Promoting Positive Change With Sustainability As Our Driving Force
We strive to be a force for good in the world that promotes real change. We're not a business that just ticks boxes.
Our strategy is based on three 'pillars'. They provide clear structure for targets, help track progress and let us recognise success.
For our planet, we are:
For our people, we are:
Supporting Local Charities
This year we wanted to support two local charities, as chosen by our colleagues. In 2024, we are delighted to be working with Mind in Somerset and Somerset Wildlands. Both charities align with two of our sustainable pillars - People and Planet.
Mind in Somerset's core purpose is to provide services and support to anyone affected by mental illness, improving their quality of life and well-being. Somerset Wildlands is aimed at restoring lost life and wildness on The Somerset Levels through a process of rewilding.
For our product, we are:
We're cutting our carbon footprint
We are working with Planet Mark to ensure we are cutting emissions across all areas of our business. Planet Mark provides us with third-party verification and holds us accountable. It requires us to make carbon emission reductions and continuous improvements to re-certify each year. As we look ahead to our 2024 goals, we have set a target to reduce our scope 1,2 and 3 carbon emissions and water usage by 5%.
View our Planet Mark certificate here.
We are committed to Net Zero
We are committed to reducing our impact at each step of the supply chain. Our ocean shipping is already carbon neutral, and always will be. We've teamed up with Gold Standard to make this happen.
Our warehouse electricity use is covered by solar PV on the roof. Our employees charge their EVs on site. Our UK freight is carried and offset by DPD. Step by step we are working to reduce our impact.
Ocean Freight
We're lucky, but not complacent. Ocean shipment generates nearly 100 times less emissions than air freight.
Stats are grams of CO2/Tonne/KM.
Road Freight
We actively look to work with road hauliers like DPD who have made their own carbon neutrality commitments.
Air Freight (747-400)
If clients need urgent samples that can't be sent in time by sea then we offset those air freight emissions too.
(Source: The Network For Transport & The Environment).