PRODUCT FOCUS: SUSTAINABILITY
WHY LESS IS MORE FOR SUSTAINABLE CLEANING
Genesis Biosciences looks at why simplifying the cleaning regime is becoming one of the fastest routes to measurable sustainability gains in facilities management.
Most facilities management teams did not set out to run complicated cleaning regimes; it evolved over time. A general purpose cleaner here, a descaler there, a carpet treatment, a washroom deodoriser, a dedicated product for waste and refuse areas… each added for a good reason at the time but rarely reviewed as a whole. Multiply that across a multi-site portfolio and the result is a cupboard holding dozens of SKUs, each with its own COSHH documentation, dilution rate, training requirement and purchasing cycle.
The operational cost of this is a familiar headache to most FMs. Procurement becomes more complex, with different suppliers, contracts and reorder cycles to track. Dosing becomes inconsistent between sites and between shifts, particularly where teams are contracted or working across multiple client portfolios. Packaging and transport volumes climb in parallel with the number of individual products in use. And, when a client or auditor asks exactly what is being used, where, in what concentration and why, the answer is rarely as straightforward as it should be.
The bar has moved Sustainability in FM is increasingly becoming a procurement baseline criterion. Clients increasingly expect measurable evidence from chemical safety data, reduced packaging and validated scope 3 emissions, rather than general assurances.
At the same time, FM providers are under continued pressure to reduce cost and administrative burden without compromising hygiene standards.
“When a client or auditor asks exactly what is being used, where, in what concentration and why, the answer is rarely as straightforward as it should be."
These two pressures, do more for the environment and do it for less, have traditionally pulled in opposite directions. However, FM teams are increasingly finding they do not have to choose. The most immediate gain is often not a greener version of the existing portfolio, but a smaller one with fewer products and fewer variables.
Looking to biology, not just chemistry This is the territory Genesis Biosciences, a global biosciences company, has built its business around. Its starting premise
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