Environmental policy

As a trained EMAS auditor, I'm familiar with environmental management systems. It's out of the question to get accreditation for this small business, but I will follow the EMAS principles of continuous monitoring and improvement as far as possible.

Significant aspects (updated 26 Nov 2010)

Products: most of the products I sell are from Ashford. The wood that they use is from sustainably managed forests - more information here.

Chemicals: Unicorn power scour and related products claim to be "earth friendly and biodegradable".

Packaging: I re-use packaging where possible. I keep a blue bag by by office desk and packing area and recycle cardboard and paper that I can't re-use.

Travelling: Negligable. I live a short distance from my local post office, so almost all smaller parcels do that part of their journey on foot. Larger parcels are collected from me as part of Parcel Force's regular round.

Printing / paperwork: I print invoices and delivery notes on recycled paper and ask customers to recycle reuse or compost packaging and documents.