We require all our suppliers to source wood fibre that is certified as responsibly sourced by a third party, and we will only purchase from suppliers who buy from well-managed, sustainable sources. We will not knowingly accept products that are harvested illegally or sourced from protected forest areas, and are committed to ensuring the virgin materials we use don't contain mixed tropical hardwoods. The third-party certifications we accept are the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and national certification systems endorsed by the Program for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), such as the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI).
In 2009 we switched a large amount of our packaging from cardboard to paper, reducing our waste by a whopping 1.4 million kilos a year—that's about 127 double decker buses! With no plastic coating, our buckets are greener than ever and our Krushems cups have contained recycled materials since 2011.