TerraTrust
Our Commitment to a Sustainable Future
We are continuously enhancing our current fabrication processes to further the innovation in architectural ceramics. With sustainability in mind, we are focused on the development of new products and processes within our ACAWorkshop and our internal Research and Design team led by our glaze engineers. Our team is continually exploring alternatives to our aluminum track and clip system and glazes made with recycled materials.
All Boston Valley Terra Cotta products are manufactured in the USA; buying domestic products can reduce the carbon footprint associated with transportation. Our commitment to sustainability has led us to improve our internal processes, going paperless and finding other ways to save energy. Our yearly ACAWorkshop allows outside architects the arena to experiment with terra cotta, exploring new ideas, often centered around the sustainable properties of the material.
As a part of TERRATRUST, Boston Valley Terra Cotta’s ® commitment to protecting the environment and holistically supporting sustainability is affirmed through the following bullet points:
- Continuously innovate our processes in order to maximize re-use of materials – progressing towards our goal of a closed-loop production
- Source raw materials domestically and locally wherever possible in order to reduce our transportation footprint
- Perform thorough due-diligence supplier interviews to ensure responsible sourcing throughout our supply chain
- Experiment with recycled and/or environmentally friendly materials in our production processes to create new industry standards
- Consider potential environmental impact and mitigation approaches in all business decisions prior to implementation
- Ensure that TERRATRUST and our overall approach to sustainability is imbedded deeply in our company culture
- Proactively engage with all associated Federal, State and non-regulatory bodies with focus on the continual improvement of our environmental performance
- Network with other businesses and academia in order to identify and implement environmental process improvements