Elephant Box | People & Planet

OUR COMMITMENTS

FAIR & SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS

We believe that each person should be treated with respect in a safe working environment with fair employment terms

FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION

We believe that every person has the right to demand their rights within the workplace

We ensure that suppliers have a grievance policy & mechanism in place for workers & share accurate & up to date info about which trade unions employees are able to join

WAGES

We make sure that suppliers are transparent about wages at a factory level and all our suppliers meet or exceed the country's wage requirement

AUDITING

We use third party audits of suppliers and/or our own visits to ensure that our standards are met

MODERN SLAVERY PREVENTION

We believe that no person should be forced into work, be exploited or trafficked & everyone should have full control and access over their wages. Regular third party audits of our suppliers ensure that no slavery, child labour or exploitation is taking place in the production of Elephant Box products

We vet suppliers carefully with personal visits & third party audits from independent organisations such as BSCI & Sofeast. We will not work with any company that does not ensure fair & safe working conditions, freedom of association, transparent wages & overtime policy & does not partake in regular third party social audits.

Our suppliers are based in India South Korea and China.

ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT

We pledge to continually reduce & eliminate waste in our supply chain and in our operations

We have always used plastic-free packaging throughout our supply chain from manufacturer to consumer

We use recycled & recyclable paper & card

We have a paper-free office & paper-free orders

We supply a growing range of accessories & spares to help extend the life of our products

We strive to make our products as useful, versatile & as durable as we possibly can

We back our steel products with a 15 year warranty.

Recycling - you can send any damaged or faulty things back to us and we'll make sure that they are recycled

STAINLESS STEEL

Stainless steel has a number of brilliant properties that make it the best material for carrying and storing food in which are also great from an ecological perspective too. It’s incredibly durable with a very long lifespan. Another big plus is that it doesn’t downgrade. What this means it’s infinitely recylable. Steel products can be recycled over and over again into a new product.

POWDER COAT

We use powder coating to create the colour finish on our water bottles. Powder coating unlike solvent-based paint, doesn’t generate harmful fumes or pollutants. It also has less waste in the overall process.

CORK

Cork is highly renewable. It’s harvested every 9 years from the bark of the cork oak tree. As it grows again after harvesting it takes up co2. Regularly harvested cork trees absorb 3 to 5 times as much co2 as unharvested trees. Cork forests host one of the worlds highest levels of forest biodiversity & provides habitats for rare & endangered species.

Cork products are natural & durable. At the end of their life they are biodegradable or recyclable.

The cork we use for our To-Go Cup sleeve is grown and processed in China.

SILICONE

The production of silicone uses petrochemicals, but we use it for our lids & seals because it's better than plastic from both an environmental & health perspective. Silicone is more robust & tends to have a longer lifespan than plastic. It's safer for humans and more "ocean-friendly" because it won't break down into micro particles in the same way that plastic does. Silicone can be recycled at specialist centres like Terracycle

COTTON

We use GOTS certified cotton for our tote & produce bags. (Global Organic Textile Standard) The use of organically cultivated fibres, the exclusion of environmentally harmful or toxic substances & the introduction of a minimum wage are just a small snippet of the binding criteria stipulated by GOTS.

However, as virgin cotton is extremely water intensive, we are investigating an alternative material for these products.

PLASTIC

We use BPA free plastic for our sports & coffee caps & for the trigger of our reusable spray bottle. It was after much discussion that we chose to introduce some plastic to our product range. It came down to the fact that we'd rather provide a reusable solution that's versatile & meets peoples needs than not. We'd much rather you bought a steel bottle with a plastic lid than a fully plastic bottle. Like silicone we use it sparingly & when there isn’t a good alternative. Sometimes it’s just the best material for the job.