Bison Product Guide Edition 2.0 - Flipbook - Page 11
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BISON SUSTAINABILITY JOURNEY
On our Sustainability Journey we have already made some
great steps in becoming a more sustainable and eco friendly
company by 2025. Some of our milestones on our journey so
far have been;
• We launched our first ever Recycled Polyester T-Shirts with
more recycled products in the works.
• We are working alongside The Packaging Forum’s Soft
Plastic Recycling Scheme.
• We are an ISO certified organisation and are now ISO 9001,
ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 approved.
SOFT PLASTIC RECYCLING SCHEME
Bison as part of Paramount Safety Products
are members of The Packaging Forum and
The Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme.
The Soft Plastics Scheme has made it
possible, and easy, to recycle our soft plastic
packaging. The polybags we do use are a
soft plastic made with at least 20-30% recycled LDPE.
In our search for better solutions our purchasing decisions will
follow a more sustainability mindset. We will be looking into
sustainable straps, packing tape, boxes and packing labels.
Once soft plastics are collected, the materials are then
recycled through processes set up by members of the Soft
Plastic Recycling Scheme. Companies such as Future Post
and Second Life Plastics turn plastic into useful products, like
fence posts, garden frames and buckets.
Any printing collateral will have sustainable sourced paper and
environmental inks. We are also using more digital technology
and providing electronic platforms like our Distributors
Resources Tab on our website to reduce the need for paper and
hard copy documents.
Bison have already made great steps in reducing packaging
materials and implementing new ECO FUTURE procedures. We
have reduced a number of our swing tags on our garments and
footwear as well as eliminating polybags from our MOHAWK
and INCA Gumboots.
RECYCLED POLYESTER T-SHIRTS
We are excited to introduce our new range of Recycled
Polyester T-Shirts! These are created with plastic bottles and
other plastics which have been granulated, then reduced down
to minute particles or fragments and are then turned into a
fibre and yarn to make our T-Shirts.
We can’t get rid of packaging right away, but we can make it as
easy as possible for you to recycle. For more information on
this scheme you can visit www.recycling.kiwi.nz
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ISO CERTIFIED
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) are an
independent, non-governmental international organization
who brings together experts to share knowledge and develop
international standards that support innovation and provide
solutions to global challenges.
By obtaining ISO certification in Occupational Health and
Safety, Quality Management and Environmental Management
we have the right structure and systems in place in order
to put our customers first, continue to develop new ways to
reduce our environmental impact and ensure our people are
safe at work.
Our commitment to continuous improvement means we
are constantly refining our processes. We are committed to
developing industry leading workwear and footwear, made to the
highest possible standards, using only the best of materials.
Registered
Health& Safety
ISO 45001
ISO 45001 – Occupational Health and Safety
ISO 45001 is the world’s international standard for
Occupational Health and Safety, issued to protect
employees and visitors from work-related accidents
and diseases. ISO 45001 certification was developed
to mitigate any factors that can cause employees
and businesses irreparable harm or that pose a
danger to workers’ physical or mental well-being.
Registered
Quality
ISO 9001
ISO 9001 - Quality Management Systems
ISO 9001 sets out the steps necessary to adopt
a quality management system. It is designed to
help organisations ensure they meet the needs
and expectations of both customers and other
interested parties, based on internationally
recognised quality management principles.
At the heart of the standard is a quality policy and set of
systems and principles that tie together business objectives,
customer needs and your marketing plan. When this approach
to quality is embedded across the business every employee
understands how their actions create a better customer
experience and processes are put in place to continually review
and improve that customer experience.
ISO 14001 - Environmental Management
Part of the ISO 14001 family of international
standards covering environmental impact and
the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions,
ISO 14001 is the standard that covers the
Environment
design and implementation of an Environment
ISO 14001
Management System (EMS). This is a framework
designed to measure and improve the way natural resources
are used and disposed of by an organisation.
Registered
ISO 14001 certification shows an organisational commitment
to the environment and the more effective use of the world’s
resources. ISO 14001 will reduce waste, costs and risk.
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