WHO
Canva is a global online visual communications platform with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design. Founded on the belief that people shouldn’t need to understand complex software to unlock their creativity, Canva is empowering 100% of the world to communicate in ways that were once limited to the 1%. Canva has a team of more than 3,200 Canvanauts (as Canva’s employees are affectionately known) working around the world, with offices in 9 different countries.change - and what can be achieved with scale, communication and commitment.
Canva is committed to a sustainable future and strives to be a force for good through empowerment, investment, and decision-making that benefits people and the planet. In 2021, Canva placed their first Huskee order with the idea to implement HuskeeCup as their internal cup solution in their offices as well as offering the HuskeeSwap service at their in-house cafe ‘Canva Space’ at 110 Kippax Street in Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW.
Canva is a great example of the power of a corporate partnership with a plan to make a significant change - and what can be achieved with scale, communication and commitment.
WHY
Interestingly, the decision to work with Huskee was not initially based on any sustainability plan or goals alignment. It started with a simple cost/benefit analysis by their operations team to address the cost issue of breakages used in the office and cafe settings as well as the high costs of disposables. Due to the robust nature of the HuskeeCup, its design, and the appeal of the sustainability story inherent in the cup, this was simple economics to get approval to implement in Canva’s offices. Additionally, consideration was given to how this would support Canva’s ‘coffee dates’ – one of their favourite rituals
“It was a no-brainer to make the switch. I have had access to HuskeeCups in my previous cafes and thought they were a good fit for Canva. We really want our staff to continue being good humans, outside the office as much as in the office, so having the ability to grab a HuskeeCup when going to visit any of our local cafes so that we are minimising any unwanted foreign waste that may contaminate our waste streams. From an operational point of view, with so many buildings to service, they stack well and don’t break which when we did a quick cost comparison we saw the longevity of the product and its sustainability as big ticks towards bringing them in.”
- Dan Bloom, (Beverage & FOH Operations)
Canva’s Coffee Date Culture
The premise of this initiative was that you put your name down and then have a random person picked for you to go on a “coffee date”. You’ll be suggested Canvanauts who are likely to be in a different part of the business to you and who haven’t been selected for a newbie Coffee Date recently. You then meet, most likely at our cafe area, and then choose to get a “coffee” internally or we encourage you to go and select from one of the numerous cafes that surround us, all the while taking a HuskeeCup from our shelves. Forming connections and being connected with people outside your team encourages ideas, culture & potential ideas for the future.
HOW
After conducting a cost-benefit analysis, CANVA rolled out the Huskee system into it’s main office in Sydney. Cups are provided at key office locations for staff to pick up, use and make their own coffees or bring down and use at the Canva Space or surrounding cafes. When done, they can put their used cups on a trolley for cleaning staff or to the cafe for washing. Offices without cleaning staff can handwash or put in centralised washing machines provided for staff.
After a successful implementation and use in their Sydney office, CANVA have rolled out the solution to their global offices in the UK and Manilla.
HIGHLIGHTS
5.24 tonnes of plastic not used
82.5 tonnes of CO2 emissions eq. reduced
13,200 wheelie bins of cups eliminated from landfill
19.53 tonnes disposable waste eliminated
662 trees eq saved
3.48 million gallons of water saved (used to produce SU cups)
“Huskee cups are popular amongst Canvanauts that visit Canva Space Cafe. We have introduced them as the only takeaway coffee cup for Canvanauts and it has been successful as most of us are environmentally conscious and this has dramatically reduced the amount of single use coffee cups in the cafe.”
- Lou Hunt | Canva Space & Event Logistics Lead