Happy Earth Day 🌎
For Glencairn, events like Earth Day are hugely important as they mark a step in the right direction. We are very much aware of the need to pay attention to the environmental impact of everything we do, not just for ourselves but for the planet. We take a sustainable approach from the bottom up and ensure that our suppliers and colleagues follow in the same footsteps.
Paul Davidson our Managing Director says
,‘As a socially and environmentally responsible family business, we are strongly influenced by the families’ children’s views on the environment, as they are the future of both our business and our planet. By shaping our policies and practices around what they believe, we are confident of building a far more sustainable future and, although we don’t have all the answers yet, we’re doing our best to find them.’
And James Crilly our Operations Director points out
“Our ambition is to be 100% reliable on electrical energy over the next five – ten years, whilst looking to increasingly re-use and reduce the energy we’re using in recycling. As a business that makes premium glassware designed to last a lifetime, we believe this is fully achievable and must be at the heart of what we do.”
On World Earth Day, we are proud to highlight our efforts towards sustainability and reducing our environmental footprint. Here's how we are making a difference:
- Installed an extensive Solar PV and energy storage system, generating more energy than required for company operations, leading to complete energy independence. Excess electricity is sent back to the grid for local usage.
- Reduced gas usage by 60% with the new solar system. Over the next decade, we aim to eliminate gas energy entirely.
- Replaced the factory floor’s gas heating system with a new air conditioning system, further reducing gas usage by 60%, with ongoing reductions in the next 12 months.
These initiatives reflect our dedication to sustainability and our commitment to preserving the environment for future generations.
- Installed electric car charging points in the company car park, promoting the use of fully electric or hybrid vehicles.
- Implemented recycling and packaging initiatives in our day-to-day office functions, aiming to reuse and reduce instead of just recycling. We are committed to eliminating plastic packaging within the next five years.
- Collaborating with Viridor for cardboard and paper recycling, with plans to install an industrial shredding machine to reuse cardboard waste for packaging purposes, making the business self-sufficient in this area.