MeridaHome, in its quest to deliver the best, most sustainable and beautiful products to consumers, is a member of the Sustainable Furnishings Council (SFC). SFC is a coalition of concerned businesses that, together, are trying to promote sustainable practices. The mission of the council is to try to achieve four goals in the interior design industry:
1) Raise Awareness of Sustainability Issues
2) Assist Companies in Adopting Good Practices
3) To Provide Information and Clarification
4) To Create a Symbol of Assurance for Consumers
The great thing about the four goals that the SFC is working towards is that they are not limited to environmental sustainability. The SFC defines good practices as economic vitality, ecological integrity, and social equity. Which means that member businesses have a well rounded approach towards achieving sustainability. The SFC is broad in its membership as well, including retailers, manufacturers, designers, and distributor, which encourages entire supply chains to be sustainable. This is an idea that we highly value at Merida because it promotes ethical treatment of people, animals, and the environment at all stages of creating, selling, and using a given object (in this case, home furnishings).
The SFC website, http://www.sustainablefurnishings.org/ , is also a great resource for everyday consumers. The site has search buttons so that consumers can find SFC members by business type (i.e.: manufacturer, retailer, and designer).
Within each of those search buttons you can search more specifically for what exactly you need, and you can search by location as well, which makes the process even more user-friendly. In addition, SFC has a resource page so that the public can easily find other types of non-profits like theirs that promote better business practices.