At Desking, Seating and Storage we care about the environment and recognise that we have a responsibility to consider who we deal with to manufacture our products.
All are committed to continually improving the ways in which they can minimise these effects including the reduction of pollution and waste in all areas of our manufacturing processes. Some of the ways in which they manage this are:
They measure and assess our efforts through our ISO14001 Environmental Management System by setting clear objectives for improvement and a management program to achieve them, with regular reviews for continual improvement.
Full membership to the Furniture Industry Sustainability Program (FISP) allows us to focus on reducing social and environmental impacts whilst maintaining or improving our economic performance.
They have a chain of custody certification with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) which represents the unbroken path which products take from the forest to the consumer, including all stages of manufacturing, transportation and distribution. It provides evidence that certified products originate from well-managed forests.
All of this combined with our efforts to further reduce carbon emissions via their own transportation and numerous recycling initiatives are part of our ongoing commitment of working towards a more sustainable and greener future.
The waste that is produced, not only from their manufacturing process, but also their packaging and administration areas of the business is segregated and collected at the point that it is produced. It is then taken to a central point ready for collection by a Waste management Company who then manage the appropiate recycling of all products. These include:
Board Off Cuts
They send around 110 tonnes of off cuts away to be recycled every year.
Just over 308 tonnes of sawdust is recycled from the factory each year. This comes from the cutting and drilling they do during the manufacturing process.
From the packaging of our standard and Bespoke range of products and also the paper used within the administration process, they recycle 12 tonnes of cardboard and paper waste every year.
All the metal waste coming from the manufacturing process is recycled. 7 tonnes every year.
Even when our IT Equipment is replaced and updated, nothing is thrown away. This is collated and either sent for recycling or, if in working order, is given to a charity.
As a Limited company we also do our part for the environment by recycling our packaging that comes from our manufactures.
