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“Together for the climate” is back with citizen planting activities

Following on from the “Together for the Climate” operation, about 20 citizen planting activities are being organised all over France with the brands from the Club Génération Responsable, including Maisons du Monde. And what about committing alongside us?

In June 2019, the initiative “Together for the Climate” invited you and your customers, to commit to the climate and to better understand the challenges that we will have to face to reduce the impact of our business. 16 brands, including Maisons du Monde, Truffaut, Intermarché and Nature & Découvertes have committed to this operation and have collected more than €50,000.

A new step: the planting of trees

Thanks to the success of this first operation, the business collective “Together for the Climate” and the association “Arbre & Paysage” is launching further actions all over France with a view to planting more than 5,300 trees in farms following the agroforestry model. These planting projects are open to all and will take place from 19 December 2019 to March 2020.

 

It’s easy to take part! Go to the microDON platform to see the dates and sites of the forthcoming planting operations. You can then sign up directly on the site which will gradually be updated.

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A look back at the first planting operation

On 19 December Club Génération Responsable’s brands travelled to Congé-sur-Orne, near Le Mans to take part in the first citizen planting operation for the climate. Here are a few pictures (which we hope will encourage you to take part)!

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Les explications sur le process de plantation
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Tous au travail
Fin de la plantation citoyenne

Handicap Travail Solidarité (HTS), a new association for the Arrondi operation at all Maisons du Monde stores in France

Based in Nantes, the HTS association develops the social, cultural, and professional integration of disabled people through work involving the recycling of wood. An ambitious project to be discovered without delay!

From Monday 25 November 2019, 100% of the micro-donations from the Arrondi en Caisse operation will be paid to the Nantes-based association HTS for its project “Solibalsa”: professional integration of disabled people”.

Focus on the last association for the Arrondi operation in 2019

The project supported by the Maisons du Monde Foundation aims to recycle off-cuts of balsa, a rare exotic wood from South America used in boat building. HTS will be able to use the waste from this to make new wooden boards and sell them.

In this way, the association undertakes to set up balsa waste collection at a shipbuilder. This waste will then be processed at Les Herbiers ESAT (Work-Based Disabled Integration Enterprise) by the 50 disabled employees, all within a perimeter of 3 kilometres! In particular, the money collected by the Arrondi operation will help to train the 50 employees.

Also, HTS will organise several workshops at schools in the town of Les Herbiers (85) in order to raise awareness of waste, environmental protection and disability among children thanks to the donations of Maisons du Monde’s customers!

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The money from the Maisons du Monde Foundation will help to:

  • organise the collection of balsa waste from the shipbuilder,
  • train the 50 disabled employees in wood recycling,
  • organise workshops at schools in the town of Les Herbiers in order to raise awareness among children.

To find out more, discover the association’s website.

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The Maisons du Monde Sustainable Creation Awards are back for a 4th edition. Time to prepare your projects!

Are you a design student or a young designer? Are you interested in eco-design? The Maisons du Monde Sustainable Creation Awards are just for you.

Rewarding talented students and young designers and ensuring the promotion of eco-design is a matter of pride and a major ambition for Maisons du Monde.  On the strength of the three past events that saw the emergence of genuine talent and exceptional products, the Sustainable Creation Awards are back in 2020 for an event placed under the sign of Maisons du Monde style, meaning that they can become part of our collections and that are original.

Eco-design, a major challenge in design today and in the future

Accompanied by its 6 partners (the eco-organisations Eco-mobilier and Eco TLC, the association FSC France, the consultancy firm EVEA, the ADEME, the Fondation pour la Nature et l’Homme, and the DIY and interior design magazine Marie-Claire Idées), our brand wants to raise awareness about eco-design among the public and designers of the future. Training of buyers, taking into account of the sustainable management of wood, identification of sustainable products in order to sell them, etc., strong commitments by Maisons du Monde which are highlighted naturally by these Awards and the promotion of young talent.

