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Steenbergs Carbon Footprint - Drilling into the Data

08 April 2024

Steenbergs Carbon Footprint - Drilling into the Data

In 2016, Steenbergs began on its plan to reduce its controllable carbon impacts. Here, we discuss how we've reduced the direct impacts by over -90% (before carbon offsets) since then..

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STEENBERGS IMPACT REPORT 2024

15 March 2024

STEENBERGS IMPACT REPORT 2024

2023 has been a better year than 2022 in terms of sales which have recovered, but costs remain high and difficult. Steenbergs has reduced its environmental impact, by cutting water use and waste and eliminating electricity from fossil fuels. We are c...

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30+ Plants - how to add more plants into your diet

11 March 2024

30+ Plants - how to add more plants into your diet

Variety is the spice of life or so they say and it’s certainly true of adding different plants to your diet. When we first came across the Tim Spector's 30 different plants a week it sounded a lot but once we started counting and actively choose to b...

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Coed Olaf - Climate and Climate Change

14 April 2023

Coed Olaf - Climate and Climate Change

Having discussed the history of Coed Olaf, we now move onto the nitty-gritty of its environment, so here we discuss its current climate and the likely impact of climate change.

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Coed Olaf - Industrial Heritage of Amman Valley

07 April 2023

Coed Olaf - Industrial Heritage of Amman Valley

Coed Olaf is not only on former farmland but is a landscape shaped by its industrial heritage. Amman Valley was a mining valley and the towns between Ammanford and Brynamman were created when the railway came and opened stations.

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Coed Olaf - History of the Holloways and Paths

31 March 2023

Coed Olaf - History of the Holloways and Paths

Continuing our review of the social history of Coed Olaf, we discuss the tracks that cross the woodland. In particular, there is a beautiful old holloway with two stone-faced banks and trees arching over it like the path in Lord of the Rings.

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Coed Olaf - History of the Woodland

24 March 2023

Coed Olaf - History of the Woodland

Coed Olaf is a newly planted wood with parcels of new and old woodland. Here, we discuss the baseline of how much was covered with trees in the past and if there is any evidence of previous woodland within the landscape.

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Coed Olaf - History of the Farmland

17 March 2023

Coed Olaf - History of the Farmland

Coed Olaf comprises old, established woods and newly planted wood. The new trees have been planted on former farmland, and here we explain what we know of the farming history of the land.

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The First British Poem About Trees – ‘The Battle of the Trees’

20 February 2023

The First British Poem About Trees – ‘The Battle of the Trees’

'The Battle of the Trees' is an old Welsh poem that is about a magical battle where the magician, Gwydion, brings trees to life to help the Britons beat the Picts. This is my take on the poem.

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The Leaning Poplar – Is It A Hybrid Or A Native Black Poplar?

17 November 2022

The Leaning Poplar – Is It A Hybrid Or A Native Black Poplar?

There's a poplar trees leaning over from our boundary hedge onto a neighbour's land and it needs to come down for safety. We were concerned it could be a black poplar, so ran some DNA tests to determine whether it was. It is a hybrid poplar.

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Axel and Sophie's Visit To Allerton Park Waste Recovery Park - 2022

03 November 2022

Axel and Sophie's Visit To Allerton Park Waste Recovery Park - 2022

Axel and Sophie visited the Allerton Park Waste Recovery Site to start our journey to understanding what happens to our rubbish - at Steenbergs and at home. The plant diverts almost all local waste from landfill (93%) through energy recovery.

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Axel and Sophie's Visit to Yorwaste's Harewood Whin Waste Transfer Facility - 2022

27 October 2022

Axel and Sophie's Visit to Yorwaste's Harewood Whin Waste Transfer Facility - 2022

Axel and Sophie visited the recycling and general waste sorting site at Harewood Whin for Steenbergs' mapping of its recycling and waste. It was great to see how the raw recyclate was sorted into corrugated, metals, plastics, and compost.

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The End of Summer Signals Acorns and Berries in the Wood

17 September 2022

The End of Summer Signals Acorns and Berries in the Wood

As autumn begins to set in, Axel has come across lots of berries and nuts on the trees and thorns in the wood.

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Steenbergs Sustainability & BCorp Impact Report 2021

15 July 2022

Steenbergs Sustainability & BCorp Impact Report 2021

Steenbergs first impact report since we achieve B Corp covers the sustainability areas at the core of Steenbergs' ethics.

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Supplier Focus: Necton Salt - traditional Portuguese hand-harvested salt

20 June 2022

Supplier Focus: Necton Salt - traditional Portuguese hand-harvested salt

Have you ever wondered why our Traditional Sea Salt is so clean and white? It’s because it is hand-harvested on the Algarve in Portugal where the summers are long and hot, using a traditional method that ensures the purest of sea salts. 

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Olaf Wood - Tree, Plant and Bird Surveys in April 2022

03 June 2022

Olaf Wood - Tree, Plant and Bird Surveys in April 2022

Axel and Sophie went down to Olaf Wood in April to hunt for spring colours and found lots of bluebells, an indicator of ancient woodland. We took more soil samples and did some basic tree, plant and bird surveys.

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Update On Olaf Woods: Crack Willows and Crabapples Planted And Litter Pick

27 May 2022

Update On Olaf Woods: Crack Willows and Crabapples Planted And Litter Pick

Sophie and Axel Steenberg have planted 36 crack willow and 4 crabapple trees, and cleared litter in their wood in South Wales.

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Steenbergs achieves B Corp certification

05 May 2022

Steenbergs achieves B Corp certification

Steenbergs is pleased to have become one of over 700 UK B Corp businesses, showing that we’re dedicated to using business as a force for good.

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Paradise Lost: Far Too Much New Housing Being Built In Boroughbridge

24 April 2022

Paradise Lost: Far Too Much New Housing Being Built In Boroughbridge

Along Aldborough Gate and all around Boroughbridge, they're building stacks of new houses. There's been no joined up thinking and the new builds to the south break the boundary of Boroughbridge, priming it for yet more expansion.

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