More green awards for Crystal Doors!
Crystal Doors has continued a hot streak of environmental award wins, this time thanks to our energy efficiency and renewable energy partner Perfect Sense Energy. On 1 September, Perfect Sense won the 2020 Small Scale Project of the Year...
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 Terms like ‘carbon neutral’ are outdated – it’s not just carbon dioxide emissions we need to cut out, but all greenhouse...
Crystal Doors featured in Queen’s Award Magazine
“The fact that Crystal Doors has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Sustainability on its first attempt will make it the obvious choice for businesses and individuals wanting to make an environmentally conscious purchase…”
Crystal Doors shortlisted for BusinessGreen Leaders Award!
Crystal Doors has been shortlisted for Manufacturer of the Year in the 2021 BusinessGreen Leaders Awards. The BusinessGreen Leaders Awards have been running for over a decade and are one of the most well-known and prestigious awards schemes for...
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.
Disadvantaged teens set for incredible adventure through Crystal-Doors-supported Animal Academy
Manchester’s teenagers are set to get hands-on experience with some of the world’s most rare and wonderful wildlife. Hopwood Hall College and University Centre is launching its Animal Academy, an exciting summer programme taking place at its campus in...
Crystal Doors singled out as 1 of 5 “Northern SMEs which deserve international recognition” (BusinessCloud)
With just 31 staff [Crystal Doors] has revolutionised its output with new green manufacturing techniques – a rare achievement for such a small company. Founder Richard Hagan not only won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise this year, he ‘almost...
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…
Crystal Doors endorses Journey to Net Zero business support programme
SME businesses in Greater Manchester can now get fully-funded support for their journey to net zero emissions through a new online programme launched by GC Business Growth Hub. The Hub’s support has previously played a key role in Crystal...
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…
Crystal Doors is now a Queen’s Award winning company!
Crystal Doors is one of just 2 companies in the North West to be honoured with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development in 2021. We have been awarded the prestigious title in recognition of our pioneering...
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...
Leading the way to Net Zero via Climate Hub
Crystal Doors has joined businesses, governments, cities and regions around the world in pushing for net zero emissions by 2050 by joining the SME Climate Hub network. The SME Climate Hub is open to any SME that commits to...
Going green, mental health & career advice: Richard speaks to Unity Radio’s Next Gen Youths show
Customer Experience vs. Customer Service: Richard features on The Art of the Impossible podcast
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…
Richard shares net-zero tips with Translational Energy Research Centre
Crystal Doors has joined Race to Zero
Crystal Doors has formally joined Race to Zero, the official UN-backed global campaign to rally leadership and support for net zero in the lead up to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow this November. Since its inception in June...
Check out Crystal Doors’ new bee hotel
Crystal Doors strategy to reach carbon neutrality by 2022 is not just about tackling climate change; we also want to do our bit to improve biodiversity. We recently took delivery of this huge bee hotel designed in the shape...
Prestigious award win for Sustainability Leadership
Crystal Doors is delighted to become the first ever company to be crowned Small Business of the Year at the edie Sustainability Leaders Awards, a prestigious national awards scheme that celebrates the individuals and organisations who are leading the...
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…
Unity Radio recording – What Richard defines as success
All companies be they global, local companies, even individuals, as David Attenborough mentioned on his film, it is critical that everybody takes a radical change as soon as possible. It is the youth that is going to experience the...
Closing the Doors on Carbon Emissions: 2020 Update
Our new report tracks our progress towards carbon neutrality during 2020, and what our plans are for the future.
Richard explains how to build a sustainable business on KBB Podcast
Crystal Doors’ Managing Director was a guest on the KBB Magazine Podcast in November to discuss how suppliers and manufacturers can operate a sustainable business and still make a profit, regardless of your size. Our journey was described by...
Achieving Zero Carbon in the North West
On 11th November, Richard Hagan will join experts in the North West to discuss the current zero carbon agenda and what it means for our region. The webinar is being hosted by IEMA, who recently recognised Crystal Doors with...
