22.5 billion pairs of disposable glovesare used each year in the global food industry (BMA 2016), and after use is disposed of into a landfill. Many food handling companies now have sustainability goals in place, with a focus on waste reduction, or indeed a"zero waste" policy, and reducing their disposable glove usage and waste is of utmost importance.
The topic of conversation at our BCorp Event last night was spreading the B Corp message of being a socially responsible business and to generate a bigger interest in the BCorp movement here in Christchurch. As a founding BCorp in NZ, it was great to see such an interest in what BCorp stands for, a business that cares.
Often companies selling disposable gloves or protective clothing know very little about these products, the raw materials used in their production and where they are manufactured; many don’t even care!If transparency is an important value in your business then you need to know about your disposable gloves & protective clothing.
