Local manufacturing: 10 points
- 1 point for every 10% by weight of the product manufactured in the UK
- 0.5 points for every 10% by weight of the product manufactured in Europe
Longevity: 10 points
- 2 points for every 1 year of expected product lifetime, up to 5 years
Origin of recycled content: 10 points
- 1 point for every 10% by weight of product manufactured using recycled
material generated in the UK
- 0.5 points for every 10% by weight of product manufactured using recycled
material generated in Europe
Recycled content: 10 points
- 1 point for every 10% by weight of the product manufactured from verified post-consumer recycled material
- 0.5 points for every 10% by weight of the product manufactured from recycled material
End of life: 10 points
- 1 point for every 10% of the product that can be recycled in UK domestic kerbside or commercial collections
- 0.5 points for every 10% of the product that can be separated and recycled at bring back recycling points
Innovation1st in collaboration with Honest
The Honest programme is a sustainability framework that ensures that as a business we have an increasingly sustainable approach to our work and our interactions with stakeholders. As sustainability becomes engrained in the DNA of businesses the world over, we want to ensure we sidestep the splash of greenwash by putting meaningful practices in place that will benefit our staff, our clients, our suppliers and the environment.
The Honest rating system
Whilst we strive to meet our design criteria on every occasion, in practice this is not always achievable – we are honest, not perfect!
So, to provide complete transparency of product performance, we have created the Honest rating system based on our stated design criteria. Each product (or product category where applicable) is scored out of 50 based on the following parameters:
Our Affiliations
Innovation 1st are proud members of the UN Global Compact and are actively using the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) to help guide our business and stakeholders to an increasingly sustainable, prosperous and socially conscious future. The SDG’s encompass more than the topic of sustainability and we are cognisant of ensuring we understand the wider impact of our business activities beyond climate change. To that end, we work to strengthen our business practices and step-by-step continue to make changes within our business that we hope will benefit the wider world.
We will be using funds generated by client orders, to support climate solutions which already exist and could avoid or remove billions of tonnes of emissions, as well as restoring nature and positively transforming society. We’re achieving this via the Ecologi platform that supports projects worldwide and allows us to offset any negative impact our business operations may have on our planet. This is a new initiative that is currently being introduced to our customers.