gantwells designs

Our ethos:
every little bit helps

Recycle and recycled

Our designs are unique but:
We use recycled paper for our business printing.
All our used paper is recycled.
When possible we recycle old envelopes for business correspondance
Our loo roll is made from recyled paper (too much info?).

Sustainable

We use 'green' electricity and low energy light bulbs.
Our camera uses rechargable batteries.

Fairtrade/organic

We drink and supply visitors with Fairtrade and/or organic coffee, tea, sugar and milk.
You will find organic soap here for washing hands.

Thoughtful

We design on Macs, using the 'better energy savings' setting.
Working from home means lower petrol consumption.
If its chilly, we will wear a sweater rather than wack up the heating.
Karen drives a car with small engine and is vegetarian.

But, our workplace is (currently) heated by an oil fired system.

Environmental policy

It can seem a bit of a band wagon the old 'green' movement. To gantwells its not about obsessive activism, we have always been interested in environmental issues and for some time we have been trying to reduce the gantwells carbon footprint - our work practice and lifestyles reflect that.

We won't be planting a tree for each customer but actually reducing our carbon emissions by a 'best work practice' with no extra costs to our clients.

Currently we are re-modeling our work practice to use and offer to our customers:

pointers to 'green' or ethical ISPs;
'green' or ethical domain name suppliers;
print services who use paper from sustainable sources or recycled where appropriate and vegetable based inks with no nasty pigments

"A considerate work practice ..."