Mission & Objectives

MISSION
Organic Partners principal objective is to develop partnerships with producers and collectors of organic herbal ingredients and sell their products into the international food, cosmetics and medicines markets.

We achieve this by quality control, efficient management of the supply chain, a keen understanding of the buyer's requirements and providing an exemplary service.

Operating to the highest ethical and environmental standards, we actively support organic farming, the managed collection of wild plants, biodiversity and rural livelihoods.


ECONOMIC
Business can, and should, be used to promote sustainable development, environmental conservation and socio-economic progress.

Given the global nature of economic activity, Organic Partners is founded on the premise that to actualise the philosophy of sustainability, it must have a sound and coherent business strategy. Built on a 25 year foundation of successful entrepreneurial activity within the herbal sector, Organic Partners has the means to 'walk the talk' - to deliver services to both producers and buyers of herbal ingredients efficiently and cost effectively. Through sound business management, we deliver the non-financial aspirations which are at the company's heart.



SUSTAINABLE and ENVIRONMENTAL
By 'sustainability', Organic Partners means that its activity, from pre-production to supply, will impact positively on its ability to continue into the future.

Given the near-universal acceptance of climate change through a profligate use of non-renewable resources, Organic Partners recognition of the planet's environmental challenges are integral to all aspects of its activity - the way its plants are grown, its internal systems and its transportation policy. The company will be carbon-neutral before the end of 2007.

Working with plant ingredients, there is great opportunity to have a direct positive effect on the sustainable management of large areas of cultivated and wild land.
Organic Partners is committed to sustainable harvesting practises, organic farming, environmental protection, resource conservation and bio-diversity. As well as holding organic certification, Organic Partners is a founding member of the Union of Ethical BioTrade which incorporates, and is developing, the goals of the CBD (Convention on Bio-diversity).


SOCIAL
Environmental sustainability without consideration of the social dynamic cannot be truly sustainable. Communities which are exploited are inherently unstable. Organic Partners believes that benefit sharing is not only ethically right but that it is also a foundation stone of sustainable business.
Organic Partners policy espouses fair trade and benefit sharing - and makes this concrete by independent verification standards. We are certified as a Fairtrade company by FLO (Fairtrade Labelling Organisation) and incorporate the criteria of FairWild, Soil Association's Ethical Trade Programme, and the UEBT (Union of Ethical BioTrade).