Sustainable Business Practices
Sustainable business practices forms part of Dial-a-Picnic business philosophy.
There are 3 components to sustainability, i.e. environmental, social and economic sustainability. Below we have listed the practices we follow to maintain a more sustainable business model.
Environmental / Ecological Sustainability:
- We use organic fresh produce & products where possible
- We recycle all our kitchen waste and work this back into our gardens
- We use re-usable or recyclable packaging which in turn reduces unnecessary waste
- Our Environmentally Friendly Shopping bag is a solution to the plastic bag endemic which is polluting our suburbs and threatening animal life.
Social Sustainability:
- We employ people from disadvantage areas when needs be. They are employed on a casual and per job basis. Everything depends on volume. The bigger the function the more jobs we can create.
- Our baskets are made by blind individuals to whom this (weaving of baskets) is their sole income
- Our Environmentally Friendly Shopping bags are made by individuals who lost their jobs in the clothing industry due to the increase in imported products from China.
Economic Sustainability:
- We only support local business and try to use as much small business products as possible.
More about the plastic bag endemic and how our Environmentally Friendly Bags are making a difference!
Over and above the fact that plastic bags are a common sight all over South Africa, polluting our beautiful country, nearly 200 different species marine life including whales, dolphins, seals and turtles die due to plastic bags.
Our Solution:
Multipurpose Environmentally Friendly Bags - made by Novelty Business Concepts.
More about our manufacturers:
- 13 ex clothing industry unemployed people from Silverton-Athlone and Ravensmead are doing all the manufacturing from their home – the complete product.
- All printing is being done by SAFP
(South African Fabric Printers – a totally BEE owned company)
- Bag always available (on keys) for any emergency
- You can pack your left over picnic goodies inside and take it home for later
- Less plastic bags filling up our home and polluting our beautiful country.
- Lightweight but heavy duty material
- Wash and durable
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Picnic Weather
17°C
Cape Town
Partly Cloudy
Humidity: 77%
Wind: 19.31 km/h
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25 May 2013
19°C
13°C
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26 May 2013
17°C
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