H&M Health & Mobility win international award for its environmentally-friendly bathlift
Mobility and homecare products supplier H&M Health & Mobility has been presented with an international award in recognition of its dedication to environmental best practice.
The Green Apple Awards are selected and bestowed by the Green Organisation, a non-profit environmental international group dedicated to recognising environmental best practice around the world.
Previous winners of the Green Apple Awards from the homecare industry in the past have included Platinum Stairlifts, Dolphin Mobility York and the HomeGlow B-Warm.
Country Durham-based H&M Health & Mobility, a major supplier of bathlifts, won the 2024 Gold award in the Sustainable Development Category with directors Hugh and Yvonne Malone presented with their award at Kensington Palace in November.
The award, which recognises the company’s pioneering efforts to make homecare provision greener, was presented by Helen Kitchen, Business Development Manager of Yealands Wines of New Zealand.
Competition for a Green Apple Gold is extremely high and 2024 was no exception, with well-known supermarket chains, industrial giants and multi-million pound utilities all among the contenders.
The presiding judge described the accomplishment as “very well deserved” when announcing H&M Health and Mobility had achieved the Gold.
Hugh and Yvonne Malone have been in the homecare industry for many years and said they were familiar with the main issues of bathlift provision that impact on the environment. They set out to reduce the carbon footprint in the way they create, supply and deliver their bathlifts.
With that aim in mind the company brought the Kanjo Bathlift into the market which has been designed to be easy to clean, reuse and recycle via council community equipment stores.
Hugh and Yvonne Malone found that this offers a massive benefit by making access to bathlifts much quicker for those in need and saves money too.
Homecare businesses with a novel green or environmentally sustainable product or service can find out about the Green Apple Award here.
