The Business Benefits of Eco-Friendly Facilities Supplies
At Heatons, we offer eco-friendly facilities supplies to help businesses reduce their environmental footprint. By choosing reusable and recyclable products, businesses can cut down on expenses and contribute to a greener future.
Sustainability is now a practical priority for many UK organisations. Tighter budgets, rising waste costs, and growing ESG expectations mean businesses are looking for straightforward ways to reduce their environmental impact without creating extra work.
At Heatons, we’re here to support this shift by offering eco-friendly facilities supplies that help organisations meet their sustainability goals. We do this by working closely with our clients to improve efficiency, reduce wastage, and minimise environmental impact through our eco-friendly facilities supply offering. Sustainable facilities and cleaning supplies are increasingly commonplace, and our range of eco-friendly products offers both sustainability and cost savings, supporting your commitment to a greener future.
Benefits To Your Business
From a business perspective, sustainable products offer more than just environmental benefits. Eco-friendly practices not only contribute to preserving the planet, but when effectively implemented, can enhance your brand reputation too. Today’s consumers, employees, and investors are increasingly choosing companies with a genuine commitment to sustainability. Incorporating sustainable practices into your daily activity may tip the balance in your favour when it comes to winning people over.
Beyond environmental benefits, sustainable procurement is often more cost-effective in the long term. There was once a belief that eco-friendly products were more expensive than their traditional counterparts. But nowadays, that’s simply not the case. By choosing reusable, recyclable, or longer-lasting products, businesses can cut down on supply costs, storage needs, and waste disposal expenses.
Eco-Friendly Cleaning
Cleaning products are a key area where small changes can make a noticeable difference.
When it comes to cleaning chemicals, eco-friendly variants tend to be *ahem* cleaner in composition. Traditional cleaning products often release harmful chemicals and toxins during use and disposal, posing risks to both the environment and human health. Eco-friendly alternatives minimise these pollutants and reduce these risks. A good example is within the PVA cleaning sachet range. These concentrated powders dissolve in water, removing the need for single-use bottles. Simply mix the two together in your cleaning bottle and you’re ready to go. This not only reduces storage requirements but also minimises plastic waste through the reuse of your bottle. It’s a practical, low-effort change that supports both sustainability and routine cleaning needs.
Real World Impact
If you were to visit one of our sites, you’ll find that we use eco products wherever possible. For example, the Lucart EcoNatural range of the dispensers, toilet rolls, and hand towels are installed in our bathrooms and kitchens across all of our sites. Made from recycled beverage cartons, Lucart separates their components to generate new raw materials for their products. Through our use of EcoNatural products alone, between June 24-25 we recovered over 870,000 beverage cartons from landfill and saved just under 400 trees.
We're also an active memeber of Tree-Nation, an organisation that allows us to plant trees on behalf of our customers. By supporting reforestation, we're contributing to real-world climate solutions. It’s a simple action with a wide-reaching impact, one that you can get involved in too.
Our Sustainable Approach
Embedded throughout our entire business and daily working practices is an ESG policy designed to help preserve and protect our natural environment. Our ESG policy guides how we manage resources, vehicle use, and waste. This includes:
- Operating an almost entirely hybrid and electric fleet
- Recycling 100% of all paper and toner across our sites
- Regularly reviewing delivery routes to reduce emissions
This year, we were also delighted to be awarded the platinum standard across all areas of the Weaver Social Sustainability Programme. Developed by Office Friendly, this framework helps organisations improve their approach to carbon reduction, waste, packaging, and wider social responsibilities.
Here at Heatons Group, we want to play a crucial role in helping organisations meet their environmental goals. By supporting businesses in selecting, sourcing, and implementing sustainable facilities and cleaning supplies we’re here to empower you to meet your sustainability targets. With our expertise and commitment to make a difference, optimise your procurement process for long-term cost savings that fit both environmental and budgetary requirements.
Ready to make a change? Discover more about our sustainable approach and browse our eco-friendly facility supplies today.