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A view from another industry

THE TILING SECTOR

TTA also hosts a ‘Sustainability’ section on its website and social media. worthy finalists in this category Mapei (UK) Ltd
website with key information on sustainability A highlight of the industry’s annual and Topps Group Ltd. 71
in the tiling sector as well as advice on calendar, TTA Awards celebrates excellence TTA Awards 2025 took place on Friday
‘Ways to Be More Sustainable’ across key and innovation across wall and floor tiling and 16th May at Hilton Birmingham Metropole and
areas such as energy, manufacturing and champions sustainability through a dedicated has announced a new Best Environmental
transportation. This guidance is especially category for the Best Environmental Initiative. Initiative Award Winner for 2025.
important given the typically high energy On 10th May 2024, the Best Environmental Visit www.tiles.org.uk/tta-awards/ to find out
requirements for tile manufacturing and large Initiative Award Winner Nicholls & Clarke who won.
amount of tile imports to the UK. Group Ltd stood out for their exceptional membership@tile.org.uk
With regular meetings, TTA’s Sustainability sustainability efforts, shortlisted alongside the www.tiles.org.uk/sustainability/
Working Group continuously
reviews how to take sustainability
even further. To guide this effort,
it reached out to members via
a focused qualitative survey
of independent tiler fixers and
contractors and asked questions
covering installation waste,
product and material usage,
office and warehouse energy
use, packaging waste, transport &
logistics and business miles and
fuel. The results revealed that all
contributors were aware of the
key subjects but more progress
was required for companies to
measure and evaluate their carbon
footprint, and by doing so, develop
improvements. Nonetheless, all
companies surveyed were keen to
find ways to improve.
As an industry leading
authority, TTA and its Sustainability
Working Group continues
to research and report on
sustainability developments for
the tiling sector. Its advice piece
fronted the brand new launch of
The Guide to Sustainable Tiling in
2024 by Tile and Stone Journal
(TSJ). Other updates can be found
across TSJ, Tilezine plus TTA’s
Best Environmental Initiative TTA Award Winner 2024 - Nicholls & Clarke Group Ltd

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