Ethan Allen furniture focuses on supply chain in adopting AHFA 'Sustainable by Design' initiative.

Ethan Allen Global Inc. has successfully completed Sustainable by Design registration, awarded by the American Home Furnishings Alliance for the company’s continued environmental improvements.

The American Home Furnishings Alliance will introduce a new website, www.toxic-hot-seat.com next week – on the same day HBO airs a documentary titled “Toxic Hot Seat.”

American Home Furnishings Alliance elected George Revington chairman. , Sauder Woodworking CEO Kevin Sauder is first vice chair, and Kevin O’Connor, CEO of Samson Marketing, High Point, NC, was elected second vice chair.

AHFA reported that Kurt L. Darrow, chairman, CEO and president of La-Z-Boy Inc., Monroe, Mich., has received the 2013 Distinguished Service Award from the American Home Furnishings Alliance. The award was presented on Friday, November 15, during the organization’s 2013 Annual Meeting.

Kevin Sauder, president and CEO of Sauder Woodworking, Archbold, Ohio, moves to first vice chairman, and Kevin O’Connor, CEO of Samson Marketing, High Point, was elected second vice chairman.

Furniture Brands equity in storied lines - including Thomasville, Drexel, Lane and Broyhill brands - may not preserve the business, which lost $59 million in the first half of 2013. Furniture Brands is looking at restructuring options.

American Home Furnishings Alliance announced to day that member company Furniture Brands International has completed EFEC registration at all of its domestic facilities, including plants, warehouses and offices.

The American Home Furnishings Alliance has raised $19,000 during its 2013 Scholarship Golf Tournament, where proceeds will benefit children of home furnishings industry workers.

Six students, all children of employees of American Home Furnishing Alliance companies, each each received $2,000 one-year scholarships from the AHFA Suppliers Division.