Climate Positive Workforce

100 million hectares of tropical forest were lost between 1980 and 2000. That is hard to picture, and is just one of the reasons why at the end of 2021 we partnered with Ecologi. They’re a fantastic company committed to helping workforces become climate positive. With their help we'll be planting 10 trees per employee each month. The trees will be planted across the world as part of a project to support areas impacted by deforestation and climate change. Our first trees were planted in Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique and Uganda to name a few.

As well as planting trees, the project helps fund planet saving projects such as wind and solar farms, peatland restoration, and providing communities with cleaner energy sources to cook with in countries across Africa and further afield.

In addition to 10 trees planted per employee each month, ADM Protexin are funding 10 trees to be planted in the UK per new employee throughout 2022 as a welcome gift - sounds like another great reason to join the ADM Protexin team.

In 2023 we will have planted over 30,000 trees globally and offset over 2,300 tonnes of carbon. We're pretty excited to be contributing to a greener, happier and healthier planet, watch our progress here.

Bio-Kult Packaging

A number of companies have recently jumped ship from plastic to glass packaging, as (at a first glance) it appears to be the more planet friendly option. We often get asked what we’re doing with our packaging, specifically with our blister packs and why aren’t our products moving to glass jars.

We’ve never been one to follow the crowd - we are strong believers in doing things properly.

We have to consider the viability and stability of our product. We won’t make any move that would result in our product not being the great product that is on the market now.

Likewise, we’re really conscious that although glass jars appear more sustainable for the planet in terms of being recyclable, the actual impact on the planet, when you consider the CO2 output and emissions that come from manufacturing and recycling glass and transporting heavier goods, glass isn’t as sustainable as it would appear.*

We know our blister packs are not the most sustainable, but we want to make sure any move we make is for the right reasons and not just for the sake of appearances.

We do not currently have the option of bio-plastic blister films as we buy very high grade technical films to protect the quality of the product. However, we are actively searching for suitable alternatives and we are hopeful that supply options will open up as the bio-plastics market grows.

In the meantime, our Bio-Kult boxes are fully recyclable, kerbside. And, our blister packs, once you’ve finished with them, can be taken to either Boots or Superdrug who run recycling schemes for this type of packaging.

We’ve got much more planned for Bio-Kult and our packaging, so watch this space.