Crystal Doors featured in ‘Sustainability Success Stories for SMEs’
On 5th November, Richard Hagan will be speaking at an Institute of Directors (IoD) online webinar celebrating small and medium-sized businesses from across the country that have embraced sustainability. Richard will be telling Crystal Doors’ story alongside: Yvonne Obuya,...
Andy Burnham: ‘Follow Richard’s lead on zero carbon’
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has called on businesses to follow Richard Hagan and Crystal Doors’ lead on reaching zero carbon as quickly as possible to capture the ‘early adopter’ benefits. In an interview for Rochdale Ambassadors on 14...
Latest award win for our leadership in sustainability
Following on from our fantastic IEMA Sustainability Impact Award for Energy & Carbon Transition earlier this year, Crystal Doors has received another award for our work to drive the transition to greener manufacturing: Sustainable/Ethical Manufacturer of the Year at...
Our company accounts now show Climate-Related Disclosure
Crystal Door’s annual financial statement now includes disclosure to our purpose, environmental impact, climate-related risk management and emissions as recommended by the international Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD). The TCFD is a globally-recognised voluntary standard to help companies...
THE IMPORTANCE OF A GREENER FUTURE FOR BUSINESS – OCTOBER 2020
This event, which will be conducted via Zoom, is free for both members and non-members, register online. In this event, we aim to focus on why we need to make a change and how businesses can look to start...
IEMA Sustainability Impact Awards 2020 Winner
“Crystal Doors ensures that employees, suppliers, customers and the local community are all engaged in its ambitious net zero strategy. Strong and committed climate leadership from the managing director cascades through the organisation – driving enhanced efficiency and productivity...
Rochdale Manufacturer Crystal Doors stepped in to meet NHS order
Managing director Richard Hagan had been contacting his customers to say he was closing the factory down when he received the emergency order from Lancashire based Teal HealthCare & LifeCare, who are a key supplier to the NHS. He...
How to tell when a business is walking the walk on climate change
Crystal Doors, a manufacturer in Rochdale I’ve had the pleasure of working with over the past few months, are a perfect example of doing it the right way. Crystal Doors aims to be a carbon neutral organisation by 2022. That’s...
Rochdale manufacturer pledges to be carbon neutral by 2022
A Rochdale manufacturer has announced plans to be carbon neutral by 2022 – 28 years ahead of the Government’s target of 2050. Crystal Doors is so committed to becoming one of the first businesses in Greater Manchester to be...
Post-lockdown – No plan survives contact with the enemy: an interview with Richard Hagan
For many companies without deep pockets, they’re now finding their business model had no contingency planning, leaving them with the lack of ability to sustain a period of severe disruption. Today we are on the brink of an economic depression, allowing...
NHS order for nightingale hospitals
NHS orders for nightingale hospitals manufactured by Crystal Doors was soon in the media, and attention not only supported our employee’s moral, support from all our suppliers was amazing. Being the only company in the country able to manufacture...
Made Smarter
Made Smarter is a Government project of £20m for North West companies to access funding, advice and support. At the launch in June 2019, Richard was invited to present to the Press from a SME perspective that technology can...
Crystal Doors shortlisted for Energy and Carbon Transition from IEMA
Achieving awards in a field of manufacturers, Crystal Doors has been incredibly successful. Possibly the hardest competition to enter is where members of IEMA are employed as qualified environmental specialist, and their companies enter to show excellence in their...
Crystal Doors & Regtech
Regtec specialise in the manufacturing sector, securing employment of highly qualified technology people with advanced innovative companies. Earlier this year Richard presented Crystal Doors technology transformation at Manchester University, and since has formed a close relationship with Regtec. Providing...
Virtual Summit Sustainable manufacturing Richard Speaker and panellist
Dyson, BMW, Siemens and many more global companies supported the UK Virtual Sustainable manufacturing Summit with representatives whose roles drive those companies’ Sustainable policies. Richard was invited, as an SME owner, having valuable experience and able to contribute immeasurably...
Energy efficient dust extraction system earns its keep during Covid crisis
Three years after Crystal Doors dust extractor was commissioned, Filtermist have a jewel in the Crown to show off with our Industry 4.0, Smart factory extraction. At a cost of £580k, and several major new innovations, still today our...