UK Sustainable Flooring Alliance Conference and Awards 2026 – 1st & 2nd Jul 2026, Voco St Johns Hotel, Solihull
Turning Insight into Action – Collaboration for Change
- In its 17th year, UKSFA is inviting you to attend its 14th Annual Conference.
- The Conference will again welcome and provide dissemination and networking opportunities for UK, EU and international decision makers from across the supply chain
- KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Dr Bob Peoples and Chris Hines MBE
- Speakers will discuss latest achievements, developments, policy updates and technology advances within the sector in relation to sustainability, design for recycling and waste reduction.
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Registration
Standard tickets £410 for members, £450 for non-members and £50 for dinner ticket only members and £65 dinner ticket for non-members. Click on the GREEN REGISTER button! (top right)
All tickets (except dinner only) include two day conference, three course Awards Dinner, all other refreshments and overnight accommodation.
Please select your tickets below and pay through Stripe.
- Bookings: Tickets available for booking until 20th June 2026.
- Cancellations: Bookings after 1st June are non-refundable.
DAY 1 1st Jul 2026 | ||||
Welcome | Welcome & housekeeping | Andy Hall | Chair, UKSFA | 10:30:00 |
Introduction | UKSFA- Who we are and what we do | Cathie Clarke | CEO, UKSFA | 10:35:00 |
Keynote Presentation Day 1 | Flooring sustinability:it’s time to learn from the past and move forward into the future | Bob Peoples | Executive Director, Carpet America Recovery Effort CARE | 10:45:00 |
Q&A | 11:30:00 | |||
Presentation | Legislation: an EU perspective | Hans Peter Breuer | Managing Director – European Carpet & Rug Association (CARE) | 11:45:00 |
Q&A | 12:15:00 | |||
Lunch | 12:30:00 | |||
Panel | Standards and specifics – making sense of the alphabet soup (LCA’s DPPs, EPDs) | Trish Massey | Head of Digital & Technical Standards – BEAMA | 13:30:00 |
Su Butcher | Director, Just Practising | 13:50:00 | ||
Steve Marr | COO Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI) | 14:10:00 | ||
Panel discussion | 14:30:00 | |||
Q&A | 14:50:00 | |||
Afternoon Tea | 15:00:00 | |||
Presentation | Communication:the SuperPower to Culture Change! | Jennifer Sproul | CEO, Inst of Internal Communication (IIC) | 15:30:00 |
Q&A | 15:50:00 | |||
Practical Workshop | Building trust and reducing risk with a Green Claims Policy – curated by the Anti-Greenwash Charter | Charlie Martin | CEO, Anti-Greenwash Charter | 16:00:00 |
A.N.Other | 17:00:00 | |||
Close | 17:15:00 | |||
UKSFA AGM | UKSFA AGM – Members Only | 17:30:00 | ||
18:00:00 | ||||
Awards Dinner | ||||
Sponsored Drinks open | 18:00:00 | |||
Awards Dinner | Adnan/Cathie | 19:00:00 | ||
Awards presentations | Chris Hines MBE / Bob Peoples | 19:10:00 | ||
Dinner Served | CC – Thanks to all judges, delegates, board, etc | 19:40:00 | ||
Close | 23:00:00 | |||
DAY 2 2nd Jul 2026 | ||||
Welcome | Welcome & housekeeping | Andy Hall | 09:00:00 | |
Keynote Day 2 | Title to be confirmed | Chris Hines MBE | Founder ‘A Grain of Sand’ | 09:10:00 |
Q&A | 10:00:00 | |||
Presentation | Working Title: Elevating Flooring Waste: Strategies for Reuse and High Value Recovery – tbc | Chris Griffin | Head of Commercial Development, Biffa | 10:15:00 |
Q&A | 10:45:00 | |||
Coffee | 11:00:00 | |||
Presentation | Takeback in action – a retailer perspective | TBC (John Gibbs) | TBC (Highdown carpets) | 11:20:00 |
Q&A | 11:40:00 | |||
UKSFA Joint Presentation | UK Legislation Update. UKSFA Achievements and Ambitions | Adnan/Cathie/ Mike Dobson | 11:50:00 | |
– Takeback WG – TakeMyFlooring | 12:00:00 | |||
-EPR WG – Route to the Roadmap | 12:20:00 | |||
-Data is King | ||||
SUMMARY & Call to action | 12:40:00 | |||
Q&A | 13:00:00 | |||
Thanks and summary | Andy Hall | 13:20:00 | ||
Lunch | 13:30:00 | |||
Close | 15:00:00 | |||
UKSFA Awards
Awards portal open!
UK Sustainable Flooring Alliance (UKSFA) is the new name for Carpet Recycling UK and we are excited to announce that the prestigious UKSFA Awards 2026 are now open for entry!
Awards Categories
The five categories are:
- Sustainability Champion (for an individual) – UKSFA members only
- Circular Economy Initiative of the Year – UKSFA members only
- Takeback Project of the Year – UKSFA members only
- Re-Use / Recycling Project of the Year – UKSFA members only
- Collaborative Sustainability Project of the Year – members and non-members can apply
Timeline:
- Awards portal open 20th October 2025 – 24th April 2026
- Judging takes place 27April-8May 2026
- Shortlist announced
- 1st Jul 2026 Winners announced at Awards Dinner
Good luck!
Awards entries can be for projects from 1st Jan 2024 until 31st Dec 2025
Date
- 01 - 02 Jul 2026
Location
- 651 Warwick Road, Solihull B91 1AT, United Kingdom
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Website
https://www.stjohnssolihull.co.uk/
