Planet

Trees are not materials that humans can use as and when they like

It is crucial that we preserve forests because they play a vital role in absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and providing habitats for biodiversity, and many communities around the world depend on their resources. The FSC^® certification ensures that the solid wood we use for our products comes from responsibly managed forests. It guarantees that the forests are managed in a way that protects biodiversity and that is socially and economically beneficial to local communities. The silvicultural practices used are designed to preserve the diversity of flora and fauna and enable forests to be conserved over the long term. In 2023, 55% of our solid-wood products were FSC^®-certified.

Every item bearing this label is certified as being safe for people and the environment.

The OEKO-TEX certification applies to textile products. The textile industry is one of the most polluting. It uses processes that pollute the soil and impact water quality, leading to the degradation of ecosystems and therefore biodiversity.

We use OEKO-TEX^® STANDARD 100 certified fabric for our seating and rugs. This guarantees that the textiles or products used during the manufacturing process are safe for people (workers or consumers) and the environment. The certification aims to ensure that raw materials or finished products do not contain any harmful substances.

Our carbon footprint

Our Tikagreen strategy is based on scientific fact, starting with the calculation of our carbon footprint. A corporate carbon footprint measures the impact of a company’s activities on climate change, including employee travel and product end-of-life strategies. This measurement enables us to identify which of our activities emit the most carbon and to prioritise the actions we take.

In 2020, we carried out our first carbon assessment, which covered all of our activities (SCOPE 1, 2 and 3) from 2019. Carbone 4, a consultancy firm specialising in energy and climate challenges, helped us to carry out this assessment. This is the starting point for putting together a realistic strategy for achieving carbon neutrality, an objective that we believe is entirely attainable.

The main component of our carbon footprint: manufacturing

Manufacturing our products accounts for 75% of our total carbon emissions. Transporting them from our supplier to you makes up just over 20% of our carbon footprint. That's why we want our furniture to last a lifetime, and why we help you to look after and repair your products with our extended five-year guarantee.

Measuring our carbon footprint across our entire value chain has enabled us to identify the main sources of our carbon emissions: manufacturing our products (raw materials and energy) and transporting them to you. We have therefore prioritised initiatives that focus on these two issues.

LCA of our products

At Tikamoon, we decided to not only measure our carbon footprint, but to also carry out life-cycle assessments of our products.

This assessment measures the environmental impact of our products at every stage of their life cycle, in particular the production of raw materials, the manufacture of the furniture, their transportation and their end-of-life.

Life-cycle assessments enable us to not only analyse the impact of our products on climate change (carbon emissions), but to take into account all of the areas in which our products impact the environment, for example, acidification, consumption of water, energy and raw materials, and biodiversity. This is a multi-criteria, multi-stage (all stages of the life cycle) and multi-system (product and packaging) approach.

We have decided to put the results of these assessments on our product sheets so that our customers are aware of the environmental impact of their purchases.

We launched this project in 2021. We initially selected 80 products as a representative sample of our product categories.

In 2024, we are continuing to work on this project and our aim is to carry out life-cycle assessments on our entire range of furniture products.

Carrying out life-cycle assessments also enables us to implement our eco-design approach for our products. To find out more about the eco-design of our products, go to the “Eco-design” section of our Product page.

FRET21 commitments on transport

Transporting our products to customers is the second largest source of carbon emissions in our company.

In 2020, we committed to FRET 21, an initiative supported by ADEME and the Ministry of Ecological Transition. We have made commitments to reduce our transport-related emissions (upstream and downstream).

Below, you will find the different areas of action that we are working on:
- Means of transport – prioritising multimodal transport:
To limit road transport, we use inland waterways between the port of arrival and our warehouse in Lille whenever possible.
For our downstream supply chain – and when facilities allow – we have also introduced rail transport for our products.
- Optimising the load rate of our lorries:
Loose loading allows us to optimise the load rate of our lorries, thereby reducing the number of lorries on the road and the related carbon emissions.
- Working with our hauliers:
We take the ‘Objective CO2’ label into account during our tender processes
In 2023, we saw the benefit of our commitments, as we reduced our transport-related carbon footprint (upstream and downstream) by 15%.
We are working towards the objectives we have put in place on a daily basis, and we are taking a stand in favour of the development of multimodal transport:See the article.

The circular workshop

The circular economy consists of five consumerism-altering concepts, otherwise known as the 5 R’s: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle.

We have launched a number of projects related to the circular economy, which focus on sustainably sourcing our raw materials, using an eco-design approach for our products, consuming responsibly, extending the useful life of our products and managing our products’ end-of-life.

In 2021, we created our first circular workshop.
When a piece of furniture is returned to us by a customer, we inspect it to check that it meets our quality standards and that it looks as it should.
Some furniture may be damaged in transit, despite our best efforts to protect it. These returned pieces are then sent to our circular workshop. There, our carpenters take care of damaged furniture, from removing scratches to repairing or replacing certain components (doors, legs, etc.). The furniture is then sold in our second-hand shop in the north of France.
Our circular workshop gives pieces of furniture a new lease of life. We repair more than 7,000 pieces of furniture per year.