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UPDATE: Sage Award nomination deadline is Sept. 10

Finalists to be announced at High Point Market

Heath E Combs -- Furniture Today, September 2, 2010

HIGH POINT — Nominations are open through Sept. 10 for the 2010 Sage Award, which honors companies in the home furnishings and bedding industries using sustainable business practices.

The award program, in its third year, was developed by the American Home Furnishings Alliance and is sponsored by Cargill's BiOH polyols.

Nominees may include suppliers, manufacturers, retailers or designers of finished home furnishings or bedding. Nominees do not have to be AHFA members or users of Cargill's BiOH polyols.

There is no cost to enter. An online entry form and guidelines are posted at www.SageAward.org.

Nominees must show leadership and progress in reducing their company's environmental footprint and expanding its positive social impact while running a profitable business.

Three finalists will be announced during the High Point Market in October. Each will receive a customized video spotlighting their environmental accomplishments that remains on the Sage Award Web site for a year. The winner will be celebrated Dec. 1 during the AHFA's Sustainability Summit at the Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park in Asheville, N.C.

Each finalist also will receive a free registration to the Summit. The winner also will receive a $2,500 check from Cargill to donate to a nonprofit environmental effort or group of his or her choice.

Entries will be judged by a panel of journalists and experts from inside and outside the home furnishings industry.

Judges include: Ray Allegrezza, editor-in-chief, Furniture/Today; Mary Frye, president, Home Furnishings Independents Assn.; Heather Gadonniex, managing partner, MindClick SGM, a consultancy specializing in sustainable business; Leslie Guevarra, associate editor, Greener World Media; Susan Inglis, executive director, Sustainable Furnishings Council; Robyn Griggs Lawrence, editor-in-chief, Natural Home magazine; Jean Nayer, former editor-in-chief, Woman's Day Special Interest Magazines and author of "Green Living by Design"; Richard Prisco, professor of industrial design, Appalachian State University; Ryan Trainer, executive vice president, International Sleep Products Assn.; Ken Smith, managing partner, Smith Leonard; and Steve Walker, assistant director, Furniture Manufacturing and Management Center, North Carolina State University.

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