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Cairn’s Carbon Reduction Plan 2025 shows reduced carbon emissions

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Cairn Technology has published its Carbon Reduction Plan 2025, showing decreases in carbon emissions for both Scope 1 and Scope 2 figures.

Scope 1 emissions – 100% offset

The reduction in Scope 1 emissions is due to changing more of our vehicle fleet to hybrid cars, so that our field-based consultants are travelling in a way that is more environmentally friendly.

Our Scope 1 environmental management objective, which began in 2023, remains to increase the number of lower emitting transport types year on year, whenever possible.

In addition, we have offset all of our Scope 1 emissions for 2025 by continuing to invest in the Carbon Footprint UK Tree Planting Scheme, supporting both carbon capture and environmental biodiversity.

Commitment to Scope 2 emissions reduction

Our Scope 2 carbon emission total also saw a small decrease from 2024, reflecting our effort to be mindful of our consumption, and our drive to be more energy efficient.

Our aim is to further reduce our Scope 2 emissions in 2026 by purchasing our electricity from renewable sources. The end of a fixed supplier contract in 2026 will allow us to implement this important change.

Scope 3 emissions reduced for Category 4

Overall, we have seen a modest increase in our Scope 3 emissions in our 2025 Carbon Reduction Plan.

In particular, our category 9 total has increased by 18%. This is due, in part to an 8% increase in the sales of our absorbent mat products, which are shipped from our EU manufacturing base.

However, we succeeded in reducing our category 4 emissions total compared to our 2024 figures, by consolidating supply shipments wherever possible.

In addition, we have continued to make efforts to reduce other sources of carbon emissions in Scope 3, including:

  • reducing employee commuting with a hybrid working-from-home approach,
  • recycling as much waste generated from our office and warehouse space as possible, such as reusing packaging in our warehouse where appropriate, and
  • encouraging our sales team to conduct business meetings with clients virtually where possible.

Find out more about our Carbon Reduction Plan 2025 Report

Want to know more? Just click here for our full Carbon Reduction Plan Report for 2025

Ruth Palfreyman and Olivia Athersych boost mat sales

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Ruth Palfreyman, Area Sales Manager for London and the South East.

Ruth Palfreyman, Area Sales Manager, Cairn Technology Ltd

Ruth Palfreyman and Olivia Athersych have worked hard to enhance sales of Cairn Technology’s absorbent mat range this year, with sales in January alone being 50% higher than in the year before.

Both Area Sales Managers for Sheffield-based medical product sales company, Cairn Technology, Ruth’s sales territory covers London and the much of the South of England, whilst Olivia’s covers the North of England and Scotland.

Whilst Ruth has spent 7 years at Yorkshire-based Cairn Technology, Olivia has now been with the company for 12 years.

As well as selling absorbent mats for theatres, scrub rooms and other medical settings, they also sell Stille surgical instruments to theatre managers, consultant surgeons and instrument managers.

Absorbent Theatre Mats

Cairn’s absorbent mat range includes superabsorbent mats for theatre floors, anti-skid absorbent mats for scrub areas, hybrid mats for very wet procedures, and sterile mats for use next to the patient’s skin. To view our mat range just click here: https://cairntechnology.com/fluid-management/

Stille Surgical Instruments

Cairn Technology’s range Stille surgical instrument range includes instruments for a variety of disciplines including, general, plastic, ENT, cardiothoracic, orthopaedic and microsurgery, plus much more.

Warrantied for 30 years of use, they are handmade for exceptional handling, precision and durability. For more information click here: https://cairntechnology.com/surgical-instruments/

Can Ruth and Olivia help you?

Olivia Athersych, Areas Sales Manager for the North and Scotland

If you are a UK hospital interested in trialling some free samples of our absorbent mats, feel free to contact us.

For Ruth Palfreyman email ruth.palfreyman@cairntechnology.com or for Olivia Athersych email olivia.stokes@cairntechnology.com and they will be happy to help you.

Or call the team on 0333 015 4345.

 

 

 

Cairn Technology celebrates 25 years supporting UK hospitals

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Cairn Technology is celebrating its 25th anniversary supplying services and products to NHS Trusts and private hospitals.

Established in 1999 by two chemistry PhD graduates, Dr. Peter Binns and Dr. Mark Fields, the business initially acted as an environmental consultancy specialising in the continuous monitoring of emissions to atmosphere.

However, it wasn’t long before the directors realised that this emissions monitoring technique was ideal for use within the hospital sector.

Working in partnership with the local NHS Trust, they developed a range of workplace monitoring solutions specially tailored to hospital theatres, anaesthetic rooms, endoscope cleaning rooms and other relevant areas.

These services help hospitals to ensure that they comply with important inspection and maintenance requirements under COSHH, (HTM) 03-01 and other standards.

By working in conjunction with another NHS Trust in 2000, they also developed a chemical spill station that is now used by many hospitals across the UK. Biohazard, cytotoxic and laboratory spill kits have also been added to the range, as well as chemical spill training for hospital staff.

In 2003, the company also moved into fluid management for hospital theatres with the developments of its T-Mat. This superabsorbent floor mat absorbs up to 8.5 litres of fluid and turns it to gel to allow for quick and easy, non-drip disposal in clinical waste.

As time passed, Cairn Technology continued to expand its mat range to include non-slip, hybrid and sterile mats, as well as infection control products, Stille handcrafted surgical instruments and Blueair HealthProtectTM air purifiers.

Sharon Evans, Product Sales and Marketing Manager at Cairn Technology says: “The company has always remained true to its watchwords of ‘Partnership, Innovation and Excellence’. It is very important to us to develop strong relationships with our customers, many of whom have invested in our products and services for over two decades.”

“Going forward, we recognise that a vital part of how we support our customers is by helping them to reduce their carbon footprint and achieve Net Zero.

“Some of our products already help to address this, such as our absorbent mats that help minimise waste and include FSC-certified sourced material, and our Stille surgical instruments that can be reused for 30 years plus.

“In addition, we are developing a company-wide Carbon Reduction Plan that demonstrates our wider commitment to supporting a healthy environment, with the aim of becoming a carbon negative company by 2025”.