As a manufacturer using primarily natural materials, it only
seems right that we focus on being environmentally responsible, and we play our
part in looking after our fragile environment.
As part of this responsibility, we set ourselves a goal to
become a carbon neutral company by 2030, a target we felt was realistic having
experienced challenges throughout the pandemic and by Brexit.
Well, by 2022 we made it! 8 years earlier than planned, and
we believe ahead of most (if not all) of our UK timber window and door
manufacturing competitors.
So how have we achieved our goal of being Carbon Neutral so
quickly?
Last year we commissioned Carbon Footprint™ to conduct a
full annual audit of the firm, our business practices and travel to reduce our
carbon footprint.
They helped us to make small changes that have made a big
difference.
Our sales force now only use hybrid cars and we continue to
employ as many local people as possible, reducing emissions from staff that
commute to our offices. We also continually review the green credentials of our
manufacturing machinery and is a huge consideration for any new purchase.
However, having made changes to our own company we decided
we wanted to do more.
As a UK based manufacturer working with timber each day, it
made sense for us to source an environmental scheme that relates to our world.
So every Window and Door customer project we completed in 2020 we pledged to
plant a tree native to our country, within the UK.
Our customers can also pledge an unlimited number of trees
through our scheme. They can even plant trees in the region where they live for
a real local feel good factor.
Although UK based, we source the majority of our wood from
overseas, so to help offset any transportation emissions we decided to work
with the Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve Project to aid deforestation issues in
Indonesia. We have also contributed to a verified carbon standard reduction
project in the Amazon, Brazil, offsetting around 350 tonnes of CO2 in 2021
alone.
However, we won’t be stopping there. We have set ourselves a
new goal – to be Carbon Neutral Plus by 2030.
Our ambitious goal includes further energy efficiency
projects involving our waste materials, transportation and biofuel/fully
electric options
