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Sustainability Awards
The Decorex Sustainability Awards celebrate exhibitors demonstrating outstanding achievements in sustainability within the interiors industry. Through recognising exhibitors leading the way, the awards aim to inspire and encourage further progress towards a more sustainable future.
At Decorex 2024 we introduced four awards categories:
- Planet Conscious: Celebrating exhibitors who are committed to reducing their environmental footprint.
- Social Change: Celebrating exhibitors who are committed to social betterment for their employees, suppliers and communities
- Circularity: Celebrating exhibitors who embrace the circular economy, designing products for longevity and sustainability
- Sustainable Innovation: Celebrating exhibitors who push the boundaries of design by integrating sustainable materials and techniques into their products or ranges
We are proud to share this year’s winners:
Sustainable Innovation Award: Tamasine Osher
Tamasine Osher was awarded the Sustainable Innovation Award for their GRAIN lamps, which repurpose waste timber from storm-felled or surgeon-felled Ash trees into lathe turned translucent lights. Each lamp is crafted by hand, showcasing the natural beauty and history of the wood while preserving the heritage craft of woodturning.
By collaborating with tree surgeons and local landowners, Tamasine Osher ensures each lamp is sustainably sourced. The GRAIN lamps highlight the intersection of sustainability and craftsmanship, offering a unique lighting solution.
Circularity Award: Naturalmat
Naturalmat won the Circularity Award for their innovative approach to the circular economy in mattress production. Using natural, renewable materials like organic coconut fibre, natural latex and organic wool, they produce high-quality, environmentally friendly mattresses. Naturalmat has set a goal to create a fully closed-loop mattress service by 2025.
Their Mattress for Life Initiative™ ensures their products are recycled or refurbished, preventing waste from reaching landfills. Their mattresses have always been designed for disassembly, meaning every component can be taken apart and either composted, reused or recycled, and now customers can choose to Refurbish, Recycle or Donate their mattress when it reaches the end of its life. Naturalmat also minimises waste by producing to order and using reusable packaging, which has reduced plastic waste by over 5,000kg.
Social Change Award: Allwina
Allwina was awarded the Social Change Award for their transformative work with artisans in Argentina, Peru, and Colombia. Allwina was founded to revolutionise local economies in Latin America by providing sustainable income, professional development opportunities, empowerment-workshops for women, while also acting as a platform to preserve cultural heritage.
Their mission is to fight poverty by empowering artisans to preserve their cultural identity through the practice of traditional crafts. This preservation is not only about keeping traditions alive but also about strengthening community well-being. By helping artisans sustain their heritage, they create lasting economic opportunities that reinforce community pride, cohesion, and resilience.
Planet Conscious Award: CTO Lighting
CTO Lighting won the Planet Conscious Award for their dedication to reducing their environmental impact through timeless design and local sourcing. With 81% of their raw materials from the UK and having maintained carbon neutrality for two years, they demonstrated a strong commitment to environmental sustainability.
CTO’s commitments to the planet include respecting the environmental and natural resources, sourcing renewable energy, reducing waste, and transitioning to a circular economy. One of their key achievements has been establishing a recycling partnership with Lumicon to offset up to 100% of the waste from their lights sold in the UK.
Our 2023 awards went to Soho Lighting and House of Hackney
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