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The greener cleaner – Johnsons named one of the UK’s best green companies
14/06/11
Johnson Cleaners has been chosen by the Sunday Times as one of the UK’s Best Green Companies for the second successive year.
The latest recognition for the firm’s work in environmental sustainability placed the company 42 in the prestigious top 60 Best Green Companies list, an improvement on last year’s position of 45.
The top 60 list is devised from responses from employer and employee surveys of the competing organisations covering environmental management policies, environmental training and internal consultation, energy consumption, waste production and recycling. All information was subjected to an independent verification review by environmental management consultancy Bureau Veritas.
Johnson Cleaners was part of an illustrious list which included Marks & Spencer, B&Q and Big Yellow Storage. As part of the list, the firm received an award made entirely of recycled components, including a recycled gin bottle.
The company has reduced its carbon footprint by 10 per cent, continued to reduce its plastic hanger usage by a further 18 per cent and has had 160,000 people subscribe to its ‘Go Paper Free’ initiative in the past 12 months.
Paul Ogle, managing director of Johnson Cleaners, said: “To be named for the second consecutive year in the Sunday Times top 60 Best Green Companies is a fantastic achievement and is a testament to how seriously we take our environmental responsibilities.”
“Our aim is to not only reinforce our position as the UK’s number one dry cleaners, but also become the UK leaders in tackling climate change within our industry. We understand there is still some way to go and this is why we have a structured Carbon Management Programme, ensuring we continue to work hard on our environmental objectives and the future of our business.”
The employer survey had to be completed once by Johnson Cleaners, giving factual environmental performance data detailing results on energy consumption, waste production and internal environmental policies and procedures.
The employee survey was required to be completed by 40 per cent of the workforce and asked 51 questions that were spilt into four areas: policies and systems, training and motivation, reporting and communications and environmental performance.
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