Our business is all about measuring our environment. It is safe to say that were are experiencing extreme weather events more frequently and out climate is changing. We cannot pretend that an online business shipping products made of metal and plastic, via commercial couriers does not impact our environment - we could not serve the whole of New Zealand otherwise.

We can and do make some decisions that in their little way can help - we recycle inbound packaging, wherever we can we use sea freight and we also try to do our best with the packaging we use. Our padded envelopes are 30% recycled, our new boxes are 70% recycled and when we can we reuse old packaging we have both for the outer box and for packing inside. Reusing is usually less environmentally impactful than recycling.

So if you have ever wondered why your new weather station did not come in a sleek, branded box, this is why. The tatty cardboard box, with someone else's brand on it, is just one little thing we can do help our planet.