Sustainability

Sustainability
Striving to achieve the highest standards in quality, ethical and environmental responsibilities. 


FWG are constantly investing in audit and compliance processes to ensure we provide the best possible service to our retail partners. Each and every one of our products is tailored to meet our customers' specific sustainability goals. Our close relationships with our factories ensure that these philosophies underpin everything we do.  Our teams are always thinking of ways to be more sustainable and keep up to date with new material innovation. 

Quality Assurance & Audits

FWG has a dedicated Quality Assurance (QA) team that is supported by a number of QA partners based in the country of origin. By placing the right resource at the right point in the supply chain, we can guarantee superior product is consistently produced, shipped and delivered to our customers. Our team are dedicated to ensure that all products conform to the pre-agreed specifications in the purchase and pre-order sample process.


FWG regularly audits all aspects of its business practice to ensure itself and its retail partners conform to the highest standards required under ethical, environmental, sourcing and compliance mandates. FWG’s own Quality Assurance team monitor any outstanding action plans and ensure corrective actions are addressed and rectified.


Sustainable Timber

FWG is constantly investing in its audit and compliance processes to ensure complete confidence in their product and to make life easier for their retail partners compliance responsibilities. We have developed our own system to track traceability for each product and each component within the product. ​


New Design, our Beds and Headboard Factory is FSC accredited. All timber used in throughout our supply chain is UK TR compliant. ​


FWG are fully compliant with the EU Timber Regulation directive (EC 995-2010) which lays down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market.

UK FR & Chemical Free

FWG regularly audits all aspects of its business to ensure itself and its retail partners conform to the highest standards required under Fire Safety Regulation, notably BS7177. We are members of the Furniture Industry Research Association (FIRA) and work to the FIRA Fire Safety of Furniture and Furnishing in the Home document.


FWG have developed a sophisticated system to manage the fire safety testing of the products they supply. All of our Factories are experts in UK FR for any filling materials. We ensure this is separated from any other non compliant materials. We complete random testing's on fabrics supplied from  fabric mills to ensure this is meeting the strict requirements. ​


Our complete mattress range is chemical-free, offering 100% natural sleeping surfaces.  We use a fully biological solution to treat mattress ticking to meet flame retardant standard.​  Read more on our mattresses below

Further information

  • Mattresses

    Our complete range is chemical-free, offering 100% natural sleeping surfaces – no chemicals are used in the viscose-cotton covers or in any of the natural fillings of our mattresses.​


    Where possible, locally sourced natural fabrics and fillings. This includes Hampshire wool which is produced close by to our factory and English spun cotton. ​


    We use a fully biological solution to treat mattress tickings to meet flame retardant standard.​


    Find out more here:​


    https://uk.millbrookbeds.com/sustainable-sleep/

  • Ethical Trading

    FWG are members of the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (SEDEX), an organisation dedicated to driving improvements in responsible and ethical business practices in global supply chains, and all partners conform with the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), an alliance of leading companies, trade unions and NGO’s that promote respect for workers’ rights around the globe.


    FWG is constantly investing in its audit and compliance processes to ensure it can provide the best possible service to its retail partners.


    FWG sets a high priority on these issues and understands that there is increasing industry focus in the areas of ethical trading and sustainable wood supply. FWG aim firstly, to ensure that its customers have complete confidence in the products that are supplied and secondly to assist customers with their own compliance task completion.

  • Modern Day Slavery Act

    FWG has a policy against human trafficking and slavery.


    All potential employees are required at interview stage to provide passports and any required right to work documentation.  This information is held on file for all employees.  All staff are paid by bank transfer and no cash payment for wages are ever provided.  The business does occasionally use temporary staff, who are provided by one agency whose procedures have been vetted by FWG management.


    All staff members are trained in order to raise awareness of the human trafficking and slavery. Training is conducted by the FWG Compliance Manager.


    FWG has 13 factories, 3 based in the UK the rest overseas in China, Malaysia and Vietnam. In order to supply FWG, all factories have to undergo regular independent audits from both an ethical and technical perspective. In addition, all our factories are visited regularly by FWG staff.

  • Information Security

    We are certified in ISO 9001 & ISO 27001, leaving you safe in the knowledge that your information is treated securely.  All staff are trained in Information Security procedures.

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