Warrington-based bathroom manufacturer Tissino has launched a new sustainability initiative to try and reduce its carbon emissions.
The move is centred around its delivery service, which will move to allocated delivery days – on average between two and three per retailer per week – that is expected to reduce carbon emissions by 25% and save an estimated 42.5 tonnes per year.
Tissino says it will still offer next-day delivery to retailers for a nominal fee of £10, which will be used to plant a tree through the company’s new partnership with Treeapp.
Since the initiative launched at the start of the month, Tissino has already planted enough trees to absorb 16.35 tonnes of CO2 in their lifetime, along with 240m2 of land reforested.
In addition, the company has also moved to LED lighting in its warehouse, which is expected to save 113 tonnes of CO2 over 15 years, purchased electric forklift trucks and is recycling all domestic and warehouse waste, which it hopes will result in generating 12 tonnes of RDF (refuse derived fuel) – enough to drive 29,020 miles in an electric car during a 12-month period.
Alan Carter, transport manager at Tissino, said: “As a company, we are fully committed to our responsibility in helping to reduce emissions and move towards Net Zero. It continues to be an on-going journey, but we are constantly evaluating and looking at ways we can improve our sustainability.
“We’ve had great feedback from retailers about a move to dedicated delivery dates as they understand the bigger picture.”
