Everything we do as a business has an impact on the environment. We do not pretend to be immune to that. We work in manufacturing, use resources, consume energy and create waste.
We work predominantly with timber, an incredible material that can be regrown and stores carbon. A mature tree takes about a century to absorb a tonne of CO2. By contrast, a diesel van driving around 10,000 miles a year emits about a tonne of CO2 in eighteen months. We actively choose not to use industrial solvents, rare materials, or energy hungry processes.
Our aim is to make beautiful furniture that enriches our customers’ lives and the homes they live in, with as little impact on the environment as possible. Sustainability is at the core of what we do, not something we say just to sound good, but a process we recognise could improve. In the future we will continue to adopt measures to reduce our footprint and to produce work that people will pass on or inherit, and choose to look after, rather than replace.