Students and young graduates from French design and fashion schools are invited to ask themselves: What is eco-design for furniture and decoration products? How to each include it in each step of the product's life cycle How to innovate in order to reduce the impact on the environment and preserve the beauty of the product? All questions which 152 students from 17 schools have already asked themselves since the creation of the Maisons du Monde Sustainable Creation Awards in 2016.  Among them, winners who have changed their way of working in order to offer innovative projects. Some, such as Toscan Giri from ESADSE Saint-Etienne with his Diane bench/daybed, have been rewarded by their project being marketed by Maisons du Monde.

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Four exceptional prizes
  • The “Furniture” prize: a €2,500 cheque, the chance of a work placement with the Maisons du Monde Designer teams, and the creation of the prototype.
  • The “Decoration and household linen” category: a cheque for €2,500€, the chance of a work placement with the Maisons du Monde Designer teams and the creation of the prototype.
  • A FSC® France special prize: Maisons du Monde FSC® certified furniture worth €600.
  • The “Like it” public award: all of the preselected projects will be presented on the  Facebook Maisons du Monde page. The project that receives the most “likes” will be awarded €500 in Maisons du Monde vouchers.
     

Not to mention that the rewarded projects will also be produced by Maisons du Monde!

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How to participate in the Maisons du Monde Sustainable Creation Awards?

It’s quite simple and involves three steps:
1. Download the application folder
2. Complete it by outlining your talent
3. Send it to trophees@maisonsdumonde.com before 21 February 2020

Don’t forget to read the competition rules and do your very best!

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And here are some useful links in order to complete your application...

Eco-design

Environmental evaluation of your product

End of life/recycling

Responsible management of FSC forests

Official launch of the Maisons du Monde Foundation

The Maisons du Monde Foundation under the aegis of the Nicolas Foundation Hulot for Nature and Man, was officially launched on Tuesday 31 May 2016 in Nantes. Review of this event, which officialises our commitment in favour of forests, handicraft in Southern countries and the promotion of wood as a raw material in distribution countries.
Why the Nicolas Hulot Foundation?

The mission statement of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Nature and Man is set out as follows: "contribute to the transformation of our societies through a change in individual and collective behaviours. The objective of this transformation is to ensure the protection of our common natural heritage, the fair sharing of resources, solidarity and respect for diversity in all its forms". Values and commitments in favour of sustainable development that Maisons du Monde shares and which led it to get its Foundation hosted by the FNH, thus becoming the very first foundation to be hosted by the FNH.

"I couldn't hope for a better partner for Maisons du Monde to lead our philanthropic action at the service of the environment". Xavier Marie, Founder of Maisons du Monde.

 

Nicolas Hulot, special guest at this official presentation, underlined the complementarity between his Foundation and that of Maisons du Monde with emphasis on the mutual benefits to be derived from this collaboration.

Left to right Fabienne Morgaut, CSR Director of Maisons du Monde and the Maisons du Monde Foundation under the aegis of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation, Nicolas Hulot, Xavier Marie, Founder of Maisons du Monde and Chairman of the Maisons du Monde Foundation under the aegis of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation and Gilles Petit, CEO of Maisons du Monde. 

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Budget and means of action?

In keeping with the solidarity actions undertaken by Maisons du Monde since 2010, the objective of the Maisons du Monde Foundation is to support seven projects every year and to monitor them over three years, with substantial financing up to a maximum of €30k per project per year.

These projects are in addition to the NGOs and actions that Maisons du Monde has supported for several years, and which will now be financed and supported by the Maisons du Monde Foundation.

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For more info on the Foundation
You can also get information on the actions carried out by the Fondation pour la Nature et pour l'Homme 

Maisons du Monde rewarded by the R Awards!

Maisons du Monde was awarded the Judges' Special Grand Prize for the creation of its Foundation at the R AWARDS ceremony last December.
The Judges' Special Grand Prize awarded to Maisons du Monde

The organisers highlighted the innovative aspect of the Foundation and the actions carried out by Maisons du Monde: "More than a foundation, it is an innovative initiative to get employees and customers engaged in a collaborative philanthropic action. With a target set at 1,000 employees to have participated in solidarity activities by 2020, Maisons du Monde has chosen to give meaning to the projects it supports by getting its employees engaged through team building in Southern countries in the form of collective solidarity leaves or solidarity days…"

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The R AWARDS

Since 2010, the Club Génération Responsable®, the R AWARDS aim to reward businesses which have demonstrated and set up an initiative in favour of sustainable development in the preceding year, in one or more of the defined categories. The categories are: responsible purchases, social HR, energy improvement, waste management, responsible point of sale, sustainable mobility and responsible communication.

