Bettys &Taylors Group Ltd
Cosy Direct
Bettys & Taylors is a 100-year-old family business with three iconic brands: Yorkshire Tea, Taylors of Harrogate and Bettys Café Tea Rooms. Its group purpose is ‘to make a positive difference in the world’. With a long commitment to
Champions of a natural, engaged and active childhood, Cosy Direct sells ethically sourced educational supplies to schools, councils and nurseries. Its ethos is that every youngster should have the opportunity to learn and develop while having fun – with an emphasis on preserving our planet, too. As a home of new ideas, Cosy Direct – founded by husband and wife Peter and Amanda Ellse in 2011 – is continually innovating and developing its extensive product range with teacher-led research and play in mind. Each year, around 2,000 unique products are imagined by the ever-growing ‘Cosy Community’ and, as a way of giving back, 10% of profits from the business goes into the Cosy Foundation, the charitable arm of the business, which supports social causes via table-top sized charities and voluntary groups both at home and abroad.
trading responsibly, the business has previously been granted a Queen’s Award in 2001 and 2007, in recognition of its commitment to sustainable stakeholder relationships. Most recently, the business received a Queen’s Award in 2017 for its unique Taylors Sourcing Approach, which works to improve standards throughout its tea and coffee supply chain, as well as through community and environmental social impact projects
The group aims to build a supply chain that empowers producer communities all over the world
to support the long-term sustainability of its suppliers and future generations. This latest award recognises the continuous progress made over the past five years to further strengthen and embed the business’ sourcing approach, whilst working alongside suppliers, partners and the wider industry to understand and address social and environmental challenges through investment in sustainability projects that benefit suppliers and their communities. BETTYS &TAYLORS GROUP LTD 1 Parliament Street, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 2QU Tel: 01423 814000 • PR@bettysandtaylors.co.uk • www.bettysandtaylors.co.uk @bettys; @yorkshiretea; @taylors bettys-&-taylors-of-harrogate
Peter and Amanda Ellse, picture © Pictoria
COLLABORATE & INNOVATE LTD (TRADING AS COSY DIRECT) Units 316-318 Fauld Industrial Estate, Fauld Lane, Fauld, Derbyshire DE13 9HS Tel: 01332 370152 • sales@cosydirect.com @cosydirect cosydirect cosydirect
Delphis Eco
The ecological cleaning manufacturer Delphis Eco has been honoured for the first time with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development. The award follows a highly successful year for the business while launching products into new retailers and with new products in development for imminent release. Delphis Eco has been lauded for its excellence in sustainable development. Incredibly, this is over and above the two Royal Warrants Delphis Eco holds from HM The Queen and HRH The Prince of Wales. Created out of the need to provide a solution to cleaning that wouldn’t harshly impact the environment, Delphis Eco is one of 226 organisations nationwide recognised with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise, and one of only 31 to be awarded for Sustainable Development. The Delphis Eco team has produced an award- winning, ecological cleaning range made from renewable, plant-based ingredients, providing products free from toxins, fumes and chemicals to the market. With over a decade of experience under its belt, the brand is valued as an industry innovator, loved by professionals for being effective, and approved by the planet for its practices. Commenting on the prestigious accolade, Mark Jankovich, CEO of Delphis Eco said: “We are
honoured to have received this prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for our outstanding achievements in Sustainable Development, and I’m really proud of our team, all of whom are continually looking for ways to increase our sustainability efforts. “Winning the highest UK official award for business is a recognition of Delphis Eco’s authority within environmental conservation. It acknowledges
our achievements not just in reducing our scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, but inspiring others to reduce theirs too. This award cements our ambition to continually strive to do more for society and the planet.” Delphis Eco is the leading manufacturer of eco- friendly, plant-based cleaning products created in Britain. With years of working in the toughest cleaning environments, the products are loved by cleaning professionals countrywide as their formulation ensures the least possible impact on users and the environment without compromising on cleaning power. Bathroom cleaning essentials that are good for the planet
Loved by professionals – approved by the planet!
DELPHIS ECO Sustainable Workplace, 3rd Floor Riverside Building, County Hall, London SE1 7PB info@delphiseco.com • www.delphiseco.com
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