Just had the most exciting visit to a very large customer!  I had the opportunity to speak with their entire team about some of the great work we at Bigelow Tea are doing in the community as well as from an environmental point of view (check out our past blog entries about the Community Challenge and our work with Solar Panels).   

I think the part I liked the best was that I was able to share with these managers what we have been doing for over 20 years in both of these areas.  The company I was visiting was just embarking on efforts that focused on both the community and the environment, which I highly commend them for, so it was very cool to say Bigelow Tea has been socially responsible and environmentally conscious way before it became “the thing” companies should be doing! 

That is what I love about our family business!  We have wanted to make these kinds of efforts because it is the right thing to do and not because we felt outside pressures from stockholders and customers.  We have been making these positive choices because we wanted to be doing these kinds of activities…pure and simple.

It was just one more reason to make me so proud of our little family tea company!!! 

Cindi Bigelow

The Connecticut Post reported this week that Bigelow Tea will be among this year’s honorees at the Bridgeport Regional Council (BRBC) annual dinner which takes place tonight.  The council is recognizing one state agency and five area businesses for their environmental leadership.  Bigelow Tea was chosen because of exemplary efforts made to reduce energy costs by installing solar panels in their facility.  Bigelow Tea was creative and financed part of the cost with a grant.  In addition to R. C. Bigelow Inc, the other “green” regional businesses being acknowledged are Aquarion, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Santa Energy of Bridgeport and Urban Green Builders.

These companies are an example to all businesses…while being “green” means saving the environment…it can also mean saving the other green — $$$ — in the process!