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The Maisons du Monde Foundation

Launched in 2016, the Maisons du Monde Foundation under the aegis of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation for nature and men is dedicated to the conservation of forests and the reuse of wood as a material.

For more info: Maisons du Monde Foundation

 

Call for projects: 3 projects selected by the Maisons du Monde Foundation

Following a new call for projects launched last July by the Maisons du Monde Foundation, three new projects have been selected in 2017 to be supported and assisted for at least three years.
The three “Favourite” projects of the panel of judges

In the category “Preserving forest areas and their biodiversity”, two projects were selected:

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“Trees for the conservation of forest and the artisans of tomorrow” in the Colombian Amazon by the NGO FORESTEVER

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“Promoting biodiversity for better preservation” on the island of Flores in Indonesia by the NGO CŒUR DE FORÊT

In the category “Re-use of wood material to promote the circular economy, re-employment and integration into employment”

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“2mains furniture: skills training of people returning to employment in re-using wood when creating furniture” by the Association Foyer-Notre Dame des Sans Abri (FNDSA).

These three projects will also be topped up by customer donations via the cash desk ROUND-UP scheme and will be in stores for a period of three to four months.

Two new projects with the NGO Man&Nature

This year, two new projects will also be funded by the Maisons du Monde Foundation for three years:

  • With the local NGO SEED Trust for the project “An innovative initiative to combat extinction of the Loris in the Ayylur forest in India”.
  • With the local NGO MMT in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the project “Reconciling preservation of the Bonobo and the economic development of local populations.”
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Discover all the initiatives led by the Maisons du Monde Foundation 

L’ARRONDI is coming to Maisons du Monde!

Since 23 March 2017, Maisons du Monde is offering L’ARRONDI! How does it work? When you pay in one of our shops, you will be able to round up your purchases by a few cents. 100% of these "micro-donations" will then be given to associations supported by the Maisons du Monde Foundation.

Jusqu’à la mi-mai, c’est l’ONG Awely et son projet de préservation de l’habitat des

Until mid-May 2017, your donations will go to Awely and its project for the conservation of the gorilla habitat through sensitisation and development along the Dja Reserve in Cameroon. L’ARRONDI, a micro donation for major causes.

With l’ARRONDI, each cent is a solidarity cent and contributes to financing projects supported by the Maisons du Monde Foundation!

You can now support AWELY

Thanks to Awely, a school and an environment sensitisation centre have been built in Cameroon to offer economic alternatives to local communities and thus protect the gorilla habitat. This project was selected at the First Call for Projects by the Foundation as the "Judges' Favourite".

 

Until mid-May, 100% of your micro donations will be given to Awely.

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Maisons du Monde's commitments

Since 2006, Maisons du Monde, whose products are mainly made out of wood, has been committed to protecting forests and promoting wood as a raw material.

Since 2013, 1% of sales of our eco-friendly products is donated to environmental associations.

Since 2016, the Maisons du Monde Foundation under the aegis of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation, has been providing financial support to environmental NGOs.

 

From 23 March in your Maisons du Monde shop!
To find the nearest Maisons du Monde shop: List of shops

Learn more about L’ARRONDI: www.larrondi.org

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L’ARRONDI rounds up Association Cœur de Forêt!

After the NGO Awely, our Maisons du Monde shops are now supporting the association Cœur de Forêt thanks to L’ARRONDI (ROUNDING UP)! With L’ARRONDI, each cent is a solidarity cent and contributes to financing projects supported by the Maisons du Monde Foundation!
Your donations for Awely NGO

L’ARRONDI is a micro donation for major causes. In this first part of our operation, over 705,000 donations have been made for Awely's project. A total of €72,444.05 was collected.

