Ethics statement

Being an ethical business is important to me....

I have been really fortunate to experience the workings of an ethical business and I have tried to incorporate those learnings into my own.

In order to monitor and improve the impact of my company I have published a ONE PLANET LIVING action plan.

Homeless and refugee charities,  People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA Business Friend),  WaterAid,  Marine Conservation Society,  Kit Tarka Foundation,  League Agains Cruel Sports, Friends Of The Earth, Surfers Against Sewage, Rowdy Girl Animal Sanctuary, The Green Centre.  All overseen by ethical acccountants Ozkan . 

Schemes used :   OneTree Planted, Ecologi, Green Earth Appeal

Using the Lend With Care  scheme

Two days a month are on offer. If you are a charity in need of design help, please contact me.  

To date: School Bus Project, Mile Oak School Science Bus project, Cycling UK, Changing Streams CIC, volunteering on the Professional Practice Commitee of professional body the British Institute of Interior Design 

The Co-operative Bank

Circular Brighton and Hove, Sustainable Business Network, Clean Growth Platform

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ONE PLANET LIVING

It's important to continuously improve how my business is run - both it's footprint - and how I work for my clients.

I've choosen ONE PLANET LIVING for setting out my objectives and targets for monitoring and improving.

One planet living

Key target outcomes:

GIVING BACK 5% of sales are donated to charities, treeplanting and micro-finance lending

Favourite initiatives and charities my company supports are...

RNLI
one planet living
Lewes FC non-profit o
Brighton Housing Trust

DIVERSITY IN MY INDUSTRY

My industry is not at all diverse and I support the innitiatives that are in place to encourage BAME designers and suppliers.

Through United In Design and the British Institute of Interior Design, I offer mentoring help to designers - new and students.

United In Design

Design for Diversity is another industry initiative...

MY PLEDGE

SHARING KNOWLEDGE IN MY INDUSTRY

I feel strongly that our industry needs to open up and share knowledge. We are the most poluting, resource using, consumer of resources. We are slowly waking up to our responsibilities to people, planet and animals. We need to share knowledge and improve our learnings to carry out out work with a lower impact.

I am volunteering on two committees for the interior design professional body the British Institute of Interior Design to do this - Professional Practice and the Sustainabiity Commitee - to provide support to our fellow members and the wider industry.

INTERIOR DESIGN DECLARES

I am a Founding Signatory of INTERIOR DESIGN DECLARES. This is part of the BUILT ENVIRONMENT DECLARES initiative to encourage change in our industry with the two main objectives being Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss.

My company and eight others joined together in March 2021 to get the interior design's declaration set and publised.

To fellow UK designers and suppliers of goods and services to the interior design industry, please join us at:

www.interiordesigndeclares.co.uk

We are also helping other countries to join our Declaration. To date with can been joined by Finland, closely followed by Egypt, Australia and the United States. If fellow designers would like to set up a Declaration for their country,please join us at:

www.interiordesigndeclares.com