Through honest materials, a desire for simplicity and lasting craftsmanship, Simon James celebrates the spaces we spend time in. We aim to have thoughtful influence within these spaces, which extends to the many avenues we currently employ to reduce our footprint and all the ways we still have to go.
All Simon James furniture products are locally manufactured, supporting a wide array of local businesses and New Zealanders.
We believe that investing in well considered furniture allows you to live better, with less, that lasts longer and Simon James products are designed with this in mind. To extend the life of these pieces, we offer reupholstery and refurbishing services that allow you to enjoy your Simon James products for many years to come.
We make the majority of our furniture items to order, or in small runs, allowing us to reduce our waste and only produce what is truly needed.
If you have no further use for your Simon James products, we offer a product stewardship programme. Suitable products are refurbished and re-homed with community driven organisations and when not suitable for donation, they are recycled.
We utilise reusable and recyclable packaging and are always reviewing options to reduce packaging to the minimum requirements. We offer packaging removal to ensure our packaging is reused or recycled whenever possible. We are constantly investigating low- carbon options for packaging materials that are not readily recyclable.
We work with natural timbers and other materials that are considered for their long use of life and ability to be recycled to further extend their lifecycle and reduce their overall carbon footprint. We consider all aspects of the materials and manufacturing process, from their energy consumption and waste during manufacture and are working on improvements where possible.
This includes the use FSC certified timbers that support responsible forestry, and water-based lacquers on timber products, timbers sourced through American Hardwood Export Council and powdercoating during manufacture that contains no solvents or VOCs and is RoHS3 (EU2015/863) compliant. We are currently undertaking testing and investigations into foam and feather replacements for our upholstery items and aim to have alternative solutions.
Currently, the feathers used are a by-product of the meat industry and foams are of the highest commercial grade to ensure lifespan of the product, backed by a 10 year guarantee.
We partner with like-minded businesses, working with market leaders in innovative manufacturing and approaches to design and circularity including Mattiazzi, Tekla, Emma Lewisham and Massproductions.
Where shipping product from international suppliers, we sea-frieght and consolidate shipping wherever possible to ensure a lower carbon footprint and lower emissions.