Bringing sustainable period care to our clients - TOTM's Partnership with Foodbuy and The University of Oxford

24 October 2024

TOTM, a certified B-Corp supplying planet-friendly period care products, was selected as a supplier through our 2024 Pitch Social – Powered by Foodbuy event. This event endorses B-corps, social enterprises, and minority-owned businesses, giving them the opportunity to pitch their business and products to a panel of Foodbuy stakeholders, with those selected becoming a Foodbuy supplier.

We are pleased to announce that TOTM was successfully onboarded off the back of the event, and is now collaborating with Bunzl Catering Supplies, bringing their ethical and sustainable period care products to our clients, including the colleges of University of Oxford.

SUSTAINABLE PERIOD CARE FOR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

TOTM’s multi-award-winning period care products are made from sustainably sourced certified organic cotton and use compostable or recyclable packaging wherever possible. As a B-Corp, TOTM is committed to changing the period care industry for good.

The supply of their products to our client, the colleges of the University of Oxford, aims to provide students with high-quality, eco-friendly period care options that support the Period Poverty Campaign.

IMPACT AND BENEFITS

Alongside offering a sustainable, carbon-neutral period care range, TOTM actively recovers ocean plastic through tampon sales and gives back to Endometriosis UK.

The certified organic cotton used in TOTM products:

• Uses 62% less primary energy.
• Shows a 91% reduction in blue water use.
• Results in a 94% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional cotton.

Shane Pledge, Accommodation Manager at University College said:

“We are extremely happy with TOTM, the product range is just right, and they are very well packaged which enables us to put them out into all out bathrooms in the boxes they arrive in. I would strongly recommend their products to anyone.”

For more information about our Pitch Social – Powered by Foodbuy event, visit: foodbuy.co.uk/news/foodbuy-s-pitch-social-initiative-identifies-new-socially-conscious-sme-partners/