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INTERIOR DESIGN DECLARES SUPPORTS THE NATUREWATCH FOUNDATION'S 'PAINT WITH KINDNESS, NOT CRUELTY' CAMPAIGN

The charity has identified that while bans on Household Products have been in place for nearly 10 years in the UK, there are many loopholes and animal testing still happens.  Household products include cleaning products - but also paints, grouts, lacquers and adhesives. 

There three campaign actions

  1. Sign petition - the UK ‘banned’ testing household products on animals, but the ban is full of loopholes.
  2. Use their letter template to contact your suppliers to help with the charity's research for their campaign which will be gathered in their Compassionate Shopping Guide. If you are outside of the UK, use this template to find out more from suppliers in your country.
  3. Use their Compassionate Shopping Guide once updated with this household products research.

INTERIOR DESIGN DECLARES SUPPORTS THE SCIENCE PRESENTED BY SENIOR UK SCIENTISTS

A new consensus on reconciling fire safety with environmental & health impacts of chemical flame retardants

After almost a year’s work, a scientific consensus has been signed by senior UK scientists on the need to readdress the use of toxic flame retardant chemicals.

CONSENSUS PAPER

PRESS RELEASE

Things you can do

  1. Sign the Petition.
  2. Write to your MP. There's a helpful template and resources at www.eco-chair.co.uk
  3. Watch the Decorex panel discussion 'Under Cover - A deep dive into unseen impacts of upholstered furniture choices'
  4. Ask questions of your suppliers
  5. Use your voice to speak out - we have a right to a healthy home and furniture free of toxic chemical flame retardants
  6. Sign up to Delyth's updates on fire safety legislation


iNews article - The toxic chemicals lurking in your mattress that could be making you ill

Daily Star article - Couch potatoes warned their sofas are crushing their IQs and making them thick

The Mirror - Brits' furniture could be making our IQ drop, warns bombshell study into toxic chemicals 

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One year in summary

It’s been a busy year already for us:

We are delighted to have 141 signatories one year into our Declaration. Along with being joined by Finland with their IDD Declaration.

The IDD steering group was created - the founding signatories were really pleased to be joined by:

  • Helen Gordon (Kite Creative), Nicola Holden (Nicola Holden Designs) and Sadie Miller Maggs (Masters student) in January
  • Karen Heritage (Heritage Green), Roksana Malik (Oktagon UK) and Bridie James (student) in April

We’ve taken part in successful, well attended events – which generated new members and lots of debate – at:

  • Planted

We’ve given interviews with:

We’ve continued to contribute to the Built Environment Declares steering group – Simone Suss is now joined by Helen Gordon on the panel

We’ve done another funding round and raised money to expand the information on our website

3 May 2022

: Announcements

Architects Declare statement on Ukraine

The Steering Group of Architects Declare in the UK this morning agreed the following statement, which has been drafted with representatives of Architects Declare in other countries:

"As Architects Declare, we declare our solidarity with the people of Ukraine and our unreserved condemnation for those involved in waging war against the country, the people, cultural artifacts and the natural environment. We also condemn the racist treatment of refugees and call for fair treatment of all those attempting to flee war zones.

"We call on all our signatory members to cease work on any major projects in Russia until such time as the country is willing to respect International Law.

"Furthermore, we pledge our willingness to help defuse one of the biggest threats to global peace since the Second World War. Putin’s war machine is very substantially funded by sales of gas to other countries. We therefore call on our respective Governments to implement an emergency level of mobilization in shifting our economies away from fossil fuels and towards a safer, renewably powered future. We as an industry will assist in implementing these measures and as Architects Declare we are committed to shaping a positive future for all.”

4 March 2022

: Statements