Sustainability and Community

Our Timber
Three Trees Planted For Every One Cut Down.

We have a small, dedicated number of timber suppliers and forests who we work with. These are very carefully selected using a thorough and comprehensive appraisal to ensure they comply with our procurement policy and supply chain documentation. We want to make people feel good about the Power Sheds products, safe in the knowledge that we are giving something back to the environment and be committed to sustainable forest management. Therefore, we will only have a supply chain where forests are cut down sustainably and responsibly. Our work with our supply chain and the timber suppliers we choose can easily be demonstrated as our suppliers plant three trees for every one cut down.

Power Sheds will only ever purchase from timber suppliers who are themselves Chain of Custody certified. This traces the wood from forest to distribution and our supply chain requirements ensure our suppliers evidence this. Our timber mills use 100% of the log received and any installed boiler capacity replaces 1000s of tonnes of Carbon per annum. Our major timber supplier has also obtained group approval for the TTF Responsible Purchasing Policy. The policy is a tool that further enhances the suppliers reputation as a responsible, environmentally aware supplier to the timber trade.

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100%

of all timber used

1000 tonnes

of carbon replaced annually

Our Packaging
End unnecessary packing.

Our sheds are delivered on a recycled pallet with no unnecessary packaging. This means for our sheds, there is no box to dispose of, no non-biodegradable plastic shrink wrap, and no other plastic covering or protection that the delivered product doesn’t need!

Packaging accounts for nearly a third of municipal solid waste in the UK. Items including cardboard boxes and all types of plastic, metal / glass containers, and foam - these perform the key functions of protecting products and providing information for buyers. However, they are often discarded after a limited time. Some packaging items often end up as litter where they pollute numerous types of environments and then persist in the environment and in living organisms for much longer than they are in use.

We feel it is therefore important to do our bit to avoid contributing to this with the products we supply.

The product is delivered on a recycled pallet (many of which have been restored to be safe to use) and we encourage customers to use the pallet with their shed, whether it is turned into a planter, shelving or many other items customers innovatively transformed their pallet into. As the shed is fully preserved and expertly packed, stood up, on the pallet – this means the shed is fine to be outside in various weather types without a detriment to the quality of the product. As the panels are stood up and treated, rainwater cannot pool on the shed and therefore will not negatively impact the structural integrity of the product.

Very few others can deliver a palletised product over 99% free from packaging.

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99%

free from packaging

80k pallets

recycled annually

Our Footprint
Carbon Neutral by 2024.

As a company, we recognise the importance of our environmental impact and are actively seeking ways to reduce our carbon footprint. With this in mind, we have launched an internal Footprint programme to find ways we can reduce our carbon footprint and be more environmentally friendly as a company. The main areas that we chose to focus on are; travel, consumables and waste.

Changes we’ve made so far:

# Joined the Travel Plan Network run by the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership, a 530 member organisation across West Yorkshire helping to improve travel options for employees. This includes the offer to staff of the cycle to work scheme, car share options through surveys and data analysis, and public transport discounts and subsidies. We are also in discussion to obtain charging stations for electric cars;

# We have invested heavily in burners to burn off-cut timber to heat both of our manufacturing facilities. This is clean timber burning so that heat provides sustainable warmth to staff and yet the burn does not negatively impact the atmosphere;

# Timber suppliers have been carefully selected to ensure we source timber from very well managed forests. We work with our suppliers to help them reduce their carbon footprints and consider emissions when deciding which suppliers to work with;

# We have invested in a new internal office system to increase efficiency and provide a more paperless office;

# We have changed our forklift trucks from diesel to electric.

# Our whole shed manufacturing unit has been kitted out with LED lights to make them more energy efficient.

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60% Improvement

in energy efficiency

Our Community
Supporting people.

We believe we have a huge responsibility to support our local community – and we do so in a number of ways. Firstly, we ensure diversity and inclusion is at the forefront of any recruitment. By significantly deskilling our manufacturing processes with the use of technology, machinery and automation, we have been able to eliminate the requirement of skilful / expert labour. This has reduced barriers to entry for new staff and allowed us to employ large numbers of staff from the local area who had been struggling to find work. After just 2.5 years of being in existence, we had managed to have over 90 members of staff employed. One perfect example of the local community benefiting from our growth and persistence to help out is how we have been accepted by the government for the Kickstart scheme. This means we will actively employ 16 to 24 year olds from various backgrounds who are at risk of long term unemployment. This allows us to support young staff members, previously out of work, helping them to develop transferable skills that are aimed at increasing their chances of sustained employment. Our aim is to offer a total of 22 Kickstart opportunities by the end of 2022.

We are also really proud of our support for local community projects. We have partnered with eBay to sponsor and support Bradford Disability Football Club… This has included two new ‘Power’ sponsored full kits and the costs covered for the training facilities for the year. The new kit was presented by professional footballer ‘The Beast’ Adebayo Akinfenwa and the promo video is well worth a watch here. Bradford Disability Football Club (see https://www.bradforddfc.co.uk/) is a registered charity which has been running more than 20 years and now has over 100 registered players with provision available to its members and their families, from training to social activities. Affiliated to the FA, & the Special Olympics, Bradford Disability Football Club has eight adult teams in the West Riding Ability Counts League, two teams at Under 16 level and two teams at Under 13s.

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100 BDFC

players registered

22 kickstart

opportunities

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