Some of our customers may have questions about the environmental practices of our company. As a company whose livelihood is dependent on managing and utilizing renewable natural resources, we share your concerns regarding any practices that are detrimental to this goal. Our position has always been and continues to be that:
1. All personal possessions require one’s stewardship of the common resources of the earth. Whether it is a car or a bed, responsible consumers create responsible practices by their choices.
2. Choosing a Roger’s bed and making that investment in resources both natural and personal is a long term investment that should be carefully considered.
3. We believe a product that will remain useful for generations and is manufactured with careful and thoughtful use of resources is far more sound than one with feel good credentials that will need to be replaced in the near future because it does not last.
Because of our concerns, on a consistent basis we attempt to use pre-consumer and recyclable materials in all of our products and packaging. We have recently redesigned our packaging to better protect our products while at the same time using less packing materials. We always pay fair market pricing for all of our raw materials such as steel, wood, brass and leather rather than simply looking for the lowest price, which can often indicate a companies questionable environmental practices. As a priority, we work to develop long term relationships with companies who harvest or manufacture raw materials in an ecological sound manner. By doing so, we can insure our buying power will have a positive influence on how these raw materials are harvested or manufactured.
As a result, a caring person might comfortably choose one of our plantation mahogany beds as the wood is grown on tree farms not harvested from the rain forest. Our American cherry is also a good environmentally friendly choice as it is grown in the North East US on second growth, highly managed woodlots. Our use of highly skilled craftsmen who hand sort, cut and handwork our beds also creates a far better yield with our wood than high production manufacturers. Each piece of our wood is carefully selected for it’s purpose rather than being just a part in a large scale production run where machinery dictates the process.
All of our iron and brass beds are fully recyclable if need be, but luckily will have a lifetime far too long to make this necessary. Wherever possible, we always use raw materials and manufacture our products to create the lowest environmental impact as possible.
We believe that a concerned consumer must weigh the options and responsibility when purchasing any product. We at Charles P. Rogers hope the quality, design, durability and lifespan of our products will not only bring you comfort, enjoyment and beauty, but will also contribute to reducing the “throw-away” tendency of our society and its negative consequences on our environment.
