Fredericia for People & Planet
Sustainability to us is taking our legacy and responsibility seriously when developing and producing furniture intended to be passed down from one generation to the next.
“ It is of great importance that the things we purchase and live with, do not need to be changed but instead grow old with dignity and charm. ”
Andreas Graversen, CEO for Fredericia, 1955-1995.
Our mission
Andreas Graversen with Børge Mogensen in 1969
Targets
2024
FSC®-certified Packaging
2025
FSC®-certified models
2025
Environmental certification
2035
Carbon neutral company
A certified B Corp
Certifications
In the early stages of a product, we challenge ourselves to make more sustainable choices, including using raw materials from sustainable resources and making choices that fulfil the high standards of third-party product certifications. For now, Fredericia has chosen to use the following material and product certifications:
Company certifications:
B Corp
Material certifications:
FSC
EU Ecolabel
Blauer Engel
Organic Content Standard
Confidence in Textiles
GreenGuard
Product certifications:
EU Ecolabel
FSC
Nordic Swan Ecolabel
Production
Our local production facilities are important to us, and we are proud to honour our history of local expertise and unchanging quality. Our name Fredericia comes from the fact that the company was founded in the city of Fredericia in 1911. To this day, we still have local production facilities for selected designs both in Fredericia and Svendborg. We handpick our suppliers and mainly purchase raw materials and semi-finished and finished products from European suppliers. We have opted out of overseas transport and subcontractors to improve the product life cycle.
Waste reduction
We work systematically to ensure waste reduction. For instance, we collect and sort textile and leather waste material separately, ensuring that the waste material can be donated, used for smaller products, or sold to other companies who can use it in their operations, prolonging the life of the materials.