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However, he recognizes industry tensions.“ Being more environmentally friendly means investment. Nobody wants to be less environmentally friendly – but not everybody wants to spend the extra money. As an industry, it’ s essential that we work better together.”
Further sustainability initiatives center on onshoring and lightweighting. Over two years, Origin deported production from Far East facilities to the UK.“ Although product is cheaper to manufacture in the Far East or India, we brought it back to the UK. The cost is higher but from an environmental point of view, it’ s more carbon efficient.” Partnering with the climate action company Carma was a further bid to reduce its environmental impact; Carma’ s primary mission is planting trees in the UK and abroad, regenerating forests globally while supporting veterans with meaningful employment. Origin’ s collaboration with Carma is intended to help combat the effects of deforestation and restore vital ecosystems, strengthening its commitment to sustainability.
Origin’ s service model extends beyond manufacturing, guiding customers through the entire process from design to managing supply chain logistics and end-of-life recycling.“ We are not just a packaging manufacturer,” Michael states.“ We take a customer from early design, through to prototypes and tooling. Then we manage the supply chain on their behalf. We don’ t just want to sell somebody a product – we want to continue working with them. When it reaches the recycling stage, we’ re still there to share our expertise. It’ s that end-to-end approach.” Origin’ s people-first approach extends to its 50-strong workforce.“ We’ re beginning to explore how AI can work in the supply chain, but it’ s definitely not about replacing people,” Michael emphasizes.“ It’ s more about enabling them to spend less time buried in Excel spreadsheets!”
Michael’ s priorities balance growth with cultural preservation.“ We don’ t want to wander too far from our core competency,” he concludes.“ We want to grow, but in a sustainable way. We are a people-driven business – we’ re providing more recruitment opportunities, and we’ re open to working with brands who want to join forces with someone a little bit different. Origin is still family owned and it’ s important that we maintain the same values we’ ve had for over 60 years, namely integrity, humility, responsibility, and innovation. When people come to work for us, they stay for a long time.” ■
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