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Adelaide's green office cleaners
Eco Natural® is a South Australian commercial cleaning service providing ‘green clean’ solutions for environmentally conscious businesses located throughout Adelaide's CBD, southern metropolitan and hills areas.
Our mission is to provide a hygienic clean that protects human health, natural resources and the environment.
Our business has been built from the ground up to minimise our own environmental impact on the planet, and assist other SA businesses to reduce their eco footprint by switching to environmentally friendly cleaning products and services.
Green procurement can really enhance a business’ green credentials, and thanks to our new Eco Office™ product range, our customers can now stock their stationery and supply cupboards with eco-friendly alternatives to all their consumable office supplies.
Contact us today and see how easy it is to go green, by switching your cleaning service and/or office supplies to an eco natural alternative.
News
15 & 16 February 2010
Photographer: Luke Simon
CleverGreen™ Conference & Showcase
Eco Office & School Supplies is proud to be one of the 50 South Australian companies who showcased their innovative products and services at the CleverGreen™ Conference & Showcase held at the Adelaide Convention Centre on 15 & 16 February 2010.
Eco Office & School Supplies is an Australian online retailer that supplies environmentally responsible alternatives to consumable office requisites. It helps its customers assess their stationery and janitorial supply requirements and change to recycled and sustainable products that support 'green procurement' policies.
Eco Office® Director, Heather Lesley had the opportunity to personally show our sustainable product range to both the Hon Mike Rann MP, Premier of South Australia and Hon Jay Weatherill MP, Minister for Environment and Conservation during their visit to the CleverGreen™ Showcase.
This inspiring conference featured talks by guest speaker Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change and Water as well as internationally recognised speakers and national decision makers discussing the latest innovations in cleantech sectors including eco-friendly construction, water treatment and security, biofuel manufacture, renewable energies and waste management.
The event was officially launched by Australia's first Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change – the Premier of South Australia.
Click here to read Premier Mike Rann's CleverGreen Conference address.
For more information please visit the CleverGreen™ website.
www.southaustralia.biz/clevergreen
22 July 2009
South Australia's first 8-star eco home gets a green clean
Robert Brough-Smyth and Heather Lesley, co-founders of Eco Natural Commercial Cleaning. Photographer: Lorraine Day, Freestyle Publications.
Eco Natural Commercial Cleaning has been appointed to clean South Australia’s first 8-Star energy efficient and environmentally sustainable display home. The Master Builders Green Living Home was launched on 22 July 2009 by Hon Jennifer Rankine MP, Minister for Housing.
The Master Builders Association (MBA), in conjunction with multi-award winning residential designer and master builder EdenLiving, has constructed the Eco7seven Daintree display home at 101 Bright Place, Blackwood Park in the Adelaide hills.
The charity home will be on display every weekend for 18 months before being auctioned, with proceeds from the sale to benefit the Australian Craniofacial Foundation, a world-class facility caring for and treating patients with head or facial abnormalities.
South Australia's first home to be built to an 8-Star eco standard will set a benchmark for the building industry by showcasing the latest and most innovative products, materials and techniques associated with environmentally sustainable building.
According to the Green Building Council, ‘Buildings have a significant impact on the environment, consuming 32 per cent of the world's resources, including 12 per cent of its water and up to 40 per cent of its energy. Buildings also produce 40 per cent of waste going to landfill and 40 per cent of air emissions. In Australia, commercial buildings produce 8.8 per cent of the national greenhouse emissions and have a major part to play in meeting Australia's international greenhouse obligations.’
Environmental rating tools such as ‘Green Star’ are setting new standards for building projects by evaluating the environmental impact that is a direct consequence of it's site selection, design, construction and building maintenance. A 4-Star rating signifies ‘Best Practice’, 5-Star signifies ‘Australian Excellence’ and a 6-Star rating signifies ‘World Leadership’ yet, increasingly, projects are setting new standards at the level of 7 stars or higher.
From the ground up, the emphasis on the Master Builders’ 8-Star display home has been the environment and carbon sequestration – with more than 40 suppliers of building materials and contractors donating their products and services to build the charity home. Local green cleaning service, Eco Natural Commercial Cleaning has volunteered its support to keep the 8-star display home sparkling clean once it is opened to the public.
