Ziggy Natural Products are at the start of a journey. A journey to true sustainability. To us, this means control over our products. Control over where they start, where and how they are made and how they arrive. It is a journey because we have not achieved this yet. So we have set a bar for ourselves, this bar we have named the Ziggy Standard. This standard represents transparency and a universal commitment to the principle of sustainability throughout the production cycle.
Underpinning our ideology are the five pillars of sustainability. These pillars are economic, social, environmental, cultural and security. Each pillar represents an area we consider, if and when we attribute a product with the Ziggy Standard. Currently no products have this mark. It is our mission to ensure that all Ziggy brand products obtain this mark by 2022. Further than that, we plan to be able to present that mark to 50% the products we sell by 2023. These products, manufactured by separate entities will go through a process that will allow us to present the mark.
We have just left the starting line of a marathon. Retailers are the conduit through which products flow, and time has witnessed this platform become weary and profit driven. We owe it to customers to stop hiding in the shadows when it comes to what they are purchasing. Profiting from poor ethical decisions. This is the acorn we will grow out of, our ideology. Inevitably, we will get there. We will achieve what we set out to accomplish and provide an oasis for consumers in a desert of products too harmful to be useful and better yet we will do this together. Join us and 'Get Your Natural On!'
"Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time" ~ Mark Twain
In the rush to develop ourselves and the products we use, we have created a crisis. This crisis is waste. The things we discard, burn, bury, and unfortunately in some instances ignore. But, ignore we can do no longer. It is impossible to not appreciate the significance of what we put in the bin, and which bin at that.
Unavoidably, one of the main culprits that falls into this bracket is packaging. Here at Ziggy Natural we aim to become a zero waste seller. Meaning the packaging you receive from us is either 100% recyclable or reusable without exception. Equally, While the discussion is being had on the true benefits of the term '100% biodegradable' we maintain that it is our preferred standard when approaching biodegradable items. No non-biodegradable packaging will be sold by Ziggy Natural Products by 2022.
We are prepared and ready for innovation and the adoption of new technology, strategy and legislation. We cannot proceed as it is so change will come. Ziggy Natural are here and are equally as ready. So by the 7th day of sustainability, true waste will be a thing of the past.