This Earth Day, we’ve rounded up how some of our tenants are championing sustainability and helping to save the planet. From solar panels to electric scooters, there’s plenty of ways to do your bit. 🌎👇
Perky Blenders in Leytonstone and Finchley Road source their specialty coffee sustainably, championing independent growers. What’s more you if you put that coffee in a reusable cup, there is a permanent discount. 🌱
If you are buying beans, go zero packaging and get a free coffee for good measure! If packaging free coffee is your thing, you’ll also be able to pick it up at Gramos Coffee, Kings Cross! ☕️
Hermanos Coffee Roasters in Victoria are also on a mission to create a socially and environmentally sustainable coffee supply chain. Like Perky Blenders, Hermanos are all about family. The brothers work directly with Colombian growers to celebrate their heritage and culture.
58 and Co. in Haggerston have not just kitted out their arch with distilling equipment and a gin school, but they’ve also installed solar panels, a composter and used plastic taken from the ocean to resurface their front yard. 💡🌊
Laura Sevenus Swimming Tuition in Stamford Brook use UV light sanitisation system to reduce the amount of chemicals needed to keep their water clean. 💦
Signature Brew in Haggerston use a steam boiler. This recycles excess heat between brewers in order to reduce energy use. They also joined with other breweries on create special beers to highlight COP26. 🍻♻️
My Scooters and Motorcycles in Putney Bridge provide Londoners with electric scooter options from their Putney arch shop. 🛵
Jack’s Garage in Ladbroke Grove put the retro into retrofit by converting classic VW Beetles and Campers to electric. 🔋
Holland Park Autos in Ladbroke Grove have shown that simple solutions can save businesses money and help save the planet. They have been dividing their space to save money on heating, as well as changing the way they wash their overalls to be more efficient and swapping their lightbulbs to LED. 🌎
Active360 in Kew Bridge have been making their arch more energy efficient with new insulation and lighting. Not only that, but they run regular river clean ups on stand up paddleboards, lifting cups and bottles and other plastic bottles out of the Thames. ♻️
Greggs is a well-known name and have made the Greggs Pledge to help make the world a better place, whether that is funding breakfast clubs, using less packaging or committing to go carbon neutral by 2040.
Welcome to London’s smallest coffee shop; Loop at Piccadilly Circus! From using larger bags of milk to cut down on packaging to turning coffee grounds into face scrubs it is amazing what can be done from such a tiny space. ☕
Lola’s Cupcakes’ carts raise a smile in several of our ticket halls. Lola’s is committed to being more sustainable and are now delivering to many of their station locations by electric van. We are really impressed by how Lola’s are innovating to ‘give the glove the shove’ creating their own design for tongs that keep your treat pristine while replacing over 900,000 disposable gloves a year. 🧁
Bagel Factory are using a previous coffee shop’s fit-out for their shop! This is a great step that Bagel Factory are taking, especially regarding sustainability as it will really help save carbon.
Berber & Q Grill House is a restaurant in our arches in Haggerston specialising in the flavours of the Middle East. Check out their frequent events, which have included selling a special selection of zero waste cocktails for Earth Day, with trees being planted for every drink they sold!
What an interesting read! I particularly like the sound of 58 and Co. initiative of used plastic taken from the ocean to resurface their front yard as well as Laura Sevenus Swimming Tuition use of the UV light sanitisation system. A special mention to Displaced Fragrances; their whole ethic sounds fantastic and makes me want to go and buy some Candles from them!