How the humble hygiene bin is key in helping to clean up England's waterways Funny how all it takes is the disruption of a famous sporting event to draw attention to a serious issue. Remember the suffragettes throwing themselves under horses at the Grand National? Or the
Supporting our local community means lots of different things: from job creation to spending with local suppliers, staff volunteering and donating to charity. Here's a snapshot of some of the things we did to help our community last year. Charity volunteering and donations In 2023, the Simply
Today we're publishing our second Impact Report, covering the period from January to December 2023 - our first full year as a certified B Corporation. The report sets our achievements over the past 12 months and tracks our progress against the commitments we made a year
As part of our B Corp month celebrations, we're excited to announce that Simply Washrooms is now an official supplier of Grace & Green organic period products and has launched its first ‘free vend’ product range. Crafted with natural, non-toxic and sustainable ingredients, the Grace &
Did you know that over 11 billion wet wipes are used in the UK every year? They’ve become part of everyday life for most of us - whether you’re using them as part of your baby changing routine, to remove make-up, clean surfaces or simply
The humble toilet - often overlooked or shrouded in taboo - is a keystone in the health of people and the planet. Across the world, people have very different experiences when it comes to using public toilets. Sadly, right now, there are 3.5 billion people living without
In November, Simply headed down to deepest, darkest Cornwall to attend an event called Anthropy. 'Anthropy' is a movement with the sole purpose of inspiring a better Britain - No mean feat! At the heart of Anthropy is a three-day event held at the Eden Project which gathers together
We have published our first B Corp Impact Report, an annual requirement for any certified B Corp. The report details Simply’s progress against a wide range of assessment criteria and provides in-depth data that shows how the company is advancing towards its sustainability goals. Click here
We’re proud to announce we’ve been certified as a B Corp. In doing so, we’ve joined a growing group of companies reinventing business by pursuing purpose as well as profit. We have been certified by B Lab, the not-for-profit behind the B Corp movement, as having
As a service driven business, we know reducing the carbon emissions of our vehicle fleet is critical if we are to achieve our environmental goals. So, we're decarbonising our vehicle fleet and replacing our diesel vehicles with fully electric models. We have also partnered COCO+ to
Company-wide we’re committed to having a positive impact in the communities where we work and live. Each of our regions has an annual budget to support charitable and community causes within its area of operation. St Clare Hospice, Harlow Essex Our Southeast team has supported St Clare
As part of our rebrand, we recently go our exhibitions panels reprinted and we’d like to give a big shout out to Commercial Foundation for doing such as fantastic job. Part of the Commercial Foundation, #WedoPrint is a social enterprise venture that provides digital and wide
As part of our support for our charity partner Sea-Changers, our team has been taking on some remarkable challenges over the last few months. We’re so proud of Samantha Stocks, John Shelley and Steve Bourdet who took on the gruelling challenge of the Chiltern Ultra –
We’re passionate about working with charities that share our corporate ambition – making a measurable difference to our planet. That’s why we’ve partnered with Sea-Changers, a UK marine conversation charity that provides grants to marine charities and non-profits for conversation and research projects. Like us, they
We understand the need to remove Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from our activities; however, we are aware that this reduction process can take time to implement as processes and technologies adapt to support this endeavour. Whilst we are actively reducing our emissions as much as
We are delighted to announce that Simply Washrooms is now an accredited Living Wage Employer! This means that every member of staff working for Simply Washrooms will earn a real Living Wage. Over 9000 organisations, including Simply Washrooms, voluntarily choose to pay the real Living Wage
I was chatting with a customer recently over a coffee about the importance we place on our service. During our chat they made a very interesting observation ‘we obviously value the service we get from the field team but for us, it’s the whole Simply
We've started to get a little festive here at Simply Washrooms HQ - the chocolates are out, the tinsel us up, and the distant sound of The Pogues can be heard coming from our warehouse. While December signals a time for festivities, it's also the time
As I sit down to write our first Simply Washrooms blog and share with you what we’ve been up to, I’m struck by what an exciting time it’s been for us. It all started with the launch of our Company Brochure back at the start
Simply Washrooms commercial director, Samantha Stocks, and sales director, John Shelley, today officially opened St Clare Hospice’s newly refurbished disabled toilet facility with a special cutting of the ‘toilet roll’ ceremony. The renovation project was fully funded by Simply Washrooms and provides residents, day patients, staff
We’re excited to see our new well in Manicaland, Zimbabwe has been built and is already providing essential clean drinking water to the local community. Known as an Elephant Pump, the well is a modified version of an age-old Chinese rope pulley system. It has been
With the colder months upon us, you’re likely to start to see an increase in staff absences. Difficult to manage, it can also lead to an increase in business costs as agency staff are brought in to cover staff shortages. It’s timely to look at your
Star Bistro became the first finalist in ITV’s Food Glorious Food with their amazing sparkling Pimms’ Summer Fruit Jelly. The hotly-contended semi-final saw Joe, Tristan, Rachel and Georgia pitted against Eunice Woolcock with her traditional Cornish pasty and Donny Howcraft with his Smoked Salmon Cheesecake.
How we're changing the way hygiene waste is dealt with at Simply Washrooms. It’s estimated that within a decade our landfill sites will be full. Coupled with this, businesses that send hygiene waste products to landfill are facing increasingly higher costs for doing so due to
We’re delighted to be supporting our friends at AquAid by taking part in its well building initiative. With each purchase of an AquAid product, AquAid donates to its Africa Trust. This Trust is used to build wells in improvised communities across parts of Zimbabwe, Malawi
Simply Washrooms were delighted to once again compete in the British 10k London charity run. Andrew, John and Lisa raised an impressive £960 for St Clare Hospice, Essex. The individual care and support that St Clare Hospice offers its patients and families is incredible and we