Green Salon Scheme

Policy Aims

~ Continually improve and reduce our environmental impacts

~ Incorporate environmental factors into our business decisions

~ To work with suppliers who reflect our environmental ethos

Energy and Water

~ Reduce the amount of energy used as much as possible

~ Switch off lights and electrical equipment when not in use

~ Adjust heating with energy consumption in mind

Transportation

~ Reduce the need for travel, restricting it to necessary trips only

Supplies

~ Favor more environmentally friendly and efficient products wherever possible

~ Reuse and recycle everything that we possibly can

Paper

~ Reduce packaging as much as possible

~ Seek to buy recycled and recyclable paper products

~ Reuse and recycle all paper where possible

Plastic

~ Minimise the use of plastic in our business

~ Reduce packaging as much as possible

~ Seek to buy recycled and recyclable products

~ Reuse and recycle all plastic where possible

~ Seek to eliminate the use of single use plastic in our business

Maintenance & Cleaning

~ Use cleaning materials that are as environmentally friendly as possible

Culture

~ Use local labour and materials where available to reduce CO2 and help the community

• Using small hand towels which can be washed rather than disposed of after client use

• Replaced our plastic bags for brochures with biodegradable and compostable ones

• Our forms are printed on 100% recycled paper and we print double sided to reduce the amount of paper needed

• General cleaners have been replaced with vegan and eco friendly ones (we have currently selected Ocean Saver products)

• Packaging for all our professional supplies are recycled as much as possible or selected items which have less or recyclable packaging

• We have 16 solar panels and 1 hot water solar panel on the property roof for a more environmentally friendly supply of electricity and hot water

• We only use the amount of electricity and water that we need to reduce wastefulness

• We source all our oils and natural ingredients from two main suppliers who responsibly source their ingredients and are against animal testing (one of which is also registered with the vegan society and organic soil association)

• We are continually looking into products to replace our remaining single use plastic items when we need to restock