At Oragene sustainability is an important aspect of our family run business and shows itself through many aspects of our daily operations.
We ensure that all of our plastic bottles are either PET or HDPE recyclable plastics and our packing materials are all recycled, along with our cardboard cartons being NZ manufactured cardboard that complies with the Forest Stewardship Council regulations for sustainability. Our key product range SteriGENE is 100% biodegradable also and is currently being used to help our NZ Agri sector protect itself against a variety of diseases.
Our warehousing facilities are fully electric including our fork lifts and we primarily rely on passive natural lighting sources to illuminate our warehousing facilities. All pallets are recycled and are waste pallets meaning that they can be broken down and utilised for other things once their life as a pallet is complete.
Our office spaces also rely on passive natural lighting with our wide expansive windows providing enough light for our day time operations, the office recycling program is also close to the team’s heart with waste paper being reused or placed in the recycling bins that are present at all team members desks. All tea towels are laundered by the team at home with their own laundry loads to save on additional water usage and we use our inhouse cleaning products which are refilled as required to save on additional consumables.
As a business we are a corporate sponsor for trees for survival. Trees for Survival is a charitable trust which works with over 150 schools and local communities across New Zealand to grow and plant native trees along waterways and on erosion prone hillsides.
We’re planting a tree for every order received. In May 2023, we started working with Greenspark as a way to plant a tree for every order received and enable our customers to have their own dashboard and the ability to track how their orders give back to the planet.
With sustainability as a focus for our future, we will continue working on new ways to improve what we are doing and how we can do our part to make our planet a healthier place.