A WARM WELCOME
Blue Patch is a community for sustainability-minded businesses based in the UK.
We champion conscientious creativity, great design and innovation. Blue Patch’s mission is to help the UK successfully grow into a future-facing, low-waste economy powered by clean energy.
Here are a few ways we’re helping:
• Providing courses and hands-on workshops to help businesses reduce their environmental impact
• Building partnerships and resource-sharing, for example some of our members use materials donated by the Royal Ballet & Opera
• Contributing to the UK task force ‘Bankers For Net Zero’ to develop a new Voluntary Emissions Standard, simplifying carbon reporting for small businesses
• Investing 100% of our surplus income into community energy projects such as Solar for Schools, smallscale organic farms and wildlife conservation.
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Jane Langley, Founder
Photo: Bankers 4 Net Zero launch, Westminster 2025 Team Blue Patch: Margy Newens, Jane Langley and Mark Harris.
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COMMITTED TO A LOW CARBON FUTURE
Blue Patch Learning
Supporting UK businesses on their carbon reduction journey.
Our CO2 Reduction course briefly unpacks the causes of climate change and explores some of the tools and methodologies, including the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, available to help prepare business owners for carbon accounting.
Here are some brilliant business who completed our CO2 Reduction course with flying colours. Reducing emissions supports the UK’s transition to a low carbon economy and can help save money too!
Kapdaa London
Local authorities are under immense pressure to manage textile waste effectively, often with tight budgets, limited time, and constrained resources. Currently, 49% of used textiles— around 35 items per person each year— are discarded in household bins, adding to the waste burden.
Kapdaa works with local authorities, fashion brands, charity shops and others to give new life to textile waste. Kapdaa’s mobile AI4Fibres technology provides an innovative, AI-powered recycling service that processes discarded garments locally, reducing environmental impact, fostering community involvement and supporting the circular economy.
Find out more at kapdaa.com
Y.O.U Underwear
Oxfordshire
Classically stylish, made from super-soft organic cotton, Y.O.U Underwear is as good for the world as it is for your wardrobe. Fairtrade, organic and with a buy-one give-one model donating underwear to tackle period poverty. Visit their website to learn more about their materials, supply chain and social impact.
youunderwear.com
Beuzeval Furniture
London
Beuzeval Furniture favours traditional craft over mass production. This beautiful furniture is handmade with meticulous care to achieve fine detail and a stunning finish.
All hardwoods are sourced from certified sustainable suppliers.
Nothing goes to waste in Mandie Beuzeval’s workshop. Sawdust and shavings are used for bedding at a local city farm, and off-cuts are reused in other projects. Mandie cycles to work every day too!
beuzevalfurniture.com
‘Reflections’
By Oliver Gosling
Essex
2020. Private collection. Oil on canvas.
olivergosling.com
Artist Oliver Gosling’s studio, ‘High House’ is run by the charity Acme Studios (acme.org.uk).
Ecotricity supplies the studios with renewable energy, and individual metering/billing enables tenants to monitor their own energy consumption.
Photo: Alan Powdrill
Flooring by Nature
West Yorkshire
Flooring by Nature provides a handpicked collection of natural carpets and flooring solutions that don’t cost the earth. Their products balance beauty, comfort and durability, supporting designers, architects and homeowners in creating warm, stylish spaces with responsibly sourced materials.
flooringbynature.co.uk
edwardbulmerpaint.co.uk @edwardbulmerpaint
Edward Bulmer Natural Paint
Herefordshire | London Showroom: 69 Pimlico Road, London SW1W 8NE
Natural is the true eco. With over 30 years of expertise, Edward Bulmer has crafted plant-based paints that combine beautiful, historically inspired colours with modern ecological principles. Free from harmful VOCs and microplastics, these breathable, pigment-rich paints offer exceptional coverage, are easy to apply and create an unrivalled finish, for stylish and comfortable living.
Conscious colour without compromise.
Ava Innes
Moray, Scotland
Ava Innes offers the ultimate sleep experience, with their luxurious cashmere guard duvets, Scottish wool pillows and extralarge blankets in pure cashmere and wool.
Ava Innes - British made, natural fibres, superior quality, quiet luxury.
avainnes.com
Denby Pottery
Derbyshire
Imperial Blue by Denby celebrates 35 Years as a contemporary classic. Handcrafted in Derbyshire, Imperial Blue showcases the quality of great British craftsmanship with all the inherent qualities for which Denby is renowned.
denbypottery.com
Fiona Howard Wallpapers
West Sussex
Fiona Howard creates the designs for her wallpapers using the traditional technique of lino printing.
Each design originates from Fiona’s hand drawn sketches which she meticulously carves into lino blocks and then prints by hand.
All wallpapers are printed in the UK on paper from responsibly managed forests. fionahoward.com
Factory Furniture
Oxfordshire
Contemporary furniture for the public domain, designed and manufactured in the UK using timber from FSC certified forests.
Everything is still handmade in house by our experienced team, selecting only the best materials for each product.
factoryfurniture.co.uk
