Our circular model concentrates on redesigning and restructuring Product-Service-Systems from the bottom up to ensure future viability of business activities and market competitiveness.
The model is based on supplying fully renewable, recyclable, or biodegradable resource inputs that sustain circular production and consumption systems.
Provide and Perform – Our Facility Management services offer our customers total peace of mind by providing a wraparound service to maintain all aspects of your business needs while constantly striving to lower emissions and carbon footprint. 80% of our carbon footprint comes from the things we produce, consume, and dispose of, by implementing a circular economy here at Investigo we are actively working towards zero waste.
Extend product value – At Investigo our business model is focused on delivering long-product life, supported by design for durability and repair. Solutions that we offer are to reduce end-user consumption through principles such as durability, upgradability, service, warrantees, reparability, and a non-consumerist approach.
By emphasising Planned Preventive Maintenance this keeps costs low while maximising product and material lifespan. By offering Planned Preventive Maintenance to our customers, we are helping reduce the constant need for renewing equipment and instead are prolonging the life of equipment that our customers already have thus helping them save money and reduce waste.
As part of our circular economy model, we have a storage unit that stores off cuts from different projects so they can be reused on other projects. After a few dilapidation projects we had an excess amount of office furniture / TVs / chairs etc that we wanted to give back to the local community to charities / businesses that would make use of them and save them from landfill.
As we already have a partnership with First Steps Future Training we reached out to George and the team to see if they could use / donate office furniture that we had acquired. George and the team were delighted to come and pick-up most of the excess furniture which they will repurpose / recycle and reuse with the support from their trainee's and donate it to local charities / nursing homes and nurseries. They will create different on-going projects upcycling and repurposing the raw materials for their trainees to complete within their purpose-built training academy at Bridgeton. This in turn will provide real life projects for their trainees to work on and develop their skill sets to help prepare them for the world of work.
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FARE Scotland are another local charity that we have worked in partnership with. FARE Scotland is a voluntary organisation working within disadvantaged communities throughout Central Scotland. FARE strive to raise people's aspirations, encourage them to become more involved in their communities, create opportunities for personal development and equip them with the skills required to deal with the demands of 21st century life. After reaching out via various social channels to find a new home for the left-over boardroom chairs, Karen from FARE responded. Karen explained that FARE are a charity that delivers employability courses to young people and parents and would be delighted to give the chairs a new home, if they are still available. Karen arranged for Nathan from FARE to come along and pick-up 25 of the boardroom chairs which would be going to a lovely new home and help FARE to increase the class numbers of their employability courses now that they had more chairs. FARE were delighted with the new chairs and so were the trainees
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During the project a plasma TV was part of the items to be discarded due to the screen having a pixel issue at the very left-hand side of the screen which when is use wasn’t overly noticeable. The TV was 52 inches so big enough for the pixelation not to affect the viewing of the TV. To find a home for the TV the first stop again was George and the team at First Steps as they work closely with so many other charities and a good home would be found for the TV. Straight away George collected the TV and delivered it to Royston Youth Action. The Royston Youth Action is committed to enabling the people of Royston to identify and meet their own needs through dialogue and self-help. As a community organisation the vision is to have a strong organisation that builds on its successes, supporting the development of individuals through a process of empowerment underpinned by education and experience. Sharon from Royston Youth Action was delighted with the new TV which arrived just in time for the after-school gaming activities and couldn’t wait for the young people to see the new addition.
Start-Up Coffee Shop – Glasgow Area
After FARE took as many chairs as they required, we still had 15 boardroom chairs to find a home for and as was decided at the start of the project no furniture was going to landfill. By reaching out via our social media channels a start-up coffee shop company got in touch. Garry requested the last remaining 15 chairs for his new venture and we were only too happy to donate them. Once the coffee shop is up and running, we will pay Garry a visit to see how the new furniture is looking. Garry explained that the chairs reduced his start-up costs massively and was so thankfully for the generous donation.
Gas Certification Company Limited
We recently completed an air conditioning installation that underscores our dedication to the circular economy. Although we usually focus on repairs, the parts for these particular systems were no longer available, and all efforts to source spares were unsuccessful. As a result, a complete system replacement was essential, especially for a premium retailer who couldn’t afford any downtime with winter on the horizon. In line with our circular economy values, we donated the old units to Gas Certification Company Limited. This initiative provides future engineers with valuable hands-on experience, helping to prepare them for their careers and advance the industry.