Net Zero Journey

Where are we on our net-zero journey?

Design for end-of-life: Encouraging customers/designers to think about how a product can be easily disassembled and sorted for recycling at the end of its life – it’s not waste, it’s a resource.

Energy efficiency: Investment in newer, energy-efficient machinery and processes – simple machine adjustments save significant amounts of energy! All machines connected to power monitoring software. All our energy comes from renewable sources. 

Solar panels: 55kw array installed on our new building.

Infrared heating: Replacing inefficient gas with focused heating.

Materials: We are working with many suppliers to develop recycled materials, including recovered lab waste, recovered fishing gear, post-industrial waste and mouldable seaweed that is 100% compostable in the same way fruit & veg are. We have in-house polymer recycling capabilities too.

Waste Reduction: On-site recycling of plastic waste; all cardboard and jazz PE are baled on site for local recycling.

We have achieved our target of a 50% reduction from baseline for one of our major customers. In fact, we reduced by 97.5% at the end of FY2025/26 across the whole company from a baseline of 2022/23. Reduction calculated on ‘location-based’ renewable electricity.