Natural Collection
6 Monmouth Place, Bath, BA1 2AT, UK
Tel: 0845 36 77 001
E-mail: info@naturalcollection.com
Categories: accessories , favours , gift-lists , green-weddings , pampering and stationery
What we do
- Summer Sale now on! Up to 60% off many ethical and green gifts!
Natural Collection offers a wide variety of items for you and your home helping you make a good green start to your married life.
Our online ethical and green wedding list service allows you to select from our award-winning range of bedding, home ware and much more and gives you a unique web address for your Gift List to send to guests, friends and family.
Ethical Action
Since 1999, Natural Collection has been at the forefront of ethical retail, promoting fair trade and environmentally considered products.
Our award-winning range includes organic cotton and fair trade clothing and accessories, items for your home and garden, energy-saving gadgets, organic cosmetics, eco cleaning products and much more.
Each item is carefully researched and selected to promote ecological and sustainable manufacturing practices.
We support fair trade products in order to help alleviate poverty and to ultimately give poorer communities dignity in the knowledge that their products are selling within a competitive market place and not because of charitable or sympathetic patronage.
Natural Collection’s philosophy is that small positive choices by the many can have a tremendous impact on our collective ethical evolution.
The Natural Collection online ethical and green wedding list service allows you to select from our award-winning range of bedding, home ware and much more.
Awards and Recommendations
Our hard work has been recognised across a broad range of media and we are honoured and humbled to have won:
- The first ever Observer Ethical Awards 2006 ‘Ethical Retailer of the Year’ - popular vote
- The first ever Observer Ethical Awards 2007 ‘Best Online Retailer’ - popular vote
- The Daily Mail ‘Sustainable Retailer of the Year’ Award 2006 - selected by judges
- The Real Homes magazine Eco Awards 2007 ‘Best Online Retailer’ award - selected by judges
- Additionally we were the only retailer to feature in The Daily Mail ‘Top 20 Environmental Websites’ which was based on actual visitation statistics measured independently by Hitwise in April 2007.
- Stop press: We have just won The Observer Ethical Award 2008 for ‘Best Online Retailer’ - 3rd year in a row!
A few ways we're trying to make a difference
Recycling
We sell a variety of items made from recycled materials PLUS most of the orders we send out are sent in discarded boxes we collect locally and reuse.
Renewable energy use
We have a variety of energy-saving gadgets, as well as items that are solar or wind-up powered.
Reducing carbon footprint
We offer a variety of products to help people address their carbon footprint.
Water conservation
We sell various items that help reduce water consumption either in the way they are produced or by helping customers save water themselves.
Using organic products
Organic cosmetics, chocolates, cotton clothing, bedlinen and more are available from Natural Collection.
Supporting local producers
We aim to source local/British products wherever we can but we also try to support small scale and fair trade projects overseas.
Using cruelty-free products
We love products not tested on animals.
Supporting fair trade
We stock a wide variety of Fairtrade and fairly traded products including clothing, bedding, towels, home ware and gifts.
Supporting / working with a charity
We support a number of charities through our catalogue partnerships and have raised for them upwards of £300,000 over the last seven years.
Supporting / working with a community / social project
Our box collection and recycling scheme allows us to give something positive back to the community surrounding our fulfilment centre.
Vegetarian / vegan
The vast majority of, if not all, products available at Natural Collection are suitable for vegetarians and most are suitable for vegans (any non-vegan products are clearly marked).