Suppliers Showcase: Grace & Green

Avanti joins in support of Period Dignity in the Workplace

Grace & Green products are now available for customers  

There’s something wonderful about finding a sustainable, responsible and determined supplier on your doorstep – and that’s what has happened to Avanti with Bristol-based Grace & Green.  

If ever a company really needed to exist to help tackle a problem, this is it.  

More than 72% of the UK female population work – that’s more than 16 million people!  The proportion who menstruate is significant, and so they have employers who really should sit up and listen on this issue.  

While a lot of people talk about inclusivity, this is one aspect that is too often forgotten.  

Sectors which need to take action include health and social care, wholesale and retail trade, and education. Which to us means every hospital, care home, shop and school at the very least ought to be providing free period products for staff and who need them.  

Having periods really isn’t sustainable, is it?

In part, it’s about sustainability. Most period products are 90% plastic.  It doesn’t take a genius to work out that this is a lot of plastic waste that we should be working to reduce, if at all possible.  In the UK, the average person who menstruates is inadvertently responsible for the equivalent of 3876 plastic bags in terms of the volume of plastic waste – and there are toxin issues, too.  

Grace & Green are the highest scoring B Corp within disposable period care in the world – their products are 100% certified organic, biodegradable, free from chlorine bleaches, pesticides and other synthetic materials and toxin-free. 

The other problem is far more personal and human. And it comes down to dignity. According to Water Aid research, 85% of those who menstruate feel anxiety or stress about managing their period at work. Every month. Year in, year out, for many years.  

While employers talk much about stress and honestly want to reduce negative forms, the reality is that most have never even thought about this particular source.

Time for Period Dignity in every workplace 

Grace & Green are really taking on the mission for change. Their national Period Dignity scheme is supporting more than 400 employers, private and public, to provide sustainable period products and education.  

If you’re an employer, it’s time to get onboard. If you’re a worker, it’s time to bring this valuable scheme to your employer’s attention and encourage them to join.  

If you’re imagining the embarrassed looking pastel products and flowery boxes of yesteryear as you consider this, you can stop that right now. Because, the product design is stunning – the storage tins are to die for.  

They won’t look awkward in any washroom, and every box, dispenser and product has been beautifully designed, including the bulk dispensers designed to fit into the workplace washroom.   

We encourage you to browse some of their products on our site. Avanti is proud to be stocking Grace and Green period products in our own store and actively discussing their availability and the importance of stocking period products for staff, with all our current customers.  

Find out more about Grace & Green at https://graceandgreen.co/