ANEW Honors Haworth with Legacy Award

July 1, 2026 – ANEW recognized Haworth with its Legacy Award, honoring a commitment to sustainability, community stewardship and support of ANEW's mission since the organization's founding.

The ANEW Legacy Award celebrates organizations whose leadership and support have advanced ANEW's objective of creating social, environmental and economic benefit through the responsible reuse of surplus materials. The award was presented to Matthew Haworth in recognition of Haworth's longstanding support for ANEW’s mission, first demonstrated by G.W. Haworth, who supported the organization's concept and helped fund the startup nonprofit during its formative years.

ANEW is dedicated to recognizing the value of surplus from the built environment and transforming the liquidation process through its Surplus Stewardship program. Through this audited practice, ANEW partners with corporations to divert surplus furniture, fixtures and equipment from landfills and redirect them to charities, nonprofit organizations, public agencies and underserved communities.

Each year, ANEW helps prevent an average of more than 3 million pounds of surplus materials from entering landfills. Since its inception in 2005, the organization has successfully matched usable surplus items with more than 2,000 recipient organizations across 20 countries.

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Haworth believes great spaces empower people to thrive and work their best. As a leading global furniture maker, the company partners with customers, dealers and influencers to create spaces that result in effective people and efficient real estate. Haworth’s customer-first approach comes from an entrepreneurial spirit, design-forward thinking and multicultural perspectives. With a heritage in the workplace, Haworth is the founding brand of Haworth Group. The Haworth Group designs at the intersection of people and environments with brands like Haworth, AIS, BuzziSpace, Cappellini, Cassina, Ceccotti Collezioni, Heller, Hushoffice, Interni, JANUS et Cie, Karakter, Luminaire, Luxury Living Group, Poltrona Frau, Tayco, Tuohy and Zanotta.

 

Founded in 1948, Haworth Group is a privately-owned company operating in more than 150 countries through a global network of 400 dealers and 8,000 employees. Headquartered in Holland, Michigan, U.S.A., the company has sales of $2.7 billion USD.

About ANEW:

ANEW (Asset Network for Education Worldwide) is a Los Angeles-based 501©(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2005 by Rose Tourje. ANEW works with corporations to steward surplus assets – furniture, fixtures and equipment – away from landfill and into the hands of nonprofit organizations that can put them to work. Since its founding, ANEW has served thousands of recipient organizations across 20 countries, diverting millions of pounds from landfill every year. ANEW’s practice of Surplus Stewardship® is independently verified and documented, providing corporate donors with full transparency, tax receipts and LEED compliant diversion metrics.