Client Requirements:

Man Group PLC was relocating 850 staff from across two offices to new premises in Lower Thames Street. As part of this project the Man Group required a sustainable clearance solution to manage the excess furniture and equipment that it no longer required. This client also wanted to give staff the opportunity to purchase some of the furniture if they so desired.

The relocation requirement was for an experienced and professional commercial partner to work with Man Group’s move management partner to relocate staff as part of a multi phase project that would be completed over several weekends.

Project Solution:

Premier Sustain worked closely with the move management company MovePlan, and internal staff to set up a staff sales facility that successfully enabled staff to purchase items from the redundant stock. To achieve this, a catalogue of items available was distributed to staff and an ordering and collection process was set up over several weekends.

Premier Sustain worked with its trade partners and charities co-ordinator to maximise the resale values of the furniture items and ensure that all items that couldn’t be resold but could be donated via The Giving Back Project were identified and distributed accordingly. This approach was supported by a zero to landfill clearance of other unwanted furniture and equipment carried out by Premier Sustain.

Premier Moves worked closely with the move management team to deliver against the multi phase move plan. The team ensured sufficient resources were available through each element of the relocations to deliver the schedule of moves within the given timescales enabling business to continue as normal.

Services Included:

• Staff Sale
• Furniture Resale
• Furniture Donation
• On-site Segregation and Recycling
• Zero to Landfill Clearance
• Packing and Unpacking
• Furniture Dismantling, Relocation and Assembly
• Moves and Changes Support

Project Feedback

A significant volume of unwanted items were resold or donated. This reuse, combined with maximum recycling of non-reusable items enabled Man Group PLC to achieve a carbon saving of over 240 CO₂ (e) tonnes for this sustainable clearance.

“We were delighted with the sustainable service delivered by Premier Sustain and were impressed with the level of financial and environmental savings, as well as the project being delivered on time and below budget.” Global Head of Facilities for Man Group