2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker

Martin Penrose

Managing Director, Benchmark, United Kingdom

Martin Penrose is Managing Director of Benchmark, one of the leading furniture and joinery companies in the UK, renowned for their pioneering stance on sustainability.

A powerhouse of craft and a design-led business, Benchmark has workshops in Berkshire and Dorset, and a client base that includes many of the world’s leading architects and designers. Working with natural materials and specializing in solid timber, the whole team at Benchmark have a circular mindset. Product development and making is focused on creating for multiple lives with flexibility, adaptability and ease of refurbishment at its core. Lifetime care is provided through their Take Back Scheme and Lifetime Repair Promise.

Benchmark has a demonstrable commitment to the health of both people and planet, Benchmark were leaders in the introduction of natural, non-toxic upholstery and use of natural low VOC finishes. Their furniture meets the requirements for healthy building rating systems including WELL certified projects. They have invested in Life Cycle Assessments, Environmental Product Declarations and Red List Free Declare Labelling providing third party verified transparency of impact.