Celebrating all that is green

We’re green champions here at Festival Place.

Fully committed to protecting our environment, we have adopted as many measures as we can to boost our eco efficiency, and many of our retailers offer eco-friendly and zero-waste products.

This month (April) draws attention to the environment and promotes conservation and sustainability, so why not pop in and find out what our retailers have to offer the customer looking to shop more sustainably?

We’ve rounded up just some of our eco-friendly news here, but you’ll find lots more sustainable shopping ideas when you come and see us.

• Luxurious bath, body and home brand Rituals offers refills for its body creams, fragrance sticks, car perfumes, handwashes, day and night creams and serums. By choosing a refill instead of a brand-new product, you are helping reduce packaging, which means less waste.
  
  
• Independent Nigerian restaurant Afrizi is a finalist in the Sustainable Champion category of the year’s Inspire Awards. The eco-conscious restaurant and takeaway serves delicious African food with vegetarian and vegan options, and its ongoing efforts to minimise its ecological footprint includes seating made from repurposed pallets and wooden cable drums, bamboo cutlery, and compostable food takeaway containers.
  
  
• Gift and lifestyle brand Fig & Fox has sustainability at the heart of its business. It only uses plastic free packaging, offers used coffee grounds to keen gardeners, and seeks out suppliers that share its eco values. Many suppliers are also local, which helps reduce product mileage and supports local communities while bringing customers the best Hampshire has to offer.
  
  
• While you’re with us, don’t forget to visit our gorgeous Giving Garden outside the centre, which we asked the Beardy Gardener, Leigh Johnstone, to create for us as a contribution to the wellbeing of the Basingstoke community. This is a space where local people can connect with plants to support their mental health, and the fauna planted was selected to be beneficial to bees and insects.