August 04, 2023 3 min read
Our website is a very, very small part of the World Wide Internet as a whole. Nevertheless, even a small website such as FelinFach.com has a real and measurable impact on the environment.
The main sources of emissions from websites are:
All these activities use electricity and create carbon dioxide.
Sustainability is a core part of our business activities. Whether it is our carbon neutral shipping, our tree planting with Tree Nation or our plastic free products and packaging, we are improving our sustainability bit by bit, step by step.
Whilst we can and do reduce our carbon emissions wherever possible, for the foreseeable future we cannot eliminate them. That is why we have teamed up with Tree Nation to create our Net Zero Website with effect from 1st August 2023 - a website that produces net zero carbon emissions.
In partnership with Tree Nation, our Net Zero Website automatically offsets and reduces all the CO2 emissions our website generates, wherever that is int he world. Tree Nation calculates our website's emissions based on the number of visits it receives. On the basis of this calculation, we buy and plant the trees needed in our FelinFach Forest to offset these emissions completely,100%.
We now are able to proudly show this logo on our website, shown in the Footer of each page.
Exactly a year ago today, this tree (main image on this page) was planted as part of our FelinFach Forest to offset the CO2 emission of our website. This tree and others reduce our website emission to zero, a net zero website. Each tree receives a certificate of planting. The certificate
Our three priority aims are as follows.
Working with Shopify Planet and Tree Nation, all our shipping and website emissions are automatically calculated and are reduced to ZERO with appropriate carbon offsets. Our contributions fund cutting-edge carbon removal projects that have the potential to reverse climate change.
All of our packaging, parcel boxes and protective materials are recyclable or biodegradable and are 99.9% PLASTIC FREE
We believe that over 99.9% of our products do not contain any plastic at all. As a matter of policy, we do not offer plastic products for sale. Our packaging and our products are over 99.9% plastic free. We believe that we are close to "Plastic Freedom".
Located in Pembrokeshire Wales, our ethos is defined in the three words...
NATURAL TRADITIONAL HANDMADE.
We are a proud supporter of the Campaign for Wool, Global Welsh and Red Dragon America.
Last updated 4th August 2023