Times are tough for everyone; people and planet is the answer (KBB Review)
Richard Hagan explains why a focus on sustainability makes good business sense especially at a time when energy prices are sky high.
Sustainability leadership in 2022 will be defined by radical, disruptive transparency (edie)
UK-based manufacturer Crystal Doors is planning to add real-time emissions and energy data to its website, with managing director Richard Hagan saying all businesses must show “radical” transparency and changes to their purpose if the climate emergency is to...
Crystal Doors features in new book on Green Manufacturing
Managing Director Richard Hagan was invited to write an entire chapter about his journey to sustainable manufacturing for a new book edited by experts at Birmingham City University’s Institute for Design, Economic Acceleration & Sustainability (IDEAS). Green Manufacturing: What...
Companies must be sustainable to survive (KBB Review)
Businesses around the world will have to adapt and up their eco credentials if they want to survive, says Richard Hagan, MD of Crystal Doors, speaking from the COP26 summit in Glasgow…
No COP-ping out now: The climate pressure is on (KBB Review)
The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow will see nearly 200 nations – along with activists and climate scientists – have their say on the future of the planet. There will be fraught negotiation between warring factions. The leaders vs....
The climate’s right for a summit of your own (KBB Review)
COP26 will be full of political disagreements, backroom bargaining and compromise. What we end up with will ultimately define whether we are able to take control of the climate emergency and limit global temperature rise to habitable levels, or...
Carbon neutral is dead. Long live net zero (KBB Review)
Over the last year, ‘net zero’ has become the buzzword of choice in the fight against climate catastrophe. Terms like ‘carbon neutral’ are outdated – it’s not just carbon dioxide emissions we need to cut out, but all greenhouse...
The Sustainable Challenge (Halston Marketing)
Director Richard Hagan recently contributed to Halston Marketing’s excellent Manufacturing is Coming Home report, commenting on the importance of sustainability and innovation to UK manufacturing as we recover from the pandemic.
No pledge, no business: Welcome to the new normal (Manufacturing & Engineering Magazine)
This year, business has finally begun to embark upon the road to net zero emissions en masse. As the movement grows, sustainability will have to run through a business’s entire network. Demonstrating leadership will become a prerequisite for entering...
How independent retailers can leapfrog large business to zero carbon (KBB Review)
In preparation for COP26, the UN climate summit this November, our government has announced to the world that the UK is ‘on target’ and committed to net zero emissions by 2050…
How to join the race to net zero (KBB Review)
The race to net zero carbon emissions has been set by UK Government for 2050, but what does that mean for you and your business?…
How to become a sustainable manufacturing champion (The Manufacturer)
With the UK hosting the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November, sustainable manufacturing is in the spotlight and is becoming a priority for manufacturers. Our Community recently benefitted from an informative presentation by Richard Hagan, Managing Director, Crystal...
Sustainable customer relationships (KBB Review)
Following a year of lockdowns, online sales, and little personal shopping, our KBB market is enjoying a flood of consumers who have amassed £135 billion of savings that they are keen to spend improving home life or home working…
Who do you think you are? (Manufacturing & Engineering Magazine)
Money talks, or money makes the world go round, was a concept that wealth in money is success. I believed this economic model until I researched environmental impacts from my dust extraction plant being rejected for planning…
Green light for indies, red faces for sheds (KBB Review)
Sometimes we can fall into a trap of believing that large companies hold all the power. But when it comes to sustainability, I have found the opposite to be true…
Act Now, Why The Fuss? (Manufacturing & Engineering Magazine)
There are around six million businesses in the UK. Some are larger than others, but they all have an impact on the planet. If they are to remain relevant in the 2020s and beyond, every single one needs a...
Get ahead with Eco Labelling (KBB Review)
A new energy labelling system will be rolled out for electrical appliances in the UK and EU this month. Energy labels encourage us to consider the true lifetime cost of a product rather than just the price…
Wealth in nature was always our purpose in life and work (Manufacturing & Engineering Magazine)
I look back at the first tool being used by humans during the stone age and wonder how our tools today are incomprehensible to our ancestors only a few generations ago…
Lessons from the milk float (KBB Review)
In 1978, I spent the summer holidays in the seaside resort of Harlech. I remember being woken up every morning by a hand-rung bell announcing the daily milk delivery from an electric milk float. If it wasn’t for the...
Carbon Neutral: How Crystal Doors became a green pioneer (Manufacturing & Engineering Magazine)
It started with a proposal to install a biomass burner in 2015 Crystal Doors wanted to channel its wood waste into a sustainable heating solution. But the planners said ‘no’. They deemed the environmental impact to be too high…
A bespoke manufactured solution (Manufacturing & Engineering Magazine)
Ever since its inception in 1994, Crystal Doors has operated to lead the vinyl door market in terms of both innovation and quality…
How the KBB industry can lead the way on sustainability (KBB Review)
Every day my mind is fixed on ideas to improve my understanding and engage with others to address the climate emergency. This is not a typical business owner’s daily routine…
My journey to sustainability (KBB Review)
Last year, at The Manufacturer MX awards, Crystal Doors found itself a finalist alongside global brands such as BMW, Siemens and Airbus, as it was shortlisted in the Sustainable Manufacturing category. But I used to be a climate sceptic…