Formex sustainability award

Sustainability Award

Sustainability is a very important topic that deeply engages many of our exhibitors. We want Formex to be a platform to share and learn from the best examples in the industry, and have been raising issues around the topic for several years. Being recognized for your efforts is important to encourage you to take further steps. We are often asked about what activities or areas we have where sustainability issues are raised and are therefore very pleased to receive this award.

The Formex Sustainability Award is a competition where exhibiting companies or designers compete to win the award for the most sustainably designed product. The nominated entries are promoted through our channels, including press and PR, and in an exhibition during the upcoming fair. The winner of the competition will receive a glass statuette in a unique design and 10 square meters of free space with entry fee at the next Formex.

How does it work?

Exhibitors from Formex in the past year apply themselves to be nominated for the Sustainability Award.

We welcome all initiatives, big and small, old and new. The jury will review all applications and announce the nominees in late fall. The winner will be announced at Formex in January next year.

Applications can be submitted at any time during the year, but no later than October 12. The next Formex Sustainability Award will be presented at Formex in January 2026.

Apply for the Sustainability Award

The jury

Maria Soxbo – President

Journalist passionate about sustainability, and Chair of the Formex Sustainability Award.

Maria Lagerman

Circularity and sustainability consultant.

Emma Olbers

Designer focusing on sustainability in furniture design and interior architecture.

Daniel Svahn

Interior designer SIR/MSA, MFA.

Malin Jensen

Interior designer with a strong focus on sustainability.

The prize: A unique statuette and a place on the exhibition floor

The statuette is hand-blown by Glasbolaget in Bro, a glassworks north of Stockholm founded in 2016 by Ammy Olofsson and Erika Kristofersson Bredberg and named Shape Bearer of the Year by Svensk Form Stockholm 2022. Glashyttan uses the residual gas produced at Ragn-Sell’s nearby Högbytorp landfill site. The glass furnace also melts recycled screen, supplied mainly from the Reijmyre glassworks.

In addition to the award, the winner will receive a unique glass statuette designed by Marie-Louise Hellgren, a pioneer in circularity and upcycling with over 30 years of experience in the industry, as well as 10 square meters of free space including an entry fee at the next Formex.