Environmental Policy Statement of TreeHugger Mums Ltd

TreeHugger Mums Ltd recognises it's responsibilities towards today's society, beyond simply producing and selling goods. We aim to reduce the environmental impact of our business operations, and that of our supply chain. Through our pricing policy, we aim to make environmentally friendly parenting products more accessible to our consumers, who we recognise are increasingly aware of environmental issues.

TreeHugger Mums Ltd further commits to protecting the environment by identifying, implementing and monitoring new ways in which to reduce our impact upon the local and global environment.

Our business is carried out in a way that is intended to minimise our impact on the environment, and we do this in the following ways:

Our Objectives
We use materials responsibly – our postal packaging is recycled, recyclable or reusable, and we only use non recyclable plastic packaging where our suppliers require it. We reuse or recycle as much of our suppliers’ packaging as possible.

Our use of printed materials for catalogues and communications is kept to a minimum wherever possible. Where we do have to print materials, we use recycled paper and prefer to use unbleached paper to reduce the use of bleaching agents. Toner and ink cartridges from our printers are recycled according to manufacturers’ recommendations.

We minimise our use of electricity by using low-power lighting and our office procedures ensure that lights and electrical equipment is switched off when not required, and configured to enter low-power modes during periods of inactivity where they can not be switched off. Our electricity is supplied on a ‘green energy’ tariff, using renewable resources, from Ecotricity. You can read more here.

Shipments from overseas are kept to a minimum through our purchasing procedures, and we only purchase products from overseas suppliers where we believe that there is not a suitable UK alternative. We aim to support United Kingdom-based suppliers where possible, and prefer our suppliers to use UK staff rather than outsourcing overseas.


Implementation and Monitoring of Objectives
We measure the success of our policy by setting the following measurable objectives – these are monitored by the Directors and included on the agenda on monthly review meetings.

Extent of recycled materials used for stationery and computer consumables.
Extent of installation of low-energy lighting within the office.
Extent of recycling of toner cartridges and ink
Use of energy suppliers offering “green energy” derived from renewable sources
Selection of suppliers where environmental management performance has been considered in the purchasing criteria


In addition an up-to-date environmental management policy is published on our public web site.