Our primary aim is to become the best single source purchasing solution for our clients.
“We pride ourselves on providing the right products with the best service in the most environmentally friendly and ethical way. Our team work every day to achieve this goal, providing outstanding services to customers nationwide.”
Louise Harris, Managing Director – Fenn 1875
In 2019, we managed to:
FENN 1875 CREATES SOCIAL CHANGE
Fenn 1875 supports companies in creating social change by operating in a financially sustainable and environmentally conscious way.
Through consolidating your purchasing needs to a single source your business benefits from economies of scale, and the environment benefits from the ethical products we source, from their packaging to delivery and recycling. We reduce your total costs with no negative effect on service, quality – or our world!
We always aim to:
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Provide a fast, responsive delivery service
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Guarantee quality in everything – products, service & processes
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Reduce carbon footprint
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Offer innovative solutions
WE BELIEVE IN BUILDING GENUINE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CLIENTS BASED ON HONESTY, INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY
We provide a simple single-source purchasing solution which not only makes life easier, but quite simply saves your business time and money while helping you to meet both regulatory and responsible business practices.
Through listening to them and our people, we have created a sustainable business which makes a positive difference to our suppliers, our customers and our world. Our suppliers are chosen not just for their price competitiveness, but also based on their business practices including their ethical business policies, health and safety compliance, and ability to source environmentally responsible products.
We have worked hard to achieve internationally recognised standards ISO 9001 (quality) and ISO 14001 (environment) SA8000 (working conditions) – and we ensure our suppliers adhere to these guidelines and operational standards too.
By helping you to make ethical buying decisions together we can make a positive difference.
News & Opinion
Make your company climate neutral in three simple steps
With many countries wanting to become climate neutral (or carbon neutral) by 2050, the UN is calling it “the world’s most urgent mission.” Therefore sustainability is on the agenda for lots of companies in 2022. But most don’t know where to start with such a complicated process.
Fenns has been championing sustainability initiatives for a while now. Supporting our clients by offering recommendations which aim to reduce environmental impact and carbon footprints. So here’s a three step process to help you become climate neutral…
Measure your carbon footprint
Information you’ll need to effectively measure your carbon footprint is as follows:
- Energy, Gas and Water consumption
- Business travel and employee commuting time
- Consumption of supplies and equipment as well as the source of them
Most businesses forget to include consumption of items like supplies, office furniture and workwear to their calculations but these can make a huge difference to the success of any initiative.
Once you have this information you will then need to select the appropriate emission factor for each emission source in order to calculate the tonnes of CO2 emitted. More information on how to do this can be found here.
Reduce your emissions as much as possible
There’s many ways for a business to reduce its emissions. Here are some of the most popular:
- Recycle using schemes like our recycling service
- Use recycled resources: we have ranges of recycled supplies, furniture and workwear
- Use sustainable suppliers with the ISO 14001 certification - it’s proof that an organisation has a commitment to the environment
- Switch to hybrid or electric vehicles
- Invest in green energy and green office equipment
- Provide seasonal workwear and uniforms for your team to save on heating and air con
Offset what you cannot reduce with UN certified emission reductions
Carbon offsetting is a way to compensate for your emissions by funding a carbon dioxide saving elsewhere. You can find relevant projects by looking on the United Nations Carbon Offset Platform.
Many carbon offsetting projects also provide wider benefits like biodiversity conservation, better education, more jobs and food security as well as better health and wellbeing in developing countries.
How Fenns can help you become climate neutral
As a supplier we are ISO 14001 accredited and we take a strategic approach to environmental management - both for ourselves and our clients. We achieve this by choosing our suppliers carefully and only working with those who meet our standards.
Our audits enable you to see where you can change consumption patterns to save you money and reduce your carbon footprint. We work to supply and deliver in the most effective way for you so that you can be confident your business is operating sustainably.
Contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for help to become climate neutral today.
