14 LEADING EDGE - 2022-1 If you have recently made some changes and are working towards a more sustainable home or workplace, we’d love to hear from you! Send us your story and photographs to marketing@alphalabs.co.uk or tweet @alphalabs, for your chance to be showcased in our next Sustainability Snapshot. For every published story, choose one of our amazing free green goodies to support your continued green efforts. Share Your Story and we’ll send you some green goodies 64 Pen-y-Turnpike Wood 106 Home Farm 20 Uffmoor Wood 86 Castle Camps For many years Alpha Laboratories has been involved with a number of projects to support environmentally friendly practices, and now we’re taking it one step further! Our recently formed Sustainability Working Group is looking at ways to further improve our green credentials, as well as supporting the local community, and working with customers and suppliers to help the whole supply chain to become as environmentally friendly as possible. Here we set out some of the goals for 2022, and reflect on the activities we’re already committed to. Hopefully these plans will provide some inspiration to you, and your team, on how you can join in and help to create a more sustainable world. Keep up to date with our progress in every edition of our publications Leading Edge and LabVantage and on our website: alphalabs.co.uk/sustainability Sustainability Spotlight: LaboraTree It was way back in 2009 that the first seed of the Alpha Laboratories’ tree planting scheme, LaboraTree, was sown. Thanks to the dedicated LaboraTree members in laboratories throughout the UK, over 2,500 trees have now been planted across the country and are helping make a positive contribution to our environment. The trees planted by our members have helped absorb CO2, improve air quality, and support biodiversity and local wildlife. Fastrak® tips are going even further to support sustainability: the packaging is made from 95% renewable materials which include a compostable base made from a non-petroleum resin and the outer packaging is printed using vegetablebased inks. Compact and easy to store; the Fastrak® refill system helps you to maximise storage space in the laboratory, whilst reducing your carbon-footprint. Sustainability Snapshot Growing Our Efforts in Environmentally Friendly Practices Pictured: Seedballs, Hedgehog House, Bee House, Bird House. Items may vary. To date, we have planted over 2000 trees together through the LaboraTree Scheme The woods in dark green are now full thanks in part to the trees we’ve planted. The light green are the places we continue to plant in. 52 Londonthorpe Wood 38 Old Wood 43 Theydon Bois 64 Birdwell Wood 171 Stanley Wood 247 Brede High Wood 266 Glen Finglas 117 Priory Grove 6 Spud Wood 332 Penguin Wood 56 Valley Park 161 Gault Wood 53 Fordham Hall 19 Avon Valley 14 Marden Park 15 Lineover Wood 37 Dutton Park 228 Watkins Wood 60 Casehill Meadows
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