The following sections describe how we choose our products, our philosophy about environmental responsibility, and our values and aspirations.
Product Selection
Green Valley Shop's eco-friendly products are carefully selected based on a strict criteria of environmental correctness, including at least two of the following:
- Made from recycled or organic materials
- Supports fair trade
- Was not animal-tested
- Uses eco-smart packaging
- Promotes awareness of environmental issues
- Does not destroy habitat
- Made using sustainable manufacturing practices
The products you will find on our web site are only those that we have tried ourselves and can recommend. If you have any questions, please send the shop owner an email: anne@greenvalleyshop.com
Environmental Responsibility
As a home-based internet-only business, we avoid the energy costs associated with heating and cooling a brick-and-mortar store.
We have partnered with One World Direct for our warehouse and shipping services because they believe in conducting business by following eco-friendly practices. This includes the use of web-based business processes, recycled packing materials, and lots of natural light in their warehouses.
Green Valley Shop purchases carbon offsets through CarbonFund.org to help mitigate any remaining impact our business operations might have on the environment.
In addition, we support:
Values and Corporate Aspirations
We believe that everyone has a responsibility to the environment, and each person associated with our company is expected to do everything within their means to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
We partner with and purchase products only from companies that respect the environment through responsible and ethical business practices.
- Increase awareness of alternatives to wasteful and damaging consumption
- Effect positive change through our merchandise selections, our sales and marketing strategies, and our business activities
- Connect with employees, customers, suppliers, and the community through our common sense of a higher purpose
- Conduct every business transaction with a focus on integrity, professionalism, and a warm human touch
- Become known as a valuable and trusted eco-products resource
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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