While sustainability remains the buzzword on everyone's lips, adapting its principles to the haute luxe world of superyachts conies with its own challenges. Fortunately, a few forwardlooking studios are proactive in this area, scouring the globe for top-tier innovations and recognizing that sustainability is important not only for the planet, but also for the long-term success and stability of the industry.
Winch Design, for example, employs an in-house dedicated sustainability expert, Alex Parkinson, who manages a resource library of appropriate suppliers, tracking methods of sourcing, manufacturing and application of each material to check it meets the correct criteria. Those criteria are based on the 17 UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which include themes such as water, energy, climate, oceans and technology. In celebration of World Ocean Day 2023, Winch launched Arc in Colour (), a collection of exterior furniture in collaboration with Summit Furniture, with chair backs woven front nylon yarn regenerated front recycled ghost nets and textile waste. The firm also has recently announced an explorer yacht project with Cantiere delle Marche using only natural, non-toxic or eco-friendly materials in its interiors. These include textured walls using eggshell waste, furnishings upholstered in
