Hypnos awarded Planet Mark Carbon Neutral Certification
Leading sustainable sleep brand Hypnos has been awarded the prestigious ‘The Planet Mark – Carbon Neutral Certification’ in recognition of its decade-long commitment to carbon neutrality and environmentally-friendly product design.
Having been carbon-neutral for over a decade and offset over 9,550 tonnes of carbon along the way, Hypnos has demonstrated its pioneering and long-running environmental credentials. The company was the first bed manufacturer in the world to have become carbon neutral, championing the importance of sustainability and carbon reduction across the bed industry throughout the last decade.
The Planet Mark is committed to the United Nations Decade of Action, which cover everything from sustainable living to climate change and creating a circular economy. The Planet Mark is a highly distinguished sustainability certification for businesses in the UK and internationally, recognising continuous improvements within a company across a wide range of areas including building strong employee engagement to create a sustainable culture.
Steve Malkin, CEO and founder of The Planet Mark, comments: “Understanding and reducing the impact that your business has on the planet is absolutely essential and we know that Hypnos has been unrelenting in its pursuit of truly sustainable beds, delivering outstanding products for both its customers and the planet.”
The certification comes shortly after the family-owned British bedmaker announced it had developed an innovative new recyclable, eco-friendly and carbon neutral packaging solution. Made from sugarcane, a renewable and carbon dioxide depleting resource, the new solution will be used for beds and mattresses across its retail and contract factories, encouraging all bedmakers to adopt this technology to help eliminate plastic waste.
With regard to carbon reduction and tackling its footprint, Hypnos has implemented a range of robust measures focusing on using renewable natural resources and making sure that all its product designs and ethical bed production are focused on low-carbon solutions. Its carbon offsetting and social responsibility programmes include working in the community with local schools and conservation groups, planting trees to sequester carbon and build biodiversity environments.
“Our commitment to sustainable sleep is something which affects every single corner of our business,” says Richard Naylor, Sustainable Development Director at Hypnos Beds. “From our sustainability-led culture, products and operations to working with fully traceable materials and certified farmers and growers in our supply chain, right through to how we actually package our finished products, we’re sustainable in every part of our business and we aim to help set the sustainability standards for the bed industry.”
Naylor adds: “We’re delighted to be able to add The Planet Mark to our list of credentials which we have built throughout our long journey to sustainable sleep. We’ve led the way when it comes to environmentally-friendly bedmaking for well over a decade and are excited for everything we have planned over the next decade as well.”
For over a decade Hypnos has ensured sustainability infiltrates every area of its business; its products are made with 100% natural and sustainable fibres, meaning they’re fully recyclable and don’t end up at landfill sites at the end of their lifetime. In addition, all Hypnos mattresses are free of harmful and allergy-related chemicals – with no use of any any synthetic, chemical-based foams or memory foams.
