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The Furniture Industry Sustainability Programme (FISP)

Sustainable development issues are becoming increasingly important to governments, retailers and consumers with all three pushing for products to be manufactured sustainably. The government is actively encouraging sectors to develop this ethos and the furniture industry now has its own programme. Over the last 12 months FIRA has been chairing a diverse furniture industry sector committee, to take this forward

Members of Club Green

A list of members of the Club Green scheme

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Furnishing the benefits of workplace noise reduction

By researching the use of acoustically advanced composite technology in the design and manufacture of office furniture, a consortium led by FIRA International Ltd (Furniture Industry Research Association) hopes to help reduce noise in the working environment. The work is designed to identify materials suitable for use in office partitions, desks, cupboards, drawers and filing cabinets, to build prototypes and test their structural and acoustic performance.

Recycling wood

An introduction to wood recycling

Improved Performance for Businesses Implementing - ISO 14001: 2004 Environmental Management Systems

Since the emergence of the first certified environmental management systems (EMS) in the early to mid nineties, there has been an increasing level of interest in their use within the furniture manufacturing sector. Improved environmental management means lower risk, higher potential for cost savings, which go straight to increasing profit while reducing emissions and subsequent pollution.

Environmental management systems in the furniture sector

An EMS is an important tool in the effective management and control of emissions, energy use and cost savings. In a growing number of cases an EMS is a pre-requisite at tender stage.

Chain of custody – procurement of wood and wood based products

The procurement of timber and wood based items from well managed sources is now paramount, Chain of Custody (FSC or PEFC) should be high on the agenda of all companies.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the furniture sector

Improve the way that you do business by assessing your performance on environmental, social and economic issues.

The Furniture Industry Environmental Committee

FIRA chair the Furniture Industry Environment Committee. Find out the workings of the committee and the benefits to the industry

The Environmental Merits of Timber

As architects and specifiers make decisions today about the buildings and structures for the first years of the 21st century, Britain’s oldest building material is re-emerging as the truly modern answer to today’s building design challenges.

Specifying sustainable timbers – Do the right thing!

Alun Watkins discusses key issues for designers, specifiers and clients to consider when selecting timber species.

Eco-label for furniture

An update on the development of an eco-label for furniture, a European Commission project.

Timber Certification

Independent verification that timber is obtained from sustainable sources is being demanded, not only by the ‘green’ consumer lobby, but increasingly through government procurement requirements for major projects, especially those attracting public funding...

Wood: A Natural, Renewable, Structural Material

The natural purpose of wood is to provide a framework which supports the foliage and fruits of the tree and which is resistant to lateral wind forces and gravity loads. These structural properties make it an ideal construction material.

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List of standards relating to furniture and fitments

The following list is available to FIRA members free of charge. The list will be updated from time to time based on information received from the standards’ authorities. Copies of many of the standards are available through our bookshop. FIRA members are entitled to a discount on standards that they purchase through this site.

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