‘It seemed only natural that the Master Builders Green Living Home should get the green clean treatment,’ said Eco Natural director Heather Lesley.
‘The cleaning brief is to ensure that everything inside the home continues to look brand new and pristine throughout the 18 months it is on public display,’ she said.
According to Ms. Lesley, ‘Building sites are obviously not the cleanest environments, but it is not necessary to clean a display home with toxic chemicals.’
‘We are proud to be one of the service providers supporting this leading example of green living and sustainable building, and the valuable work of the Craniofacial Foundation.’
‘We believe the future of cleaning is green,’ she said. ‘As more new construction projects are constructed to “Green Star” standards, and existing buildings renovated and retrofitted with energy efficiency and greenhouse emission reduction measures, we believe all building maintenance professionals, including the cleaning industry, have an important role to play in making the transition towards a more sustainable future.’
Extract from article published in Inclean magazine
by Lorraine Day
Freestyle Publications
www.freestylepublications.com.au
24 June 2009
Southern Times Messenger
Heather Lesley, co-founder of Eco Natural Commercial Cleaning.
© News Ltd. Photographer: Helen Orr
What made you decide to start up your own natural cleaning business?
The majority of business owners hire a cleaner, yet only a handful of commercial cleaning contractors had adopted earth friendly practices. Eco Natural was created to fill an unmet need in the Adelaide marketplace for a green cleaning service.
How has the cleaning industry changed?
It's changed dramatically! There's an amazing consciousness around the environment. Everyone from small businesses to big corporates are making the transition to green cleaning to complement other sustainable strategies.
What do you love about your job?
The opportunity to work with my husband in a way that is of interest to us both. I love that I have the ability to combine my business and marketing skills while implementing something that's good for the environment and for the health of our customers.
19 June 2009
Green Leadership
The Green Pages has awarded Eco Natural with a 'Certificate of Green Leadership' for providing a commercial cleaning service that is within the most environmentally sustainable 10% of our market sector. We're proud to be leading the way for the green cleaning industry in Australia.
Our Story
The majority of Australian businesses hire a cleaner, yet only a handful of commercial cleaning contractors have adopted earth friendly practices. Eco Natural Commercial Cleaning was created to address a need in the Adelaide marketplace for a green cleaning service.
The business idea germinated five years ago when co-founders Heather Lesley and her partner Robert Brough-Smyth were living in the original blacksmith's cottage in an historic conservation area of Second Valley on the Fleurieu Peninsula. Their heritage home (circa 1870) had no mains water and relied on an underground aerobic wastewater treatment system to purify and recycle their household grey water and sewerage onto the garden.
‘You have to be very conscious of what you are putting down your sinks and drains when you depend on a septic system, and you soon learn how precious water is when you turn on the tap and nothing comes out,’ Heather said.
The couple began researching into natural and organic cleaning and personal care products that were compatible with their biocycle system; grey water safe for their garden; and beneficial for the health of their young family.
‘We were surprised to find there were few companies offering ‘green’ cleaning products and services in Australia,’ Heather said. So, with Robert’s background in warehousing and logistics, and a stint working for a commercial cleaning contractor, and Heather's background in marketing, graphic design and account management, they decided to start their own business.
‘Because asthma runs in my family, we are very aware of the importance in reducing asthma and allergy triggers in all the premises we clean. Our goal is to provide a safer, healthier way to clean a building which also reduces waste that ends up in our waterways or in landfill.’
‘We offer a whole of business approach,’ Heather said, ‘not only focusing on commercial cleaning but also helping businesses “go green” as part of their overall business strategy.’
‘We love working with eco-conscious clients who genuinely care about the environment,’ Heather said.
‘One of our clients, Scan Conversion Services, has achieved a “carbon neutral” status by adopting a series of environmentally responsible strategies, including the implementation of a green cleaning, recycling and waste reduction program,’ she said.
‘Scan Conversion Services has been very open to our recommendations for switching to a waterless urinal system, under-desk recycling bins, and “eco-friendly” alternatives to their consumable supplies such as toilet tissue, hand towels, washing-up detergent, liquid hand soap and bin liners.’
‘Green cleaning is not just about chemical substitution,’ Heather said. ‘It is a complete janitorial and recycling program using ecologically responsible cleaning equipment, products and processes to improve indoor air quality, and protect our health, natural resources and the environment.’