Confidence through compliance: ensuring ethical, transparent supply chains.
Supply Chain
Confidence through compliance: ensuring ethical, transparent supply chains.
We monitor suppliers’ practices through our
Sustainability Audit and Supplier Code of Conduct.
Our aim is to source the most sustainable products,
and help our clients make selections aligned with their
values. We achieve this through truly understanding
how products are made, from what and by whom.
Supplier Sustainability Audit
In 2018, we launched a comprehensive audit of our suppliers, and have now gathered detailed information on over 150 companies.
This robust supplier impact measurement and reporting tool provides unparalleled data and allows us to communicate the sustainability performance of all products. This level of transparency and accountability means brands and products can be compared against a consistent framework.
What Our Audit Covers
Production
We examine the processes behind how a product is made. The country in which a business is registered is important particularly in relation to where production actually takes place. We also assess how the manufacturer operates, looking closely at energy use, waste management, and packaging policies.
Innovation
We highlight companies that are using innovative materials or developing sustainable products and technologies that set a positive example for the wider industry. This also includes those offering thoughtful end-of-life schemes that support circular, responsible design.
People
We assess how suppliers protect and respect the people within their supply chain, including their compliance with the Modern Slavery Act and their active oversight of downstream partners. We also consider the positive impact they have on their local economy.
Materials
Materials sit at the heart of a supplier’s environmental
impact and are a key indicator within recognised
sustainability certifications. We also assess where
materials come from (favouring local sourcing) and how
thoughtfully each product is designed for its full life cycle
, including responsible end-of-life outcomes.
Materials sit at the heart of a supplier’s environmental impact and are a key indicator within recognised sustainability certifications. We also assess where materials come from (favouring local sourcing) and how thoughtfully each product is designed for its full life cycle, including responsible end-of-life outcomes.
Governance
Sustainable governance is demonstrated through the presence of clear policies or reports. Certifications held by each supplier also offer insight into their sustainability credentials and the actions they are taking to reduce their environmental impact.
Sustainable governance is demonstrated through the presence of clear policies or reports. Certifications held by each supplier also offer insight into their sustainability credentials and the actions they are taking to reduce their environmental impact.
What We Learned
226
Manufacturers Contacted
151
Responses from
manufacturers
30
Countries where goods are manufactured
56%
Average Score
74%
Manufacturers have
a sustainability policy
83%
Average score of suppliers in our Shop
71%
Suppliers manufacture in
their local community
87%
Manufactured in the EU
Sustainability Rating System
We've developed a sustainability rating system based on the results
of our Supplier Sustainability Audit.
Our icons indicate how the manufacturers we’ve worked with have scored, so that anyone can understand the sustainable status of each company.
The Leaf means the company scores 70-79%; the Branch means the company scores 80-89%; and the Tree means company scored in the top-tier with 90-100%.
Code of Conduct
No matter how suppliers score on our audit, our Supplier Code of Conduct sets minimum requirements for all key suppliers in order to work with us.
This helps us ensure we only work with companies following good business practices, for example those adhering to laws, and following the UN Global Compact Principles.
Responsible Sourcing
We help clients find and select the best products, guided by our criteria for responsible materials and processes.
Every project we support is backed by thoughtful, sustainable design that works beautifully and responsibly.
In our vision, there is no place for harmful materials and processes that are commonplace in our industry.
We strive to only actively promote products that are leaders in sustainability.
Featured Stories
Leather alternative made from pineapple leaf fibers.
Looking at material made from recycled clothing.
Source submerged logs that are rescued from rivers with GPS
marker to show where each tree came from.
Work with The Better Packaging Company who have
developed a bubble wrap made from vegetables
LYZADIE
FEATURED STORIES
Leather alternative made from pineapple leaf fibers. Looking at material made from recycled clothing. Source submerged logs that are rescued from rivers with GPS marker to show where each tree came from. Work with The Better Packaging Company who have developed a bubble wrap made from vegetables
LYZADIE
FEATURED STORIES
Buy wood from GiB (Grown in Britain) and have a mill
to process street trees and unwanted forest trees,
converting waste wood into commercial use.
Offer a carbon footprint most pieces are carbon negative.
Developed a material from wood chip and mycelium for lights
and occasionally packaging. Provide a refinishing service.
SEBASTIAN COX
FEATURED STORIES
Buy wood from GiB (Grown in Britain) and have a mill to process street trees and unwanted forest trees, converting waste wood into commercial use. Offer a carbon footprint most pieces are carbon negative. Developed a material from wood chip and mycelium for lights and occasionally packaging. Provide a refinishing service.
SEBASTIAN COX
FEATURED STORIES
Green energy from a hydropower plant located
next to factory. Sawdust & woodchips from workshop are
currently used at a local farm to grow shitake mushrooms.
Transportation company converted to local
biodiesel reducing carbon emissions by 90%.
NIKARI
FEATURED STORIES
Green energy from a hydropower plant located next to factory. Sawdust & woodchips from workshop are currently used at a local farm to grow shitake mushrooms. Transportation company converted to local biodiesel reducing carbon emissions by 90%.
NIKARI
FEATURED STORIES
Electricity from the river next door.
Offer service for restoration on old products.
Only use wood from certified forests,
upholstery in natural material- latex,
horsehair and wool
GEMLA
FEATURED STORIES
Electricity from the river next door. Offer service for restoration on old products. Only use wood from certified forests, upholstery in natural material- latex, horsehair and wool.
GEMLA
CERTIFICATIONS
Waste wood is given to a local toymaker
Tinkebu Patronize the last upright wool
mill in the UK, creating sustainable,
recyclable material and supporting UK farms
that demonstrate best practices. Renewable
energy is sourced from solar panels.
TOM RAFFIELD
FEATURED STORIES
Waste wood is given to a local toymaker Tinkebu Patronize the last upright wool mill in the UK, creating sustainable, recyclable material and supporting UK farms that demonstrate best practices. Renewable energy is sourced from solar panels
TOM RAFFIELD
CERTIFICATIONS
Scrap wood is compressed into pellets
and used to heat the factory and surrounding
town. Resand and reweave chairs that have
worn down, usually after 30 years or so.
CARL HANSEN
FEATURED STORIES
Scrap wood is compressed into pellets and used to heat the factory and surrounding town Resand and reweave chairs that have worn down, usually after 30 years or so.
LYZADIE
FEATURED STORIES
For every product on the website you
can find a breakdown of the sustainable
certificates for each material.
BLA STATION
FEATURED STORIES
For every product on website you can find a breakdown of the sustainable certificates for each material.
BLA STATION
