03/09/10
Kayospruce – interesting twists and turns to maintain high Eco standards
Kayospruce has recently introduced a viable and achievable Eco Policy to minimise their negative impact on the environment. This is a claim a number of companies adhere to, but not many take this quite so seriously and follow innovative ideas through to conclusion.
Firstly, they have taken very positive steps to reduce waste by collecting all the inner tubes from their customers’ fabric rolls for recycling with more fabric. This way the tubes can be used many times over. Naturally, recycling bins also feature and Kayospruce actively encourages the ‘paper free’ office and the staff regularly use teleconferencing rather than travel to meet with foreign suppliers. All boxes in the warehouse are reused and any scrap paper is shredded for packing material.
Power consumption has been vastly reduced over the last 18 months, by using energy efficient systems and supported by the Carbon Trust, Kayospruce has been able to implement this extremely quickly – this is now being taken further and it is planned to use energy efficient heating over the coming Winter. One of the Kayospruce vehicles in the fleet, has now been replaced with an ‘Eco-friendly’ car.
A real water mill – yarn made by water power
One of the major suppliers which Kayospruce has long connections with, is a family owned and run business in the Barcelona area of Spain. Where the yarn is spun, water power run by a water mill is used for electricity. This company is very important to the local area and creates many jobs for the nearby community in the hills.
Kayospruce support green Contessa 32
Kayospruce has recently supported Jeremy Rogers’ project to build a greener version of the iconic sailing boat the Contessa 32.
Contessa Calypso will be fitted out with grey acrylic canvas from the Barcelona based fabric business and will be on display at the Southampton Boat Show, from 10th - 20th September on berth number M502. Further enquiries from Kayospruce, stand number F030 Southampton Boat Show.
Enquiries to:
Ian Clark at Kayospruce
Tel: +44 (0)1489 581696
Email: Ian.Clark@sailcloth.co.uk
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