Bruntwood is a UK real estate company committed to building a sustainable and fair future. The company launched a program to bring the highest-quality cleaning innovations into its operations — reducing chemical usage, eliminating single-use plastics, conserving water, and cutting transport volume — to reach its own "Gold Level of Cleaning" standard.
By 2030, Bruntwood will begin Net Zero Carbon operations across all directly controlled areas and new major developments, with a target of becoming a fully Net Zero carbon business by 2050.
Why Bruntwood chose SAO
"After conducting research and consulting with multiple suppliers over several months, we reached a unanimous conclusion recommending the Tersano system, which uses stabilized aqueous ozone (SAO) for completely sustainable cleaning. This system makes cleaning simpler while reducing chemical usage. This supports our sustainability goals by reducing orders for single-use materials and chemically contaminated plastics, decreasing deliveries to work sites, reducing carbon footprint, and minimizing risks for us and our employees when working with chemicals."
— Simon Durbin, Operations Director, Bruntwood
Following successful trials, Bruntwood installed 25 SAO dispensers within six months — a rollout that made a significant contribution to the company's sustainability goals.
The operational impact
"Tersano reduces procurement system maintenance time in warehouses and provides a safer working environment. It starts operations with a much simpler system for both existing and new employees who don't need to spend time learning about each type of chemical we use. This is especially beneficial for new employees. We have limited cleaning supply storage space in many of our buildings, and there's no longer any need to store any chemicals."
— Kayleigh Pugh, Regional Building Manager, Bruntwood
Reducing direct and indirect environmental impact
Within Bruntwood's cleaning operations, top priorities include reducing cleaning chemical usage, single-use plastics and related packaging, and cutting emissions from transport to work sites. SAO delivers the high cleaning standard Bruntwood's customers expect, without the environmental cost of traditional chemical cleaning.
Bruntwood's rollout shows how SAO can support a large, multi-site sustainability commitment without adding operational complexity — fewer chemicals to store, fewer deliveries to manage, and a simpler system for staff to learn.