‘People want to be green’: the rise of Devon eco-bedmaker Naturalmat

Recently B Corp certified, Naturalmat is the first bed and mattress firm to achieve the ethical status in the UK. We visited to see how it minimises the impact of production and supports local people “We’re control freaks,” admits Mark Tremlett. “We buy direct from the sources so that we have more control. We buy our wool from local farmers, we know where the timber that we make our beds comes from. We sell from our own shops; we try to control every single aspect of the process.” It’s a control freakery that has paid off handsomely for the company Tremlett runs with his business partner Peter Tindall. Having started off as a teeny cottage company making mattresses for boats, Naturalmat is now the first B Corp certified bed and mattress company in the UK with five showrooms around the country. A Naturalmat showroom in London Continue reading...
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