled "BIFMA E3-2008 Business and Institutional Furniture Sustainability Standard" is now available here: BIFMA E3-2008.pdf. For more information, the BIFMA news release can be downloaded at: http://bifma.org/news/index.html; the NSF news release is viewable at: http://www.nsf.org/business/newsroom/press_releases/press_release.asp?p_id=16061; and anyone can comment on the standard at: http://standards.nsf.org/apps/group_public/document.php?document_id=1626&wg_abbr. |
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