Sustainability Summary

This is an unclaimed profile. Factors Group Canada has not joined Sustainability Tracker to verify their sustainability credentials. We gathered what we could from public sources.

Factors Group Canada Sustainability Profile

Sustainability Summary

This is an unclaimed profile. Factors Group Canada has not joined Sustainability Tracker to verify their sustainability credentials. We gathered what we could from public sources.

What do our labels mean?

Factors Group Canada, operating as Natural Factors, is a Canadian family-owned manufacturer of vitamins, natural health formulas, and health food supplements based in Coquitlam, British Columbia. Its sustainability position is centred on corporate social responsibility, with references to organic farming, non-GMO seeds, seed-saving, waste diversion, emissions monitoring, and environmentally sustainable production practices. The company says it views people, the planet, and profitability as interdependent, and that its business spans seed selection, growing practices, production, transport, and community interaction. It also states that quality and sustainability go hand in hand across its products and operations.

About Factors Group Canada

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Unverified

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Employees
500+

Country
Canada

Factors Group Canada Sustainability Actions

Organic farming practices

Factors Farms is certified organic, and we fertilize our crops with compost and nitrogen-rich sea plants to maintain them as chemical-and pesticide-free as possible. We also grow non-hybridized crops from non-GMO seeds and participate in heirloom seed-saving programs.

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Local ingredient production

By growing our ingredients locally in BC, we keep our carbon emissions down, support jobs in our own communities, and capture the nutritional value of fresh, whole plants by harvesting them at their peak and processing them immediately at our own facilities.

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Seed bank conservation

After years of botanical research, we have built up a strategic collection of seeds that has become a world-class seed bank. This includes rare heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables, many of which are long gone from other commercial farms and private gardens.

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Waste diversion programs

Our employees work collectively toward the goal of zero waste. We are mindful of the ecological footprint of products used within the business and have rolled out extensive recycling programs to reduce our impact. This initiative has led to our Burnaby and Coquitlam, BC facilities to improve their waste diversion rate from 64–68% in the last year.

GHG emissions monitoring

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions are now monitored enterprise-wide according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standards. By completing the inventory, we are a Climate Smart Certified Business.

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