ESG

People Planet Products

Our ESG Highlights

We have established a group ESG council and appointed a group ESG director to lead our programme
We are excited to support M&S in boldly resetting Plan A
Foam free products launched with John Lewis & Partners
We are launching our supplier code of conduct
We have partnered with Planetly to map our carbon footprint so we can set effective carbon reduction targets
We run two apprentice schools, in our Home & Leisure and Westbridge divisions developing future talent
We are replacing virgin plastic packaging with a minimum of 30% recycled content
We were first to market with the exciting new Virtue sofa. In partnership with Sofology the Virtue is uniquely a rental offer and is designed for circularity with reusable and recyclable major components
Safecall the multi-lingual whistle-blowing hotline is now available across all our sites, both in the UK and Romania and is open to all stakeholders to use
We have joined SEDEX as AB members at Group level to provide transparency and help ensure we are taking proper care of our workers
We’re proud to have supported charities chosen by our workers in our local communities, for example – Ben’s Den, Nightingale House, Resource Renew, Mind & Flintshire Food Bank

People

Our ESG people commitments

Human rights and combating modern slavery
Access to decent employment
Colleague health & wellbeing
Diversity & inclusion
Ethical trading standards
Community engagement
We’re SEDEX AB members, working to improve the lives of workers in our supply chain
Safecall anonymous multi-lingual whistle-blowing line for all stakeholders

SDG 3 Good Health And Well-Being SDG 5 Gender Equality SDG 8 Decent Work And Economic Growth SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Planet

Our ESG planet commitments

We’ve partnered with Planetly to independently measure our carbon footprint, so we can make solid improvements
More sustainable manufacturing
Reducing, reusing and recycling
Zero waste to landfill by end of 2022 (some of our sites are already there)
Measuring and reducing our water consumption

SDG 6 Clean Water And Sanitation SDG 7 Affordable And Clean Energy SDG 13 Climate Action

Products

Our ESG product commitments

Sustainable timber sourcing
We are aiming for all our leather products to support sustainable manufacturing, through the Leather Working Group (LWG)
Actively increasing our use of recycled materials
We’re working on circular economy products
Minimising our use of virgin single-use plastic

SDG 14 Life Below Water SDG 9 Industry, Innovation And Infrastructure SDG 12 Responsible Consumption And Production SDG 15 Life On Land

Our Environment Social & Governance (ESG) Council

Gary Lasham

Chief Executive Officer

Gary is a qualified engineer and has spent all his career in British manufacturing, initially in Operations roles, then Sales and for the last 20 years in senior Director and MD roles.

Anthony Pydiah

Group ESG Director

Anthony joined Belfield in 2004, as Senior Quality & Technical Manager at Westbridge Furniture and now heads up our ESG strategy.

Kayleigh Irwin

Group H&S Director

Kayleigh joined the Belfield Group in June 2021. She has 15 years experience working in Health and safety and 9 years in the manufacturing industry.

Stuart Masson

Managing Director Tetrad

Stuart Joined Belfield in 2017 from a fast paced manufacturing background. Having worked in manufacturing for over 20 years, he has a keen focus on Employee wellbeing and operational efficiency.

Stuart Pugh

Facilities & Contracts Manager H&L

Stuart joined the business in February 2021. A large part of his working career has been in the upholstery trade, from apprentice upholsterer, through to ERP Team Leader.

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