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Charity & Environment

OUR PHILOSOPHY

The primary concern of a majority of businesses is to maximise profit. We have chosen an alternative model: to provide a fair standard of living while doing wider good. Sustainability, environmental concern, charitable work and social responsibility are implied by this core principle.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

The use of paper can be entirely sustainable. We source materials carefully and design our products and systems to minimise our waste, which is almost entirely recycled.

Our chosen packaging offers a high level of protection while being an exact fit to the contents. Material use is therefore minimised, and our cardboard envelopes are both recycled, recyclable and rapidly biodegradable. We avoid the use of plastics or other unsustainable/non-degradable materials.

We do not stock metal foils as, following an investigation, we concluded they can not be sustainably sourced.

CHARITABLE COMMITMENT

In 2018 we have changed the nature of our charitable engagement from donating money to donating time. We have already dedicated more than eight hundred hours to volunteering with various environmental organisations in the north east of England, working to benefit local ecosystems. Activities thus far have included planting a native wildwood, reintroducing water voles, repairing damaged peat bogs and transplanting sphagnum moss to the highest peaks of Northumberland - there will be much more to come. We make sure to plant many more trees than we use.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

We bank exclusively with The Co-operative, consistently voted the UK’s most ethical brand. We also believe in the principle of general taxation, that we should all pay a fair share into a communal pool to fund health, education, etc. Tax is the price of a civilised society – that’s why we pay ours.