Environmental Policy
“Our commitment to the Environment”
TDGP LTD T/A The Diabolical Gift People is committed to ensuring compliance both within and beyond legal and regulatory requirements.
We are committed to continually improving our environmental performance as an integral part of our business strategy and operating methods, with regular review points.
We are committed to ensuring all products designed and manufactured are as environmentally friendly as possible.
We have been making changes to how our products are packaged, removing the use of single use plastic packing and replacing them with paper packaging instead which has been our plan of action since 2018. We are working with our factories to gradually implement FSC approved packaging.
We also work responsibly with all of our manufacturers to make sure they also share our view about minimal waste and single-use alternatives. Working in this way, we can reduce our impact on the environment to as little as possible. We endeavour to eliminate the supply of all single use plastic packaging by 2024 and will no longer be instructing our suppliers to implement this style of packaging from 2023.
In order to ensure we conform to all legislation and reach our own goals, we will:-
Continually improve and monitor environmental performance.
Continually improve and reduce environmental impacts.
Incorporate environmental factors into business decisions.
Increase employee awareness and training.
Paper
We will minimise the use of paper in the office.
We will reduce packaging as much as possible.
We will seek to buy recycled and recyclable paper products.
We will reuse and recycle all paper where possible.
Energy and water
We will seek to reduce the amount of energy used as much as possible.
Lights and electrical equipment will be switched off when not in use.
Heating will be adjusted with energy consumption in mind.
The energy consumption and efficiency of new products will be taken into account when purchasing.
Office supplies
We will evaluate if the need can be met in another way.
We will evaluate if renting/sharing is an option before purchasing equipment.
We will evaluate the environmental impact of any new products we intend to purchase.
We will favour more environmentally friendly and efficient products wherever possible.
We will reuse and recycle everything we are able to.
Transportation:- We will reduce the need to travel, restricting to necessary trips only.
We will promote the use of travel alternatives such as e-mail or video/phone conferencing.
We will make additional efforts to accommodate the needs of those using public transport or bicycles.
We will favour ‘green’ vehicles for which the Company has now ordered.
Maintenance and cleaning
Cleaning materials used will be as environmentally friendly as possible.
Materials used in office refurbishment will be as environmentally friendly as possible.
We only use licensed and appropriate organisations to dispose of waste.
Monitoring and improvement
We will comply with and exceed all relevant regulatory requirements.
We will retain our membership of SEDEX which will help to update us on environmental issues and bring transparency to ethical requirements we demand from our factories.
We will continually improve and monitor environmental performance.
We will continually improve and reduce environmental impacts.
We will incorporate environmental factors into business decisions.
We will increase employee awareness through training.
We will review this policy and any related business issues at our monthly management meetings.
Culture
We will involve staff in the implementation of this policy, for greater commitment and improved performance.
We will update our policies where necessary.
We will provide staff with relevant environmental training.
We will work with suppliers, contractors and sub-contractors to improve their environmental performance.
We will use local labour and materials where available to reduce CO2 and help the local community whenever possible.