Sustainability Policy

Smile For ME is committed to improving our environmental performance and implementing best practice to minimise the environmental impacts of our charity’s operations. We are a small charity that runs from home premises so our environmental impacts are smaller however we believe there are no changes too small to help make a positive difference. 

Our commitment 

Smile For ME’s Trustees take responsibility for enacting and reporting on our commitment to becoming an environmentally responsible charity. We will reduce and effectively manage our impact in a responsible manner, by ensuring that environmental considerations are integrated into decision making. 

What we’ve achieved so far 

During 2019 we began to made changes within our Smiles to ensure they are more environmentally friendly. This has been achieved by: 

  • Group buying items where possible 
  • Using kraft paper to wrap items 
  • Using twine to decorate each wrapped item 
  • Using non-toxic, acid-free and baby safe ink pad to stamp our logo onto the kraft paper 
  • Using zero plastic Sellotape 
  • Using bio-degradable bubble wrap 
  • Using carboard postage boxes 
  • Using bio-degradable postage bags 
  • Using biodegradable kraft paper packing tape 
  • Reusing bubble wrap/other styles of protective packaging that items arrive in 

  

We will be continuing to review and improve ways to be more environmentally friendly.