Energy
Around 10,000 square feet of solar panels cover our factory and office roofs. Inside, LED and motion-sensing lighting, daylit working spaces and efficient machinery reduce what we draw from the grid.
Love today, sustain tomorrow.
Our business depends on healthy land, thriving farming families and a workforce that grows with us. Caring for all three is how the work is done.
A chain that runs from the farm to the finished drum.
At one end are the smallholders whose crops we buy. In the middle is our factory, and the energy, water and materials it uses. At the other end are our people and the community of Matale we are part of.
At every link, we try to leave things better than we found them.
The story of every STAY ingredient starts with a farmer.
Over many years we have built direct and indirect relationships with a substantial network of smallholders who grow pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves across Sri Lanka. Buying directly shortens the chain between farm and factory, and keeps more of the value of each crop with the people who grew it.
Relationships built to last.
We pay competitive prices for good raw material, share guidance on the quality our customers need, and bring organic and fair-trade principles into the sourcing of our certified ranges. In return we gain a clear view of where every raw material comes from. That traceability is what allows us to offer certified organic oils.
Working at origin also changes what Sri Lanka sends to the world. By distilling, extracting and powdering here, more of the skill, the employment and the value of these crops remains on the island.
A factory that works close to nature's rhythms.
That idea shapes how we manage the three things our plant uses most: energy, water and raw material. All of it is governed by our Environmental Protection Licence, renewed every year.
Water
Our own effluent treatment plant cleans process water before discharge, and independent tests confirm it meets national limits. Where we can, treated water is reused.
Raw material
We recover more from every batch, and spent spice is composted or used for bioenergy. The rest of our waste is separated, recycled and disposed of responsibly.
Our people, our community, our land
A natural ingredient is only as good as the people who make it.
Women and men work at every level of the company, from the production floor to management. We invest in their safety first, with training in fire safety, first aid and emergency preparedness, and then in their growth, through leadership programmes, technical training and internships.
Our responsibility does not stop at the factory gate. When Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka, we stood with our employees, their families and our neighbours, and joined Aberdeen Holdings in bringing relief. Through Snehadhana, the group's community platform, we support food and school meal programmes.
Life at STAY
Grow with a company that grows responsibly.
Partner with us for natural ingredients made with care for farmers, land and people.