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658 Ohio Street,
Buffalo, NY 14203
Toll free: 800-836-2580
Fax: 716-849-0401
Email: [email protected]
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Employee Environmental Impact
Rigidized® Metals is always looking for way to better the environment. Not only are our products environmentally sustainable, we have used them to create a lasting impression on our local environment.
Our property houses a greenhouse to help cultivate plant life and help conservation efforts at local parks, nature preserves, and outdoor recreational areas.
Additionally, our employees routinely do environmental cleanup of our facility’s location and surrounding green areas. We have a dedicated team of employees who organize quarterly property cleanups to ensure our facility, grounds, and surrounding areas are clean and operating smoothly.
Rigidized® Metals is proud to employ a Director of Ecology to continue our sustainability efforts outside of our facility. Josh Smith maintains a 27-acre grounds area around Rigidized® Metals’ facility, as well as the neighboring ground of Silo City.
Not only does our Director of Ecology do routine maintenance, including lawn mowing, snow plowing, and general landscaping, he also runs a native plant nursery for nearby parks and nature preserves. He also curates events, and organizes land art installations in collaboration with the University at Buffalo and local artists and architects.
Rigidized® Metals worked with, and sponsored, a design competition among the University at Buffalo’s Ecological Practices Research Group. Elevator B was created to house a bees nest that needed to be relocated. Rigidized® Metals Corporation worked with students on digital fabrication techniques to create custom perforated deep textured panels in six different designs, allowing for a unique and complex design while simplifying workflow. Hexagonal panels went from relatively open designs to completely opaque, allowing panels to create a beautiful interplay of solid and void. Learn more about this project, here.
Rigidized® Metals’ wooden skids are recycled through our partner, Neville Manufacturing, who contracts with Willow Creek Family Farm out of Clarence, NY. There, they ground up our used skids to make wood chips for animal and playground bedding. In 2023, Willow Creek pulled out 15 loads of used pallets from Rigidized® Metals, which equates to about one per month.
Employee Social Impact
Rigidized® Metals employees are always willing to volunteer and donate their time and resources in times of need. We’ve contributed to such initiatives as Sleep in Heavenly Peace, seasonal food drives, fill-the-backpack drives, and more. Additionally, we are always willing to volunteer at local events and activities to help bring awareness and funding to various social organizations within our community.
Employee Economical Impact
Rigidized® Metals employees strive to engage in practices that support long-term economic growth without negatively impacting social, environmental and cultural aspects of the community. One of our biggest initiatives has been going “paperless”. While not eliminating paper use entirely, from 2016 to today, we’ve reduced our paper use by nearly 75%.
Additionally, annually, Rigidized® Metals donates to nearly 50 local businesses and organizations. We donate, sponsor, and further support growth initiatives throughout our community to help our fellow small businesses thrive. These organizations range from small business, to non-profits geared toward helping the community, tying economic, social and environmental sustainability together to make our community a better place overall.