Duraweld is committed to environmentally responsible business practices and endeavours to achieve sustainable manufacturing throughout its processes.

Duraweld is a recycling pioneer by being one of the first in the UK manufacturing stationery sector to recycle post production waste to make 100% recycled frosty clear and white polypropylene.  The black polypropylene used has over 50% recycled content.  You can watch the recycling process for yourself.

A visit to the Feelin Green will offer you a selection of environmentally friendly alternatives, and please contact the customer service team should you have a bespoke product that needs to be made from recycled material.

In 2008 BS ISO14001 was achieved. Since that time the company has been listed twice in The Sunday Times Best Green Companies (ranked 39th in 2010 and 28th in 2011), and in 2011 joined Yorkshire & Humber BITC Environmental Index achieving High Scoring New Entrant and joint Carbon Reduction Award winner.

The company has committed to putting a summary of the 2011 feedback report into the company domain. In 2011 Duraweld was honoured to be featured in The Prince’s Mayday Network Annual Report. In 2012 Duraweld retained its Silver Band status in the Yorkshire & Humber BITC Environmental Index.

www.duraweld.co.uk

Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK

Farms, forestry operations and other businesses that meet the appropriate certification and verification standards earn access to the Rainforest Alliance family of marks for on- and off-product promotions.

Agriculture
Rainforest Alliance Certification offers farms a way to distinguish their products as being socially, economically and environmentally sustainable.

Forestry
Our diverse set of certification and verification services includes forest certification; legality, logging and forest carbon verification and validation; and forest products chain-of-custody certification (wood, paper, furniture and more).

Tourism
We offer verification services to hotels, restaurants and inbound tour operators who are interested in improving their environmental, social and economic practices and are on their way to obtaining certification.

Forest Carbon
We offer validation and verification services to forest-based carbon projects under a variety of credible standards, including the Chicago Climate Exchange, Plan Vivo and the Verified Carbon Standard.

www.rainforest-alliance.org/certification-verification

Organic Farmers & Growers (OF&G) is a leading UK organic control body with a reputation for practical, efficient and friendly service.

Talk to us about the inspection and licensing of organic food processing,farming, body care products and other organic enterprises, as well as certification of anaerobic digestion outputs to PAS 110 and the Quality Digestate Protocol and composting certification to PAS 100 and the Compost Quality Protocol.

OF&G offers the opportunity to combine organic inspections with other key certification programmes, including BRC, FABBL, FABBL Crop, Assured Produce, Assured British Pigs, etc. (now with a discount available for joint Organic/BRC inspections).

www.organicfarmers.org.uk

The Organic Food Federation was established in 1986 and is now one of the UK’s leading certification bodies operating nationally in all areas of organics. 

The Federation (operating under the code UK4) provides a professional and personal service to a wide range of registrants.

We are UKAS accredited to EN45011.

Through our partners we are also able to offer BRC certification.

We are also authorised to carry out NOP (National Organic Program) audits to the requirements of the United States Department of Agriculture and private standard audits as required.

Our inspectors are highly qualified within their field and are all licensed by Defra.

All sectors of organic activity from across the UK and EU benefit from our inspection and certification service enabling trade without barrier.

www.orgfoodfed.com

Red Tractor Assurance exists to maintain, develop and promote standards throughout the whole food industry. 

1. Food Safety
Hygiene’s important at home, so why shouldn’t it be for farmers and food companies too? Our food safety standards ensure cleanliness and hygiene all the way from the farms to  pack.

2. Animal Welfare
When you choose Red Tractor, you’re choosing high animal welfare standards. Our veterinary and food industry experts are constantly refining these standards to promote the health and welfare of animals in farming.

3. Protecting the Environment
Farmers look after around 75% of the land area of the UK, so their work can have a big impact on the landscape. Red Tractor standards include responsible farming methods, so when you’re buying Red Tractor food it means you’re playing a part too.

4. Food origin
‘Food miles’ are a real concern for shoppers. The flag in the Red Tractor logo guarantees the food’s origin. The Union Flag provides an independently verified guarantee that the food you’re buying has been farmed, processed and packed in the UK.

5. Rigorous standards
Our standards need to be meaningful and enforceable. That’s why over 78,000 farmers and 500 plus food packers and manufacturers working to Red Tractor standards are independently checked, verified and inspected.

6. Traceability
Because Red Tractor covers every step of the food production chain, we can trace all Red Tractor products right back to their farms of origin.

7. Independence and Integrity
Red Tractor Assurance (the body behind the Red Tractor logo), operates on a not-for-profit basis. Our independent chairman is supported by the most respected scientists, academics and industry professionals; such as vets, processors and animal welfare experts.

www.redtractor.org.uk

www.msc.org

We build public understanding of food and farming in a number of ways. These include Open Farm Sunday, Let Nature Feed Your Senses and year round farm visits to our national network of Demonstration Farms.

www.leafuk.org

Freedom Food is the RSPCA’s farm assurance and food labelling scheme. It is the only UK farm assurance scheme to focus solely on improving the welfare of farm animals reared for food.

Whether it is an egg-laying hen, a salmon, or a sheep (or for that matter, any other animal covered by the scheme), we believe that animals reared for food deserve a happy, healthy life. This means providing them with an environment that meets their needs – needs not confined to space, food and water but psychological needs too. So providing a stimulating environment that enables the animals to exhibit their natural behaviour is very important.

www.rspca.org.uk/freedomfood

I am convinced that small-scale actions matter. In addition to my University project, I was also awarded a Fulbright scholarship for a 5-week Summer Institute on environmental Stewardship in the United States in summer 2011. At the end of the Institute, I presented a project on water pollution before the US State Department.

Currently he is graduating from the Masters in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability in BTH, Sweden, where he works on a project for facilitation methods to bring sustainability into product development. He is interested in making change, supporting organisations move towards sustainability and exploring creative ways of doing business.