We have a responsibility to source, use and dispose of products and waste sustainably.
Oakland Care understands that how we source our supplies and dispose of our waste can have a huge impact on communities and the environment. Therefore, we have a responsibility to source, use and dispose of supplies sustainably. We take every opportunity to review our products and move to more sustainable alternatives.
We have implemented high sustainability requirements through our tendering processes with suppliers to ensure that the supplies we procure are produced and delivered with a lower level of environmental impact.
We closely monitor our waste volumes and destinations across all waste streams, to ensure we are continually improving our recycling rate and maintaining our practice of zero waste to landfill.
We have already achieved the Level 3 ‘Greenmark’ accreditation, which demonstrates our focus on sustainability throughout all operational areas of our business.
Working with suppliers
We are actively working with our suppliers to identify more sustainable alternative materials and opportunities to reduce their use. For example, our cleaning products which have zero harmful properties and have reduced plastic waste by 90%.
All of our food waste is recycled and we have invested in new pioneering technology that reduces the size of clinical waste by half.
Our Commitments
- We are dedicated to setting science-based targets and maintaining our carbon neutral certification.
- We will maintain our Greenmark Level 3 status.
- We give back over 2000 hours of team time to local sustainability projects each year.
- We plant over 1500 trees annually.
- We evaluate our procurement efficiency, leading to fewer deliveries each year.
- We continue to send zero waste to landfill.
- We continually review our chemical provision to reduce the use of hazardous products.
- All of our homes are designed with at least 25% of garden space dedicated to biodiversity.
- All of our construction projects are certified by BREEAM.
- We only use FSC certified timber for all construction projects.
- We invest in specialist training to ensure expertise across the business and all team members complete mandatory training on improving sustainability.
- We continue our drive towards digitalisation and have significantly reduced paper use.
Our Sustainability Journey
Carbon Neutrality – In 2021, Oakland Care became the first UK care home group to be certified as carbon neutral. Discover how we are investing in innovative projects throughout our business to reduce carbon emissions.
Biodiversity – We have been working with our residents to deliver biodiversity projects across our care homes.
Procurement – We have implemented high sustainability requirements through our tendering processes with suppliers to ensure that the supplies we procure are produced and delivered with a lower level of environmental impact.
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