How to make your office more sustainable - without costing time and money your business can’t afford
There has never been more demand for businesses to go green. Investors, employees and customers want to know that companies of all sizes are doing what they can to tackle their carbon footprint, reduce waste, and embed ethics across supply chains.
Here at Clara Office Management we speak to a lot of businesses and their office managers. Almost all of them say becoming more sustainable is a key business goal. But in the same breath they tell us that greener products are often more expensive but lower quality, and that sourcing and managing multiple suppliers costs too much time and money.
So how can companies without deep budgets and endless resources make real change, and not just pay lip service to sustainability? We created Clara Office Management to make life easier for office managers everywhere. Our online marketplace brings together top quality and independent suppliers in one place - all tried and tested by other office managers.
One huge bonus is that we’ve done the hard work already and found fantastic organisations who put ethics and environmental sustainability at the forefront of what they do. Even better, they’re competitively priced - often on a par or even cheaper with their rivals.
Nuserve is a B Corp eco-friendly cleaning company with a net zero carbon footprint. Surprisingly, our clients finding that working with Nuserve - a living wage corporation - often costs less than their previous cleaning contract.
AndSisters is the highest rated B Corp. Their organic cotton tampons and sanitary towels are grown without pesticides and are produced without chemicals or plastics, making them fully compostable. Your staff can benefit from promo codes for personal shopping, too.
Every day, more than a million trees are cut down to make traditional toilet paper. Who Gives A Crap uses 100% recycled materials in its toilet paper and donates 50% of profits to help build toilets in developing countries. Clara Hybrid’s special wholesale rate means you get a very competitive deal often at a similar price to your current supplier.
Pact Coffee work directly with farmers to ensure that their coffee is grown in a sustainable and environmentally-friendly way. Investing in good quality coffee in your office saves all the expense and waste from staff having to go out to get their caffeine hit.
Healthy Nibbles provide genuinely healthy and ethically sourced snacks that taste amazing. They also offer vegan and allergen-free options.
Dash Water makes delicious flavoured sparkling water from wonky fruit and vegetables that would otherwise go to waste, packaged in 100% recyclable cans. They can put on pop-up tasting sessions in your office.
Laylo is a sustainable boxed wine company that doesn’t compromise on quality, with 100% recyclable packaging. Once opened, their boxes last for six weeks, solving the biggest problem with office parties - pouring wasted booze down the sink the next day.