Burdens the UK’s leading civil engineering, infrastructure and utilities supply company has added Ecomerchant to its portfolio of green businesses. Ecomerchant is a successful and proven supplier of green and sustainable materials into the UK construction market with over 11 years trading experience.

The Leading UK Supplier For Green Building Materials

Kevin Hancock Burdens Corporate Development Director said “Ecomerchant will add considerable value to our current offering to the sustainable sector, strengthening our overall position by complementing our existing Burdens Environmental division bringing greater focus to house building, self build, refurbishment and general construction. This significant development now places us as the leading UK supplier for green materials across all construction projects.”

Recent surveys of construction companies highlighted the difficulties of supply as one major problem for delivering energy efficiency and sustainability into the market, the addition of Ecomerchant to the Burdens group will directly address these concerns by providing greater security of supply to the construction industry.

Joe Wild, founder of Ecomerchant said, “This development is very welcome, we recognise and value the strength Burdens will bring to the brand. Their company structure was equally important, the unique shareholding was of great significance to us in maintaining ethical standards of business.”

A Better Way To Do Business

Burdens is 46% owned by a charitable foundation where a proportion of profits are re-invested into society through good causes, this is central to the company’s campaign for a “Better way to do business” with emphasis on the highest standards of integrity and social responsibility in all trading relationships.

Delivering Sustainable Construction

With the government requiring hefty reductions in CO₂ from the UK construction industry through legislation, method and building performance the creation of a stronger supply chain is crucial to the delivery of these political ambitions. Burdens and Ecomerchant are now placed at the head of the field to support and promote sustainable construction into this growing market.