Emily McGarvey | Source | Director of Sustainability at Room & Board
Emily McGarvey
Emily is the Director of Sustainability at Room & Board where she is responsible for implementing environmentally sound strategies that further advance Room & Board’s mission of delivering built-to-last furniture through sustainable practices that prioritize American craftsmanship. Emily has a long history of implementing social and environmental strategies, spanning across supply chain, product, operations, and branding through her former roles as Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at Target and Consultant for the Apparel Impact Institute. Emily carries her experience in sustainably sourced textiles and overall brand strategy to further Room & Board’s sustainable practices.
-
Room & Board
Director of Sustainability
started Jan 2022
-
Reclamation, reuse and the Urban Wood Project | Greenbiz
Emily McGarvey: Wood is our most-used material. Sourcing it responsibly just makes sense. And with 90 percent of our products manufactured in the United States, we are in a unique position to keep materials and production within the country.
Article -
Room & Board Expands Sustainable “Circular Wood Process” - Midwest Home
Room & Board’s Director of Sustainability, Emily McGarvey, explains that every year, Americans discard more than 12 million tons of furniture. “While fragments of tossed furniture can be recycled, the majority ends up in landfills, resulting in a profusion of waste that has grown 450 percent since 1960,” she says, citing the EPA. “Most of the furniture piling up in landfills is fast furniture. Similar to fast fashion, fast furniture, which is mass-produced and inexpensive, is quickly acquired and then abandoned.”
Article -
Now your house can feature an iconic, upcycled part of the New York skyline - Fast Company
“Each city has a different challenge to deal with,” says Emily McGarvey, Room & Board’s director of sustainability. The project followed in cities including Detroit, Anaheim, and the company’s native Minneapolis, mainly using reclaimed wood from fallen forests.
Article
-
"Wood is our most-used material. Sourcing it responsibly just makes sense. And with 90 percent of our products manufactured in the United States, we are in a unique position to keep materials and production within the country."