KI has reaffirmed its long-standing dedication to sustainability by attaining the improved FISP (S) certification, constructing on over a decade of steady accreditation beneath the Furnishings Business Sustainability Programme (FISP). As the one independently licensed sustainability customary created particularly for the furnishings sector, FISP represents the {industry}’s most complete benchmark for environmental, social and financial finest apply. KI first turned FISP-certified in 2013. Its development to the superior FISP (S) customary in late 2025 demonstrates the corporate’s ambition to guide the {industry} towards extra round, clear and future?prepared product growth.
FISP certification requires organisations to embed the three pillars of sustainability: atmosphere, society and financial system, all through their operations. To retain certification, KI undergoes an annual exterior audit that drives steady enchancment and maintains accountability throughout the enterprise, extending past environmental affect alone. The excellent vary of organisational practices reviewed embody authorized compliance, environmental coverage, sustainable buying, neighborhood engagement, workforce growth, vitality effectivity, waste discount and accountable finish?of?life administration.
In response to evolving {industry} expectations and the launch of SKA Score Workplace Environmental 2.0 in 2025, FISP launched an optionally available further module: FISP (S). This enhanced certification locations better emphasis on product-specific sustainability and the event of the round financial system, with a give attention to eco-design and end-of-life methods.
To realize FISP (S) certification, members should reveal a transparent route for providing remanufactured or second-life merchandise and have Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for chosen merchandise. This evolution helps a extra round strategy throughout the furnishings {industry}, highlighting KI’s dedication to sustainable innovation.
Jeremy McWhinney, Operations & Finance Director, MSc Enterprise Technique and the Atmosphere commented “At KI Europe we proudly champion our FISP membership as a result of we imagine it performs a crucial function in shaping a extra accountable and sustainable furnishings {industry}. FISP’s industry-specific framework not solely empowers and guides us to make significant, steady enhancements throughout all pillars of sustainability, but in addition supplies a helpful and much-needed benchmark for the sector.
“In 2025, we had been among the many first to realize certification to the brand new FISP (S) standards, which strengthens the hyperlink between sustainability and circularity by introducing product-focused necessities. Being an early adopter of FISP (S) displays our dedication to main the way in which in eco-design and end-of-life methods, guaranteeing KI stays on the forefront of optimistic change in our {industry}.”
