BEIJING - Steelcase, a global leader in office furniture manufacturing, which opened its largest Asian factory in Guangdong province in March, says it is committing itself to a more sustainable future for China.

Created in 1912 in Michigan in the United States, the company is now global and publicly traded, with fiscal 2010 revenues of approximately $2.3 billion.

Steelcase says it has long wanted to have a positive impact on the planet. In 2006, it set a goal to reduce its environmental footprint by 25 percent by the end of 2012, the year of its 100th anniversary.