FEATURE


Delivering clarity


When it comes to CO2 emissions, Toucan


Eco provides a clear picture for the cleaning sector.


For businesses developing an effective climate action strategy, the ability to track, measure, and report on carbon emissions – and their classifications as scope 1, 2 or 3 – with accuracy is key. Not simply to better understand the size and impact of their carbon footprint, but the ways in which they can work with suppliers and partners to reduce it.


One company that saw the opportunity to support businesses in the cleaning sector with more robust carbon emissions reporting was Centrego, the manufacturer of Toucan Eco cleaning and disinfection systems. The business, which manufactures Toucan Eco systems distributed in the UK by Robert Scott, has completed the first carbon footprint audit for its Toucan Eco Active Plus system.


Centrego commissioned the international environmental consultancy Force Technology to complete an independent carbon footprint audit of its Toucan Eco Active Plus system to evidence its environmental impact throughout its expected lifespan.


As businesses are increasingly required to audit and provide evidence of the ways in which they are reducing their environmental impact more closely, Centrego chose to lead the market by proactively providing customers with the necessary information to contribute to their own carbon footprint auditing, as well as to make more informed decisions about the cleaning and disinfection products they use and their associated environmental impact.


Robin Turner, founder and Director of Centrego, explained: “Our aim for commissioning an independent carbon footprint audit was to provide our customers with accurate analysis into the environmental impact of our products for use as part of their own environmental due diligence, and as a way to effectively compare cleaning and disinfection products across the market.”


The Toucan Eco Active Plus system is designed to generate cleaning and disinfection solutions on-site using only water, salt, and electrolysis. This removes the need for most synthetic cleaning and disinfection chemicals, along with their plastic container and packaging waste. The carbon emissions footprint was calculated by analysing two areas of the system. The first was the amount of CO2


emitted


from the manufacturing of the systems; the second was the amount of CO2


emitted from the production of 1L of activated, ready-to-use solution.


Robin continued: “The results of the independent audit indicate that the CO2


emissions to manufacture and install one Toucan Eco Active Plus system is 263kg CO2 20 | FEATURE


equivalent. The CO2


ready-to-use solution is 3.07g CO2


emissions to produce 1L of activated equivalent.


“To put this into context, running a laptop for an hour would produce the same CO2


activated, ready-to-use Toucan Eco solution, and boiling a kettle once would produce the same CO2


generating 5L of activated, ready-to-use solution.


“The audit clearly demonstrates that our systems are not carbon zero – energy is used to manufacture, transport, and install the system. However, the carbon emissions and environmental impact of adopting and using the systems to generate cleaning and disinfection solutions are extremely low when compared to the production and distribution of synthetic chemicals, and the disposal of single-use plastic containers and other packaging. By quantifying our own product’s environmental impact, we aim to provide a benchmark against which other alternatives can be assessed.”


Steve Courtney, Toucan Eco Product Lead at Robert Scott, added: “The results of the carbon footprint audit are a major step forward in evidencing further how, by switching to a Toucan Eco system, businesses can significantly reduce the environmental impact of their cleaning and disinfecting processes.


“This is something Robert Scott’s customers are asking about more frequently and with the evidence that Force Technology has provided as part of its independent audit, we know we’re in a better position to provide customers with impartial data that they can use as part of their own environmental reporting to make informed, responsible decisions on the products they choose for their business.”


To view a summary of the carbon footprint audit, please visit the website below.


www.toucaneco.co.uk twitter.com/TomoCleaning


emissions as generating 8.8L of emissions as


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