Houston lawyers raise the bar on community impact

INDUSTRY
Legal Services, Membership Organization

HEADQUARTERS
Houston, Texas

COMPANY SIZE
50+

The recent relocation of the Houston Bar Association’s headquarters from two floors across 20,000 square feet meant there would be hundreds of pieces of furniture, equipment, and supplies that the organization would no longer need.

The Houston Bar Association – one of the largest bar associations in the country serving the needs of more than 10,000 members in the legal profession – partnered with Green Standards on the sustainable decommission of their former office in downtown Houston. Green Standards facilitated furniture donations and arranged specialized recycling to keep these items out of landfill while giving back to the community.

truck sending furniture to landfill

LANDFILL DIVERSION RATE (21 TONS)

0%

IN-KIND DONATIONS

$0

Green Standards provides free furniture donations to registered non-profits

NON-PROFIT BENEFICIARIES

0

Green Standards donates office chairs to non-profits and charitable organizations

EMPLOYEES WORTH OF FURNITURE

0

SQUARE FEET OF OFFICES

0

METRIC TONS OF CO2e EMISSIONS AVOIDED

0

Sustainable office decommissioning raises the bar on community impact in Houston.

Furniture donations arrive at food bank on behalf of Green Standards and Houston Bar Association

Furniture donations to non-profits in Houston on behalf of Green Standards

Houston Bar Association partnered with Green Standards to provide furniture donations to local non-profits in Houston.

Thanks so much for this furniture donation. The items will be sold in our Houston ReStore which directly supports our Habitat Affiliate with home building. These items are a tremendous help in our fundraising efforts with raising money to build homes.

Veteran Advocates Services Training receives donated furniture

Asset Distribution Results

Resale

Donation

Recycling

Relocation

Landfill

“We so appreciate Green Standards’ team working so hard to meet our deadline and we are thrilled with so many donations staying local.”

Ashley Gagnon Steininger

Associate Executive Director

Houston Bar Association

Beneficiary Spotlight

Thanks so much for this furniture donation. The items will be sold in our Houston ReStore which directly supports our Habitat Affiliate with home building. These items are a tremendous help in our fundraising efforts with raising money to build homes.

Repurposing Furniture for Building Homes

Habitat for Humanity NWHC

“Thanks so much for this donation. The items will be sold in our ReStore which directly supports our Habitat Affiliate with home building. These items are a tremendous help in our fundraising efforts with raising money to build homes.”

Natalie Gite, ReStore Operations Manager
Habitat for Humanity

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