Whether it’s protecting the planet for future generations, shaping a fairer society for them to flourish in, or standing up for the rights of parents today, tomorrow and beyond, our Brighter Futures platform sets our intentions as a business and brand that people can trust and believe in.
The United Nations has set out a 2030 agenda for global sustainable development. It has identified 17 goals covering a variety of areas of focus, from Poverty to Inequality and Economic Growth to Clean Energy.
As a business we have aligned to four of these goals and set out our commitments.
The human impact of the today and generations past has caused great damage to the world. But the power of reversing it lies within people, too.
We’re committed to ensuring our world is as healthy and thriving as the babies who will grow up in it, so we’re setting out a plan to reduce the impact we have on the planet.
We’ve made it a priority to ensure we will be using 100% renewable energy across all our sites, and to be a Zero-to-Landfill business by 2030.
We will aim to reduce our global energy usage year on year, install energy efficient equipment and machinery, and eliminate the use of harmful chemicals across all our manufacturing processes.
Energy
All our UK sites, along with our Melbourne office have renewable electricity supplies.
We’ve also installed metering equipment at our UK and Morocco factories to monitor our production equipment to help us identify opportunities to reduce energy usage.
Zero to Landfill
All our UK sites and our China factory are zero to landfill. Our Morocco factory is 99% zero to landfill, whilst we identify a solution for food waste.
Zero to landfill is important as it promotes the circular economy, this creates a more sustainable and efficient use of resources when making our baby products, which also helps to reduce our carbon footprint.
Environmental Management
All our UK sites and our Morocco factory are ISO 14001 certified, providing us with an environmental management standard that delivers best practice and helps us to minimise our environmental impact.
To protect the climate of tomorrow, we need to act today so babies of the future will have a safe world to grow up in.
We’re committed to looking after the wellbeing of babies, but in order to do this, we need to ensure that the climate they will grow up in brings them health instead of harm.
We’ve made it a priority to limit climate damage, aiming to be a Net Zero business by 2030 (excluding Scope 3 freight emissions)*, aiming to reduce our global carbon footprint, so our babies can grow up in a world that’s as beautiful as they are.
*As the global freight industry is still in the very early stages of developing low carbon or net zero shipping, we have set a 2045 target for Scope 3 freight emissions but all other emission types fall into our 2030 target.
Business Footprint
We are working hard to reduce our global impact, having reduced our Scope 1 (direct) emissions in relation to natural gas, diesel, LPG, and company car usage.
Product Footprint
We aim to reduce our product carbon footprints as we evolve our product ranges.
The product footprint of our twist and click nappy bin has been independently assessed, with certified CO2e reduced and CO2e assessed product logos proudly displayed.
Business Travel
We've significantly reduced our global travel with only essential flights now allowed and all the associated emissions offset.
The life of our rivers, seas and oceans is rapidly declining as a result of the impact of humans and pollution on the planet.
We’re committed to cleaning up the world’s waters so our babies can enjoy them. Just like we did.
We’ve made it a priority to clean up the world’s waters by removing single-use (throw away) and difficult to recycle (problem) plastics from everything we do.
Our Packaging
We’ve already started to cut back on our plastics usage by removing over 400 tonnes of single-use plastic from our packaging over the last 3 years.
We are on target to remove single-use plastics from all our packaging by the end of 2023.
Single-use Plastics
We’ve removed 8.6 tonnes of single-use plastics internally across our sites and our offices in Australia, and Spain are now single-use plastic free.
We are aiming towards eliminating all single-use plastics from our products by the end of 2025.
Employee Volunteering
Our employees are helping to reduce plastic pollution across beaches in the UK, Australia, and Morocco, following the launch of our sustainability focused volunteering programme.
Every living thing is integral to the survival of our planet, so we need to look after every plant, animal and mineral with the same care and attention we give to our babies.
We’re committed to protecting and preserving the natural resources our babies can’t live without.
We’ve made it a priority to ensure that all materials across our business and beyond are sourced and used sustainably by 2030 so we can help give every life on earth what it needs to thrive.
Product Innovation
We’ve already made a start in launching product lines made using innovative and sustainable materials, such as our twist and click nappy disposal system, which is made using recycled materials and sustainably sourced sugarcane GREENFILM™.
Mayborn is a proud member of Better Cotton. By choosing cotton products from Mayborn, you’re supporting responsible cotton production through Better Cotton. Better Cotton is sourced via a system of mass balance and is not physically traceable to end products. Mayborn is committed to sourcing 100% of our cotton as Better Cotton by 2024. You can learn more about Better Cotton here.
Our Packaging
As we increase our use of sustainable materials in products and packaging, we’ll be reducing our use of fossil fuel resources, whilst ensuring that our packaging is sustainably sourced and 100% recyclable.
Our products manufactured in the UK and Morocco are provided in cardboard packaging which is FSC certified to support responsible forestry management.
Biodiversity
Following an ecology study, our UK manufacturing facility has been established as a wildlife friendly site, with the planting of wildflowers to attract bees and butterflies, along with the installation of a natural pond and bird boxes to improve biodiversity. Outdoor seating and planted areas are provided to help our employees get closure to nature.
Have any questions about sustainability or think you can help us on our journey, then please get in touch.
Email us at sustainability@mayborngroup.com