Even though USA is a coffee drinking nation, there were legends like Late Steven Smith, the founder of Tazo tea company, co-founder of Stash Tea Company and Late David Walker, the founder of Walker Tea LLC who foresaw the trend of specialty tea in the US. Bigelow Tea is also a company which has been serving good teas to USA tea lovers for almost 75 years. As Tea & Coffee Trade Journal had reported, Bigelow Tea, a certified B Corp and arguably the US specialty tea market leader, is encouraging its employees to “B the Change” through a commitment towards sustainability at work and at home.

The firm recently launched a new training programme across the organisation which focuses on sustainability education for both the workplace and home. Integrated into the traditional training modules, the Sustainability Training is a year-round educational programme that equips employees with the most up-to-date best practices for reducing their impact on the environment. It also gives employees a voice to suggest additional measures to further that goal within the organisation.

Bigelow tea has taken many measures to minimize its impact on the environment include a partnership with Fermata Energy, installing a bidirectional charger at their Louisville location and adding the company’s first electric vehicle. In addition, Bigelow Tea was recently certified by Green-e Energy for using 100% renewable energy across all three of its locations, and also completed a four-year energy audit which enabled the reduction of energy usage ranging from 2%-14% across its three locations.

Sustainability has long been a guiding principle at the organization. At Bigelow Tea’s Fairfield headquarters, the company installed 870 solar panels on the roof of its corporate building in 2007 and has been certified as a Zero Waste to Landfill company since 2012, diverting 95.3% of its solid waste companywide through composting and recycling programmes.

“We saw an opportunity to provide our employees with the knowledge they need to be champions of sustainability in all facets of their lives,” said Cindi Bigelow, third generation president & CEO of Bigelow Tea.

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