Ethical Trading

"For many businesses the primary function is to make as much profit as possible. Our ethos is different: we strive to operate with minimal detriment to our planet, and maximum benefit to our people — customers and staff alike. Of course, it's a balancing act, but that is the focus of our management." Ken Taylor, proprietor.



As part of WaveWrights, we share the benefits of many long-established ethical business relationships.

We have, for example, signed up with the Mayday Network to help tackle climate change and reduce carbon emissions.

We have also joined the Small Business Journey, which is all about responsible business management, and have submitted a case study detailing some of the steps we have taken, and intend to take, to limit our detrimental impact on the environment.

We watch where the money goes, but in a slightly unusual way for a business... By selecting our business partners not for being the cheapest but by being the most ethical, our money is injected into and circulates among a community that cares for human wellbeing, environmental welfare, and positive change. The alternative does not, in our view, work.

Our banking is handled by an ethical bank, our electricity is sourced from a renewable supply, and we provide our staff with organic and Fairtrade refreshments.

We strive to obtain our stationery from recycled materials and sustainable sources. We are also careful in disposing of waste, preferring to recycle wherever possible.

Our book printer sources its paper (which is elementary chlorine free) from sustainable forestry, and binds books with mineral rather than animal glue. This printer is also geographically close, so the carbon cost of transport is minimised.

We have also sought to deliver a website that is accessible to people with disabilities.

We are painfully aware that nothing in this world (or, indeed, any of the known worlds) is perfect, and we are constantly working towards improving our performance.

We hope that by establishing a successful business model based on sound ethical principles we may be in a position to lead by example, encouraging and enabling more people to be economically productive and still act in accordance with their conscience.