2024 Green Scheme Certified

Forty Thieves Nut Butters

4R Titan Place, Silverdale - 09-973-4006      shyr@fortythieves.co.nz            https://fortythieves.co.nz

“Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” was the inspiration for naming our nut butters. It’s a tale of an enchanted cave filled with hidden treasure. The cave can only be unlocked with the famous passcode; ‘Open Sesame!’ In our story, the treasures are the nutrients hidden inside nuts and seeds. And when we turn them into nut butters, they’re not just healthy but delicious and versatile too. Available online and in your local supermarkets and stores.

Forty Thieves

Forty Thieves is a locally grown and based peanut butter company. Started out of home they now have a factory in Silverdale. Being production based there can be many challenges in being climate friendly however Forty Thieves have really embraced the opportunities available and gone above and beyond to ensure they are an environmentally friendly business. They are proudly carbon neutral and off-set their carbon emissions. They use the Toitu Carbon Assess Tool to measure their carbon footprint.

FORTY THIEVES 2024 ECO LABELS

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  • This business has assessed its carbon footprint with an accredited service or organisational and taken the steps necessary to reach a carbon-neutral status. Any Carbon Credits purchased to offset are also from accredited suppliers.


  • The business has measured its average power consumption over a month and taken action to reduce its power usage and has proven to do so significantly. Actions can include changing lightbulbs, upgrading to low-power appliances and adapting heating and cooling systems.


  • This business is excellent at recycling. Following a waste audit, this business has proven to be able to identify and sort what can and cannot be recycled in curbside collection and makes an effort to recycle the items that cannot. An example of this is recycling their TetraPak, batteries, soft plastics and other items with Whangaparāoa Recycling Centre.


  • This business has been diligent in ensuring that staff are knowledgeable about any sustainable practices implemented and ongoingly train and upskill staff to ensure sustainable changes are consistent and long term.


  • This business has taken steps to significantly reduce its paper usage. This can include digitising processes such as customer paperwork, offering receipts optionally not automatically to customers and saving paper that is good on one side for other purposes.


  • This business uses eco friendly products and takes eco friendly actions in the cleaning of their premises and goods.

  • The business is composting the majority of their food scraps and some soft paper through a composting system. For example, all food scraps and napkins from the kitchen are composted but perhaps not all the paper towels  from the bathroom.


  • The business is making an active and ongoing effort to reduce food waste. For example: the business has partnered with groups such as FoodPrint to sell end-of-day food, Love Soup to redistribute excess ingredients/food to divert excess food from going to waste.


  • The business has intentionally chosen packaging options that have a very minimal impact on the environment. Using the waste hierarchy, reduction of waste, reuse system, recyclables and compostables are prioritised.


  • This business encourages and actively supports low-carbon transport for its staff, services and customers. Examples of this are organising carpooling, installing bike racks for staff and customers, or adjusting work shifts to cater to bus timetables.


  • The business has made a significant effort to move away from single-use practices and items and towards re-use instead. An example of this is establishing a mug library or borrowing system to reduce the use of single-use coffee cups.