Sustainability

Carbon neutral office supplies

If Co2 reduction targets are not met public sector businesses will face heavy fines. This is an area we specialise in. Clares have created services designed to reduce your Carbon footprint & improve business efficiency.

Trees planted

Replacing inefficient printers fleet

Within the tendered trusts you have over 3,000 low end printing devices many of which are over 10 years old. They are inefficient in there electricity consumption, And also dated in there technology, specification & Networking compatibility. Clares can provide you with a new HP fleet at no cost to the NHS. The NHS would enjoy the following benefits.

Opportunity

• Plant 720 trees to off set carbon, 360,000 kg of carbon reduction over 5 years
• Single Source reduces process & waste
• Increased average order value reduces carbon foot print
• E-invoicing reduces process
• Web ordering system can save the NHS time and money by reducing administration costs.
• 2 days per week delivery will reduce your environmental impact
• Save £225,000 of electricity by replacing inefficient printers fleet over 5 years
• Printer efficiency reduces 910,000kg Carbon reduction over 5 years
• Increased printer speed improves company productivity
• Improved networking compatibility improves company productivity
• Reduces administration time managing old fleet

Taking Our Responsibilities Seriously

Clares supply chain operates an Environmental Management System and we have been fully accredited to ISO14001.

Obviously, our business activities impact on the environment but we look to extend our view outside of our own organisation to our suppliers, as their business activities also have an impact. Therefore, we regularly assess each of our suppliers against performance and also against their own environmental status.

Environmental Products Clares environmental video

Recycling Activity

Clares offer a collection service for customer’s end of life products as well as in-house users to ensure we minimise the effect on the environment.

• Recycling printer cartridges
• Free Collection of shredded waste
• Recycling shredded waste
• Recycling packaging / cardboard
• Recycling Batteries
• Replace inefficient printer fleet

‘Clares currently recycles 100% of all waste generated in-house’

• Obsolete products donated to local schools.
• Monitor Account Managers mileage.
• We adhere to the 'three Rs' (Reduce! Re-use! Recycle!)
• All paper/bottles/cans are recycled through the company
• All staff are given training when they join the company on our Environmental programmes to ensure everyone does their bit!

• We use 'save-a-cup' to recycle all vending machine cups which would otherwise go to landfill.
• All packaging is recycled
• Post code mapping helps optimise van routes and minimise miles travelled.
• Delivery fleet new Euro 5 emissions arrived in October 2009

Packaging Regulations

Clares are fully compliant with the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packing Waste) Regulations and we submit our own calculations in respect of our recovery responsibility to the Environment Agency.