Revenue commitment to permanent carbon removal aligns business practice with BROKIS production sustainability

London, UK, March 2026

BROKIS at EDC has committed 1% of its revenue to carbon removal through Stripe Climate, directly funding technologies that permanently remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

The commitment aligns BROKIS at EDC’s business operations with the sustainability standards already embedded in BROKIS production processes at Janstejn Glassworks in the Czech Republic – where handblown glass has been produced since 1809, and where waste glass is transformed into BROKISGLASS rather than sent to landfill.

The move reflects a fundamental principle: if a UK partner benefits from representing sustainable lighting, the partner should invest in sustainability at the same level of seriousness as the manufacturer.

Beyond offsetting – permanent carbon removal

Unlike traditional carbon offsets, which often involve tree planting or renewable energy credits, Stripe Climate funds frontier carbon removal technologies that pull CO2 directly from the atmosphere and store it permanently underground or in long-lasting materials.

The commitment is public and verifiable at https://climate.stripe.com/ExOBc0, where BROKIS at EDC’s contribution is tracked alongside payments from companies like Shopify, Alphabet, and McKinsey.

1% of revenue – not profit – means the commitment scales with business growth and applies regardless of annual financial performance. It’s a structural decision, not a marketing campaign.

Matching production sustainability with partnership accountability

Matching production sustainability with partnership accountability

BROKIS has spent over a decade building sustainability into its manufacturing operations. The company’s 2025 Sustainability Report documents achievements that go well beyond industry standards for handblown glass production:

Up to 30% of each handblown glass piece is discarded during production – an unavoidable part of the process. Rather than treating this as waste, BROKIS established BROKISGLASS in 2010, transforming glass shards into architectural panels, mosaics, and decorative materials. The innovation earned Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certification in 2025.

BROKIS CONCRETE fixtures contain up to 80% glass shards from Janstejn Glassworks, creating lighting products where waste material becomes the primary structural component.

The glassworks reduced gas consumption by 11.56% and water consumption by 37.14% between 2021 and 2024 through furnace efficiency improvements and new glass batch formulation techniques that lower melting temperatures by 10%.

Solar panels now cover 15% of total energy consumption, with plans to reach 50% renewable energy by 2035.

The company maintains 100% component replacement for all lighting fixtures, ensuring products can be repaired rather than discarded – a rare commitment in an industry built on planned obsolescence.

All glass is RoHS compliant, lead-free crystal, and 80% of suppliers are located within a 120-kilometre radius of Janstejn, minimising transport emissions.

These aren’t aspirational targets. They’re operational realities, documented in third-party verified Life Cycle Assessments and audited annually.

For BROKIS at EDC, representing a brand with this level of environmental accountability created a question: should a UK partner benefit from BROKIS sustainability credentials without making equivalent commitments?

The answer was no.

“I couldn’t credibly represent BROKIS in the UK without recognising the level of investment they’ve made in sustainability,” said James Apichart Jarvis, the founder of BROKIS at EDC. “They’ve rebuilt furnaces, engineered new materials, and restructured production to reduce waste. If we’re going to be a good partner to them, we need to take sustainability just as seriously – and that means committing revenue, not just intentions.”

Why carbon removal, not offsets

BROKIS at EDC chose carbon removal over traditional carbon offsets for the same reason BROKIS chose to engineer BROKISGLASS rather than pay for waste disposal: permanent solutions matter more than temporary credits.

Tree planting offsets are valuable, but trees burn, rot, and release stored carbon back into the atmosphere. Renewable energy credits often fund projects that would have happened regardless of offset purchases.

Carbon removal technologies – direct air capture, mineralisation, enhanced weathering – pull CO2 from the air and store it in forms that won’t re-enter the atmosphere for thousands of years. The process is verifiable, measurable, and permanent.

Stripe Climate aggregates demand from thousands of companies to fund early-stage carbon removal technologies that wouldn’t otherwise be commercially viable. By committing revenue now, BROKIS at EDC helps accelerate the development of solutions the world will need at scale within the next decade.

Sustainable lighting – production and partnership

For UK interior designers specifying BROKIS collections, the carbon removal commitment means their choice of lighting partner now contributes directly to climate solutions – on top of the sustainability already built into BROKIS production.

BROKIS fixtures are designed for longevity. Glass is handblown by master craftspeople at Janstejn Glassworks, where techniques passed down through generations produce lighting that improves with age rather than deteriorates. Brass develops patina. Wood gains character. Materials are chosen for how they age, not how they photograph.

The carbon removal commitment ensures that the business relationship between BROKIS and its UK partner reflects the same long-term thinking embedded in the products themselves.

It’s not marketing. It’s accountability.

Further information available at www.brokisedc.com/about-brokis/sustainable