How Green are our Supply Partners?
 
The manufacturers with whom Claremont partners are all environmentally-conscious companies, the protection of our natural environment is a responsibility we take seriously and our partners are striving to reduce their impact on the environment by implementing sound manufacturing processes and policies.
An increasing number of our manufacturers are now accredited to the ISO 14001 environmental standard, taking this down their supply chain to ensure greener procurement. The environmental aims of our manufacturing companies are achieved by protection of water, soil and air and efficient use of raw materials, replacing substances in manufacturing that are harmful to the environment and ideally sourcing sustainable alternatives.
 
The manufacturers are committed to ensuring waste-sorting practices are in line with the latest methods and waste is avoided wherever feasible and recycled whenever possible, thus creating a recycling process in production. Adopting environmentally-conscious procurement, transport and logistic policies is also essential in reducing the impact on the environment and protecting the natural world for us all to enjoy for the future.
 
In addition to reviewing manufacturing processes there is a drive towards sharing knowledge about these important issues which affect us all. For example, Teknion works closely with LEEd (Leadership in Energy and Environmental design; the US Green Building Councils voluntary rating and certification programme for developing high performance sustainable green-built environments) and have provided information about LEEd to over 5000 industry professionals across North America and have a continuous programme of knowledge sharing through accredited training sessions.
 
 
Disposal & Recycling
 
Claremont currently removes damaged and broken seating from sites for disposal. We follow strict procedures for this disposal. All chairs are returned to our warehouse and stripped back to component form. This will normally allow us to re-build in the region of 25% of the seating into useable product. The remaining components and materials are sorted and disposed of via the most efficient and environmentally sound methods available. All metal and all plastic components are recycled. A minimal amount of non-recyclable elements remain and are collected by our registered waste disposal contractor.
 
The re-built seating is either used by Claremont as loan product (- many clients have taken advantage of this facility free of charge whilst awaiting new seating), or are donated to worthy causes, including charities, sports clubs, etc. We have donated thousands of products in this way. Beneficiaries of this in the past included St. Mary’s Church in Houghton Green, ‘Youthline’ - a charity supported by O², and the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust. If further details of the beneficiaries of these products are required, we are more than happy to provide these on request.
 
 
 
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