Your donations are entirely given to Awely and will be used to:

  • finance the running of the project's school and the environment education centre for 3 years
  • plant trees and ecological gardens in 10 villages
  • set up an ecological tracking of gorillas in the reserve

"Thanks to you, our gorilla protection and poverty alleviation programme in Cameroon is getting a tremendous support. We are very pleased that you got introduced to our organisation. One out of every two clients of Maisons du Monde has made a donation to Awely and this makes us very proud. On behalf of all the Awely teams and the beneficiaries of the project, Thank You! "
Renaud Fulconis, founder and director of Awely

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You can now support Cœur de forêt

From 16 May to 14 September 2017, inclusive, you will be able to round up your purchases by a few cents. 100% of these "micro donations" will be given to the Association Cœur de Forêt for its project "Planter pour préserver les forêts en danger de l’île de Florès en Indonésie" (Planting to preserve endangered forests on the Flores Island in Indonesia).

The aim of the Cœur de Forêt project is to preserve the forest of the Sacrée Wolomezé Mountain and neighbouring forests, via a reforestation programme reintroducing endangered trees such as the Sandalwood.

Through three reforestation campaigns, 100,000 trees will be planted.  Cœur de Forêt also supports local communities by helping them to live from the cultivation of forest products, such as vanilla and patchouli, in a sustainable and responsible manner.

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"Committed together" - latest report available!

This third voluntary report reviews the main events and achievements in 2016: the progress made on our commitments and the formalisation of our Ambitions 2020, launch of the first Sustainable creation trophies, our efforts to reduce our environmental footprint and of course the launch of the Maisons du Monde Foundation!
A shared commitment

Through our CSR strategy "Committed together!” our objective is to enable the individual commitment of each and everyone.

As evidenced by several testimonies, 2016 was a year rich in projects: partnerships with entities of the social and solidarity economy to give a new life to our "substandard" products, our teams' participation in solidarity leaves for the purposes of the Foundation and the launch of L’ARRONDI to get our customers involved.

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Quantified objectives

2016 was also marked by the formalisation of our Ambitions 2020, prepared jointly by all business lines. These roadmaps steer us all to the way of action and define ambitious objectives for each pillar of our CSR strategy. Approved by the Executive Committee of Maisons du Monde, they make CSR an integral part of the Group's ambition.

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The first structuring year of the Maisons du Monde Foundation

The launch of our foundation, under the aegis of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation pour la Nature et pour l’Homme (for Nature and Men), was one of the highlights of the past year.


The creation of our foundation honours 10 years of sponsorship of environmental NGOs in Southern countries and structures our action around three thrusts: forests, reuse of wood and citizen mobilisation.

Download "Committed together" 2016 Report

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Flashback to our Community Days

As part of our 2017 Charitable Programme, in May Maisons du Monde launched the first round of its Community Days. An opportunity for employees to spend an entire day taking action to preserve the environment or combat hardship alongside a local association close to their place of work!

In Lyon, Marseilles, Nantes and Paris, around fifty employees gave their time to experience a different and meaningful type of team-building day, creating connections with voluntary sector actors and learning about community projects supported by the Maisons du Monde Foundation.

In Paris with Emmaüs Défi, volunteers took part in the association’s day-to-day work with people re-joining the labour market: sorting activities and learning about the ‘Emmaüs Made’ project, supported by the Maisons du Monde Foundation, which aims to boost the employability of people returning to the labour market, by training them in the re-purposing of wood materials.

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In Pouliguen, as part of the ‘J’agis pour la nature’ programme by the Nicolas Hulot foundation for man and nature, employees donned their gloves and boots for gardening, and preserved biodiversity and cleaned beaches with Loire-Atlantique CPIE (environmental initiatives centre).

In Bron, near Lyon, again as part of this programme, with Naturama they accompanied a shepherd for the transhumance of his herd of Drenthe Heath sheep. An opportunity to practice shearing and animal care.

In Marseilles, a chocolate-making workshop was a chance to share the experience of a group of young people undertaking vocational training at the employment and integration centre (EPIDE), and the beginning of a partnership.

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Again in Marseilles, employees took part in collecting and renovating furniture with the Impulse Toit recycling project, whose activities are supported by the Maisons du Monde Foundation.

It was a resounding success: 100% of participants declared their willingness to repeat their contribution at the next Community Days!

Check out the Community Days video

Find out more about Maisons du Monde Foundation’s initiatives

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