Sedus Stoll: Products and EPD Coverage Snapshot

Who Sedus is and what they sell

Founded in 1871, Sedus Stoll AG designs and manufactures office furniture in Germany, selling across Europe and beyond. The range spans task and visitor chairs, modular desks and benching, meeting and café tables, storage, lounge seating, and room‑in‑room systems.

Product breadth at a glance

Sedus serves multiple furniture categories rather than being a pure‑play chair brand. Across the portfolio, SKU variety sits in the hundreds when you account for sizes, bases, arm options, shells, fabrics, and finishes. That breadth is a strength in project packages across offices, education, healthcare, and public buildings.

What exists today: EPI, not EPD

Sedus publishes Environmental Product Information data sheets for more than 100 products that include bill‑of‑materials, recyclability and product carbon footprints. The company states this EPI format mirrors EN 15804 content, yet it is not externally verified as an EPD (Sedus Transparency, 2026) (Sedus Transparency, 2026) and (Sedus EPI explainer, 2024).

Why that distinction matters in specs

EPIs are useful for internal design and buyer conversations. On projects with embodied‑carbon targets or LEED v5 materials credits in play, teams typically require third‑party verified EPDs. Without them, modelers often default to conservative assumptions which makes substitution easier. An EPD is the ticket that keeps a product in the running when carbon accounting is strict.

Current coverage signal

We could not locate Sedus EPDs in major public operator libraries as of January 2026. Their EPI library is deep and helpful, but it does not unlock the same credits or procurement checkboxes as a verified EPD. That creates a gap on large tenders where product‑specific EPDs are preferred or required.

Likely best‑sellers without EPDs today

Chairs such as se:do pro 2, se:flex, and open up appear frequently in marketing, awards, and application imagery. These lines have Environmental Product Information sheets on individual product pages, not third‑party verified EPDs. A popular task chair without an EPD can be edged out by a like‑for‑like competitor when project teams filter for EPD‑ready seating.

Competitor benchmark manufacturers with chair EPDs

Several direct competitors publish verified chair EPDs across regions, which increases their specability on projects with transparency criteria.

• Steelcase lists multiple seating EPDs under the BIFMA Seating PCR. Example. Leap AMER/APAC EPD valid through 2029 and Move AMER through 2029 (NSF, 2024) (NSF, 2024).
• Herman Miller has a Verus Task Chair EPD for North America with validity to 2030 (EPD International, 2025) (EPD International, 2025).
• Haworth’s Zody seating carries EPDs in EMEA and Asia Pacific with validity into 2029 and 2030 respectively (EPD International, 2024; 2025).

These examples show how a single, high‑volume task chair with an EPD can satisfy procurement requirements across multiple geographies. That is a practical edge when schedules are tight and submittals have to clear first pass.

Where Sedus competes most often

In workplace and education fit‑outs, Sedus commonly faces Steelcase, Herman Miller, Haworth, and Vitra on chairs, plus regional specialists on tables and storage. For room‑in‑room and acoustic pods, they also encounter niche booth makers. When spec teams standardize on a brand that can cover seating, desking, and collaboration pieces with EPDs, the door closes quickly on alternatives without them.

The commercial calculus

An EPD on one or two flagship chairs often opens doors to entire furniture packages. Sales teams then fight on design and ergonomics, not on exemptions. The cost and effort of an EPD is frequently offset by even one mid‑sized office project win. We see teams lose momentum when they rely on self‑declared documents that look like EPDs but are not verified. That is a missed oppportunity.

A fast path to credible EPDs

• Prioritize your two highest‑volume task chairs and one stool or visitor chair. Start where most bids begin.
• Align PCR selection with the competitive set so buyers can compare apples to apples. Use the same operator families competitors rely on to simplify acceptance.
• Make data collection easy for engineering and plant teams. Centralized utilities, bill‑of‑materials with weights, supplier distances, and waste streams are the heavy lifts. A partner that handles the white‑glove wrangling here saves your senior people days of effort.
• Choose an operator recognized across your core markets. IBU and North American operators have mutual recognition paths that reduce rework when you expand regionally (IBU mutual recognition, 2025).

Bottom line for Sedus watchers

Sedus has design depth, German manufacturing, and a credible EPI library. The missing link is third‑party verified EPDs on flagship seating. Closing that gap would instantly raise win rates where LEED v5 and owner policies lean on verified product data. It is the small credential that flips bids from maybe to yes, and it is definately within reach.

Helpful link. Browse Sedus’ sustainability and EPI hub here. Transparency at Sedus