5.18.11 | Sustainability manager Keri Luly took Allsteel Inc.’s message of workplace sustainability to the global stage when she recently presented a keynote address, “Sustainability and the Happy, Healthy, Productive Workplace,” at the China International Furniture Fair, March 27-30, in Guangzhou, China.

The presentation (sponsored by Allsteel’s sister company, Lamex) focused on using sustainability as a tool to attract and retain today’s workforce. “It’s clear that sustainability is becoming an important issue in China and other parts of Asia,” Luly said.

Joining her at the Furniture Fair was Stan Askren (center), HNI Corporation chairman, president and CEO, who participated in the official ribbon-cutting ceremony that signaled the show’s opening. Others (l. to r.) are Gao Yun and Zhou Chun Lei of Lamex; Thomas Reardon, BIFMA executive director; Marco Molinari, HNI International president; Scott Lesnet, HNI manager of sustainability systems; and, Terry Yang, HNI Asia vice president & general manager.

Reardon and Lesnet also delivered keynote addresses: Reardon discussed “The Role of BIFMA in Developing Furniture Sustainability and Level Certification”; Lesnet presented “Introduction to Indoor Air Quality, Its Causes and Impacts.”