Dutch furniture manufacturer Keller Kitchens and its parent group, DKG, have entered the first phase of producing carbon negative kitchens.

Having been a Carbon Neutral manufacturer since April 2017, the company reports the next step to become Carbon Negative “was a logical progression due to the ethos and Corporate Social Responsibility commitment of the group”.

Working with strategic sustainability partners ZLTO, Keller and DKG have started a project to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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Once extracted and processed, the CO2 is then reprocessed into the land via local farmers as part of a carbon farming programme with farmers local to our factories.

This initiative will extract 150 tonnes of carbon from the air over a five-year period that will be put to use in agricultural soils.

This process will mean the equivalent carbon produced by a manufacturer making 70,000 kitchens will be processed and safely stored within the soil, providing benefits to farming production.

This is in addition to steps taken over recent years to deliver carbon neutral production including: generating electricity; using materials from sustainable sources; recycling; the greening of the company fleet of vehicles and tree planting programmes.

UK national sales manager of Keller UK Tim Spann, commented: “I am extremely proud to part of a world-leading force in producing truly sustainable kitchen furniture solutions for developers, contract kitchen specialists and retailers alike.

“We take our pioneering role in sustainability very seriously and this is enshrined in our all-encompassing CSR Programme.

“There is no time to waste in the drive to build a sustainability-driven future and, at Keller/DKG, we are happy to play our part.”