RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, Calif. –  Diamond Mattress is seeking sustainability certification through the Mattress Recycling Council’s Sleep Products Sustainability Program (SP2) introduced in 2019.

The move kicks off a companywide initiative to formalize Diamond’s green practices and policies across its two manufacturing facilities in California and Texas.

The sleep products sustainability certification, also known as SP2, is the Mattress Recycling Council’s program focused on reducing waste while generating operational efficiencies and cost savings in the mattress manufacturing process. The program is offered at no cost to California mattress manufacturers.

“Diamond has been recycling and upcycling materials in various ways for many years, and now it’s exciting to bring them all together in a concerted effort to build a sustainability policy across our multi-site production and offices,” said Craig McAndrews, Diamond Mattress president.

The company has begun evaluating its current activities with a more critical eye to sustainability, from manufacturing, facilities and operations to materials and sourcing. Some of its current green practices and efforts include partnering with Child Creativity Lab to donate materials for use in upcycled, educational STEAM kits. The company’s donation this year has already topped 500 pounds.

In addition, Diamond has worked with suppliers to develop sustainable materials and treatments such as:

“With growth comes greater responsibility on many levels, and as a manufacturer of mattresses, we have to do everything we can to reduce our environmental impact and be better stewards of our resources and planet,” said Shaun Pennington, CEO.

If approved, Diamond Mattress will be the second mattress manufacturer to secure certification under the SP2 program. Fresno, Calif.-based Pleasant Mattress was the first producer to earn the certification from the Mattress Recycling Council  in 2021.

I’m Sheila Long O’Mara, executive editor at Furniture Today. Throughout my 25-year career in the home furnishings industry, I have been an editor with a number of industry publications and spent a brief stint with a public relations agency where I worked with some of the industry’s leading bedding brands. I rejoined Furniture Today in December 2020 with a focus on bedding and sleep products. It’s a homecoming for me, as I was a writer and editor with Furniture Today from 1994 until 2002. I’m happy to be back and look forward to telling the important stories impacting bedding retailers and manufacturers.

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