Banking on Better: Insightful Environments Transforms Thousands of Desks for Lloyds in Refurb Project
Pioneering Office Furniture Refurbishment at Scale: A Banking Giant's Solution
With an increased emphasis on sustainability and ESG within Lloyds group over the last few years, Coggin SOS were approached by one of our long-standing partners, Insightful Environments, to provide a cost-effective and sustainable solution to a UK-wide project in which the banking giant wanted to refresh their current workspaces.
Working alongside removals teams and Project Managers to remove and transport desks from sites around the UK, Coggin SOS have managed to make the resizing and refurbishing of Lloyds current asset portfolio a simple and obvious choice, saving time, unnecessary carbon emissions and providing Lloyds with 'new' desks that fit in with their focus to improve the standard of their current office workspaces.
Breaking New Ground in Corporate Office Furniture Reuse
In a continuous rolling programme of improvements, Coggin SOS has refurbished over 2500 desks that would typically have been replaced with new, while current desks could have unnecessarily ended up in landfill.
Our specialist refurbishing team at Coggin SOS has worked alongside both Lloyds and Insightful Environments to show that major financial institutions can implement circular economy principles without compromising on quality or workplace standards.
The Numbers:
- 207,690kg of carbon emissions prevented - equivalent to powering 56 UK homes for a year!
- Over £784,875 saved compared to buying new (based on average new desk costs of £370)
- Carbon saving equivalent to taking 1,057,142 miles of car travel off the road
- 2,415 desks given new life through refurbishing and resizing
Used Office Furniture: Redefining What's Possible
Insightful Environments fundamentally challenge how corporate clients think about workplace assets. By working with our team at Coggin SOS, they've shown that:
- Large-scale office furniture refurbishment is viable for major financial institutions
- Substantial cost savings can be achieved without compromising quality
- Environmental goals can be met through practical, measurable actions
- Corporate furniture doesn't need to follow a linear "buy-use-dispose" model
The successful delivery of this large-scale project at Lloyds Banking Group demonstrates expertise in action. While Insightful Environments led the workplace strategy, the Coggin SOS skilled team took each desk through our specialist refurbishment process.
Our workshop professionals carefully resized and restored over 2,500 desks to Lloyds' exact specifications, transforming dated furniture into workspace assets that look and perform like new. This hands-on approach proves that quality refurbishment can deliver results that match or exceed new furniture - at a fraction of the cost and carbon footprint.
Working together, we haven't just saved furniture from landfill - we've created a blueprint for sustainable workplace transformation that other corporations can follow.
But, this isn't the end of the story - it's a beginning. Insightful Environments and Coggin SOS continue to push boundaries in sustainable workplace solutions, and we're proud to support them in proving that with the right expertise and partnership, major corporations can transform their environmental impact while maintaining world-class workplace standards.
If you're looking to make sustainable choices for your workplace furniture while maintaining the highest quality standards, refurbishment could be your smartest option.
Contact
our team today to discover how we can help transform your office furniture into renewed, sustainable workplace solutions.
