The Furniture Industry Sustainability Programme (FISP)
Launched in 2006, the Furniture Industry Sustainability Programme (FISP) has quickly become established as the trade’s premier forum on environmental and quality matters.
A membership organisation, FISP was formed following suggestions from the then Government Department of the DTI and DEFRA. With governmental furniture procurement amounting to ?1.4 billion a year, furniture trade associations were asked why there was no industry body devoted to matters such as sustainability, environmental management and chain of custody, like similar organisations in other industries.
Therefore FISP was developed by a working party of several partners, which today numbers 10:
- FIRA
- The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers
- British Contract Furnishing Association
- Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom Specialists Association
- Office, Furniture and Filing Manufacturers Association
- British Furniture Manufacturers Association
- Groundwork
- The Association of Master Upholsterers
- GMB - Britain's General Union
- National Bed Federation
External pressures for sustainable procurement have increased in the last two years, with the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), tender documents and retailers specifications now routinely insisting on Chain of Custody and the Environmental Management Systems ISO 14001 accreditation.
TECHO a.s. offers its customers the assurance that in fulfilling orders it is able to protect confidential information in accordance with the obligations arising from Czech membership of the EU and NATO. This is confirmed by an audit performed by the National Security Office and a certificate issued to TECHO a.s. by the National Security Office.
FISP (Furniture Industry Sustainability Programme ) and OTHER CERTIFICATES
Certificate of National Security Office ( only in Czech )