Our Community

Working to bring about best fit social value from our activities within the community is Banner’s goal. This ranges from donations of employee time, products and finance via fundraising across the UK, through to provision of employment, apprenticeship and service contracts in the localities where we operate.  We take pride in an inclusive and active engagement across the UK, wherever possible to support those who are less fortunate than ourselves.

Our Themes

Provide social value via donations of time, product & raised funds

Go beyond being a supplier to being a contributor for good

Generate social value from activities across economy, education & environment

Our Community

Wellbeing & Workplace: What we’re doing

Personally and professionally, the events of the last couple of years have placed unforeseen challenges on our business and our employees. As we move into a phase of post Covid and Brexit recovery, we want to ensure that not everything reverts back to how it was, but to take positives and retain them, shaping a safe and engaging workplace culture where employees know their wellbeing is paramount. Each of Our People themes is kept on track by a number of targets and KPI’s, managed through initiatives led by Human Resources and our leadership team. We look forward to updating with news of developments across our workplace

“The gloves have been a real help to us. We always went through boxes of gloves in normal times, as our staff and volunteers use them when sorting through the bags and boxes of donations we get, but since COVID, it has been even more of an imperative for everyone here, and the cost has been fairly taxing as many of our normal suppliers were charging far more than they had been previously. To be able to get a few bulk boxes has saved us a fair bit of money and allowed us to build up a supply for the next few months.” Starter Packs Glasgow

Procured Plastic Free

Plastic has received significant bad press and there is a raft of new legislation around it, but not all plastics are bad. Plastic serves many purposes and when designed for reuse or recycling, provides excellent materials for the circular economy, but currently too much of it ends up in incineration waste streams, especially from businesses. This is why at Banner, we are taking a stance to remove ‘added’ plastics within our operations. We are scoping suitable alternatives wherever possible and of course working with our suppliers to eliminate unnecessary plastic from packaging around their products.

Void Fill

As part of our aim to reduce single-use plastics by 30% before 2020, Banner has introduced eco-friendly packages throughout its warehouses. The new packaging fill of recycled cardboard is used for small pick parcels, of which we deliver 6,000 a week.