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June 2010
IAM Drive & Survive reports impressive results from eco-driving course
Rachel Andrews
Our drivers said they were amazed at how much fuel could be saved by changing a few basic ways of driving,' said Simon Graham, environmental strategist for Commercial Group. 'As over 84% of our baseline carbon footprint was from our fleet vehicles, the way that our people drive is very important to our environmental programme. ecolution has had a significant impact on our overall carbon reduction programme, helping to slash our carbon footprint, save us money and provide a better service to our customers. ecolution has helped us achieve a 75% reduction in the carbon footprint of that fleet. |
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May 2010
Five easy ways to make your company greener
Tom Bawden
Jason Hawkins, one of Commercial Group's warehouse staff was quoted in the Sunday Times article Five easy ways to make your company greener: “We were unpacking stuff and throwing away the mountains of bubble wrap, shrinkwrap and boxes that it came in — then we were wrapping it back up in new packaging and shipping it out. It seemed a huge waste. So we asked the management if we could look into a way of reusing the packaging and we have been recycling most of it ever since.” These days 98% of the packaging used by the company comes from incoming materials. The initiative is part of a broader green drive, which has allowed the company to reduce landfill rubbish from 100 skips a year to eight.
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May 2010
Commercial group has a reputation for tough environmental standards and investment in areas of the Company requiring most inprovement. ... Read More |
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April 2010
Environment key to business success, Cheltenham CSR Day told.
MORE than 200 delegates filled the Centaur's Insurance Suite at Cheltenham race course last week for the fourth annual Corporate Social Responsibility Day organised by The Commercial Group... Read More |
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April 2010
Marks & Spencer and Innocent Drinks are to take center stage at the Commercial Group annual CSR Day ...Read More |
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March 2010
2 more apprentices are taking the 1st steps to success thanks to the Commercial Group....Read More |
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March 2010
Around 350 industry professionals attended the annual dinner for the European office products industry jointly organised by OPI and Messe Frankfurt, organisers of the Paperworld show.....Read More |
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February 2010
Hopes grow of green jobs bonanza
By Brian Groom, Business and Employment Editor
Brian Groom, Business and Employment Editor of the Financial Times, praised the Commercial Group for “pushing the boundaries. Commercial Group, a Cheltenham-based office supplies business will have cut greenhouse gas emissions by 75 per cent by the end of this year and has signed up two-thirds of staff as ‘green ambassadors’, promulgating energy-saving measures in their own communities." |
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January 2010
Commercial Group, a Cheltenham-based office supplies company, says its environmental programme – inspired by former US vice-president Al Gore – has helped it win £6m in new business....Read More |
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January 2010
So, what put Commercial so far ahead of the competition in a year that saw many others struggle to survive?...Read More |
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December 2009
Business savvy with an eco twist
In the words of Guardian journalist Kieran Cooke, "In tough economic times companies might be tempted to put plans to reduce carbon emissions in the pending tray. The priority is keeping the business going. Tinkering around with environmental issues is considered a distraction - and an additional cost. Commercial Group, a Cheltenham-based office supplies company, has confounded such ideas, still held in many areas of business. Through the innovative and careful management of its fleet of vehicles and the monitoring of overall company activities", he said, “Commercial has sharply reduced carbon emissions.” |
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November 2009
Using carbon reduction to strengthen your business
Rebecca Fay
Simon Graham, Environmental Strategist for Commercial Group, sums up the power of their CarbonNeutral® programme : "We have reduced our operational carbon emissions by over 50 per cent, while maintaining steady and organic growth year on year. In fact, as much as 60 per cent of our recent growth can be directly attributed to our position as a leader in corporate responsibility and our CarbonNeutral® status, Our CarbonNeutral® programme will be cost neutral and has also increased job applicant interest, raised staff motivation and yielded significant and meaningful environmental improvements ." |
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September 2009
It’s easy to be cynical about companies’ green claims; after all we’ve been seemingly bombarded with green press releases over the last couple of years, and in the end it becomes difficult to sort out the eco-bling and greenwash from the truly meaningful initiatives. One way to avoid this confusion is to lead from the front – and that’s just what Commercial Group has been doing for the last three years after company co-founder and Sales Director Simone Mann was inspired by attending an audience with Al Gore and a screening of his film An Inconvenient Truth...Read More |
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July 2009
“These are tough economic times and if you have the right toolbox and the right mindset you will survive. For businesses, the credit crunch is a time for high opportunity. It’s about uncovering those opportunities and defining your business within those parameters.”
“A company that is “green” is more efficient, cost effective and more profitable.” ...read more |
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July 2009
“If you expand too quickly you run the risk of taking your eye off the ball and lose sight of what you do best” Commercial operates in a crowded and tough market place and is a small operator compared to its competitors but the client list is still impressive. The latest signing is Eurostar but other big name clients include BSkyB and Gloucestershire building firm Mears. That streak extends to the company and the ethos is very much of trying to create an open minded and creative climate where staff are given the chance to have an input."
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June 2009
How environmentally friendly will your business be in 2009? Cheltenham based office supplies company Commercial Group is famous for its green credentials. Here Commercial’s environmental strategist Simon Graham explains the three Rs for an environmentally sound business...read more |
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April 2009
An office supply company seems an unlikely candidate to be organising a day dedicated to the practical measures businesses can take to mitigate global warming. Anna Blackaby looks at how Commercial Group – which has halved its carbon footprint in two years – is aiming to spread the word. “its not about greenwash, or “eco-bling” as Jonathon Porrit described it” |
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April 2009
Key to [Commercial's] ambition of doubling in size over the next five years is a sustainable agenda. This strategy will see it reduce its carbon footprint, says director Simone. Now nearing the end of its second year of implementation, it has already achieved a 50 per cent cut in the first year and is on track to realise an 80 per cent reduction by 2010. The targets have been met through radically changing its operation and have been a factor in securing more than £5 million of business over the past two years. |
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January 2009
Today with an investment of £40,000 , the company has installed a biodiesel tank on the forecourt of its head office and runs most of its fleet on sustainable biodiesel. The company has since been named GreenFleet Private Sector Fleet of the Year thanks to this revolutionary idea and has also been handed two Energy Saving Trust hero awards. “our fleet was responsible for 84 per cent of our overall emissions” says Mann. “given that statistic, it was imperative for us to rethink out logistics strategy. “to begin with our logistics manager Rob Paddock developed a dynamic routing system that has so far enabled us to eliminated 140,000 miles per year from our van routes. Combined with using sustainable biodiesel, this has enabled us to reduce our audited fleet emissions by half.”
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