Low Carbon Business Support: Natural Vitality

Natural Vitality is a small producer of organic houmous, based south of Bath in the Somerset countryside. As well as being distributed by organic food delivery services, their products are also sold in specialist retailers under their own brand ‘The Precious Pea.’

Since they took on the business in 2014 Mark and his team have been driven to incorporate more sustainable practices and energy sources into their everyday business operations. This has seen them become an accredited B Corp in the last few months.

Mark is “delighted with the impact that the solar panels have and continue to bring.” Just three weeks after installing the solar panels, Mark had noticed a significant reduction in energy bills, with energy consumption going down approximately 40%.

As well as the solar panels, Natural Vitality also replaced an inefficient fan heater in their office with an infrared radiant panel heater, as recommended in their Carbon Survey. Instead of heating air, radiant heaters are much more efficient by directly heating the person nearby, reducing heating energy by around 80%.

One of the main benefits to the installed works included greater staff engagement and customer satisfaction. “Our staff are proud to be doing their bit, at work, for the environment.” This increased engagement was also said to coincide with happier customers, lower energy bills and reduced carbon emissions.