Sustainability and 1% for the planet
We try to run Rock Lily as sustainably as we can, acknowledging that a human way of life inevitably has some impact on the environment. The choices we’ve made in fitting out the cottages and our own home look to minimising our footprint, reducing waste, and sourcing from suppliers that seek to do good for the planet including using B Corporations, lower carbon miles, and Australian and Bega Valley sources where we can.
Product Choices
Our bedding, furniture, and bathroom linen is focussed on using sustainably grown, renewable and natural fibres, with cotton, cork, bamboo, and wool as key choices. Where possible we use suppliers with verifiable supply chains.
Our cleaning products are all from ecostore, a New Zealand-based company that focuses on minimal environmental impact with plant and mineral-based ingredient choices, sustainable palm oil, a low-carbon, 100% recyclable, sugarcane-based plastic, and a range of other low-impact packaging. Ecostore provides deep detail about their products and practices on their website.
We buy our tissues and toilet paper from Who Gives A Crap. They’re a B Corporation, use sustainable materials with traceable supply chains, ship carbon neutral, and donate 50% of their profits to help build toilets in developing communities; toilet poverty is a big deal and can prevent kids getting an education and their communities from being healthy and able to develop safely.
Food for our hampers comes from local growers as much as possible, including Bega Valley Meats, Tilba Real Dairy, and Bega Valley Eggs.
1% for the Planet
Rock Lily gives 1% for the Planet, with one percent of our gross sales going to environmental causes.