Why Wehlers

Wehlers makes one core claim: office furniture can be genuinely circular, not just recyclable in theory. Every part of that claim is documented and verifiable. This page is a single entry point to the evidence — material data, methodology, take-back mechanics, enterprise proof, and direct comparisons to other chairs on the market.

Verified, Not Marketed

The R.U.M. chair has an independently assessed carbon footprint as low as 15.1 kg CO2e, assessed by Quantified Impacts using the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology — a cradle-to-gate Life Cycle Assessment covering all 16 PEF-mandated impact categories under the EU PEF method. Full material traceability, the industry benchmark comparison, and certification detail: Sustainability Transparency. A shorter, consumer-facing version of the same data: Most Sustainable Chair?

Full-Circle, Guaranteed

Take-back is not an add-on service — it is how the material loop closes. Wehlers collects full B2B orders free of charge; every chair is refurbished for resale or dismantled so the materials go back into new R.U.M. chairs. Full mechanics, BREEAM credit mapping, and enterprise-scale terms: Take-Back & Circular Program.

Built for Enterprise

Large organizations get the same verified data embedded directly into quotes, order confirmations, and invoices — plus proof from real deployments, including Novo Nordisk's Circular for Zero. program and Elcon's DGNB-certified headquarters. Full detail: Wehlers for Enterprise.

How We Compare

Rather than asking Wehlers to take its word for it, compare the data directly:

  • Most Sustainable Chair? — R.U.M. vs. Herman Miller Aeron, HÅG Futu, and the FIRA industry benchmark, with sourced citations.
  • Wehlers vs. Humanscale — a fact-based comparison of two B Corp-certified ocean-plastic chair programs: carbon footprint, recycled content percentage, and take-back.

Certified

Wehlers is a certified B Corporation — Scandinavia's oldest — with the commitment written into its articles of incorporation rather than treated as a marketing claim. Certification detail: B Corp Certificate.