INDUSTRY
Hunter’s LEED warehouse, covered by solar panels
million of stock, including raw materials and finished products. Built in 2008 as a ‘LEED Building’; accredited as Leadership Energy, Excellence and Design, the roof is entirely covered in solar panels which serve to power the whole site and provide surplus energy which is sold back to the grid. Moving through the corridors we meet Bryce Carnehl, Hunter’s Corporate Social Responsibility Manager. Bryce, previously a Landscape Architect Project Designer before he joined Hunter as Product Specification Manager, proudly explains that Hunter are one of only two core landscape sector companies that employ a dedicated CSR professional and produce an annual CSR report.
Bryce emphasises two words important to Hunter which resonate with me; ‘community’ and ‘sustainability’. Hunter have a commitment to charitable causes, giving a percentage of corporate profits to non-profit organisations, with a core focus on those that support education, help the
It is perhaps no surprise that everything is spotlessly clean, from the warehouse packing areas to the office booths; my colleague and I both
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comment on the exceptional standards and facilities
Digital screens are used to communicate department and corporate information, as well as employee news
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Hunter Helping Others volunteer group engaging in a community clean up in La Jolla, San Diego
communities where employees live (both in California and Tijuana ) and improve the environment. Hunter actively encourage staff members to engage in projects as diverse as water provision to African villages, local litter picks and education projects.
As we tour through the site, Hunter’s permanent team of six gardeners are working on improvements to the grounds. Steve explains the team are removing lawned areas on the site, which require significant water provision and replacing the turf with more sustainable, minimal input Californian tailored landscape planting schemes.
The central building is home to the accolades and awards that Hunter has achieved. There are many presented for the community and charitable work, but the room is dominated by innovation and manufacturing excellence mementos, a number of them reflecting the genius of founder Edwin J Hunter credited, amongst
many things, for inventing the single stream gear driven sprinkler that replaced the impact sprinklers of the day and revolutionised the irrigation industry. A large plaque displays the total of 88 US patents of founder Edwin J Hunter, the company has gone on to be successfully awarded over 250 patents, an outstanding reflection of its engineering excellence. We chat over lunch with Todd Polderman,
Hunter’s Vice President of Marketing, Landscape Irrigation and Outdoor Lighting. Todd tells us how the company has excellent market share in the commercial and domestic irrigation sectors, and are now focusing more on developing their sports market share with new innovations, plus investment in more marketing and resource. The week prior, they had exhibited at the Golf Industry Show (GIS) and tripled the contacts and leads from the previous year’s show.
With invention and product development cemented in its core, Hunter has incredibly
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