Santa Fe, NM / September 24, 2014 – Universal Companies
founder Marti Morenings was among the top winners at the Green Carpet Spa
Sustainability Awards, presented by Green Spa Network at their Annual Congress
in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
A variety of industry experts served as judges
and chose one winner from each of the seven categories, which included green
building, healthy spa cuisine, and visionary. Criteria for winning included
achieving the highest level of sustainability compared to their peers;
continuous improvement; setting the example for best practice, and more.
Morenings said, “I am greatly
humbled and honored to be selected as the recipient of the Visionary Leadership
Award for Sustainability. . . . I feel it is appropriate that I proudly share it
with our dedicated team at Universal Companies. Their knowledge, ingenuity, and
creativity has not only improved our own corporate carbon footprint but it has
allowed us to develop products and ideas that have made a significant
environmental impact on thousands of spas throughout the nation. . .I am so
thankful to receive this award, especially from an organization with an agenda
to which I feel so deeply connected.”
Green Spa Network Executive
Director Paul Schmidt, who presented the awards with board members, Kim Marshall
and Gaye Steinke, said, “These are the foremost leaders pushing the edge of
innovation in our industry. It is our privilege as a non-profit voice for
sustainability to recognize the work of these visionaries whose examples can
truly help set the standard for the spa and wellness industry around the planet.
These awards help acknowledge the investment each has made in the name of
sustainability and recognize them for a job well done.”
The Judging Panel
included: Rona Berg, Editor-in-Chief Organic Spa Magazine; Julie Keller
Callaghan, Editor-in-Chief American Spa Magazine; Mary Bemis, Editorial
Director, Insider’s Guide to Spas; Debriana Berlin, former Director,
Environmental Protection Agency; Paul Schmidt, Executive Director, Green Spa
Network.
About the GSN Sustainability Awards
Launched by the Green Spa Network in 2012 to underscore the importance of
sustainability leaders in transforming an industry, the Green Spa Network
Sustainability Awards celebrate groundbreaking activities, comprehensive
measures, unique contributions, and overall leadership in environmental
management, green techniques or sustainability.
About Universal
Companies – For 32 years, more than 30,000 spa professionals in 47
countries have trusted Universal Companies to be their single-source supplier,
providing thousands of products to help them manage and grow their businesses.
Located in beautiful and historic Abingdon, Virginia, we distribute furniture,
fixtures, equipment, implements, supplies, and spa apparel to customers from the
largest spa to the independent practitioner. Universal Companies also offers
professional skin and body products, retail items, and merchandising tools, and
provides spas with innovative consulting services, educational materials, and
training options. For more information about our company, please call
800-558-5571 or visit www.universalcompanies.com.
