Officially opened in May 2009 and located at Warriewood on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, the Blackmores Campus offers a new generation workplace that demonstrates the company’s leadership in its balanced approach to health, work, life and the environment.
Every aspect of the campus reflects our values, our leadership and our commitment to quality. We are very proud of the sustainable building design, with a carbon footprint just one eighth of a comparable development.
Covering more than 25,000 square metres and housing more than 220 staff each day, the site has been developed to incorporate a healthy and productive working environment for with a range of wonderful features including:
- Environmentally-friendly, low-volatile and low-emission furnishings including carpets, paints, and furniture.
- Building design that maximises natural lighting combined with low energy smart lighting systems to reduce artificial lighting needs.
- 100% fresh air through the use of an operable façade and access floors, resulting in an environment that is air-conditioning free for about two thirds of the year.
- Access to fresh air has been maximised with temperature-sensitive windows that open and close as the building warms and cools throughout the day.
- Integration of natural flora into the office setting, offering a tranquil workplace environment.
The staff Wellness Centre is at the heart of the building and incorporates treatment rooms for massage and naturopathy, a yoga and pilates area, new gym with updated equipment, changing facilities and a 20m lap pool. The staff café provides a wide range of healthy, nutritious meals and refreshments for staff.
The campus also allows for improved production and distribution efficiency for customers, through a significantly streamlined processing and quality assurance system, enhanced logistics and supply chain management. The integrated approach allows our Operations team to handle, store, pick and despatch goods faster and more accurately than ever before.
1700 orders are shipped to our retail customers each week which totals more than 700,000 cartons every year. The new smart flow-through design optimises materials handling at all stages from production through to storage and despatch.
The flexible storage system design including selective, double-deep and narrow aisle racking with capacity for 5000 pallets has provided enhanced customer service with faster order turnaround and fulfilment accuracy.
The design of the new building also embodies our commitment to environmental sustainability of which the key elements include:
- One of Australia’s first Cogent gas-fired generation plants which provides the building energy needs – electrical, heating and cooling, resulting in reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. (Equivalent to taking 1000 cars off the road).
- Water from the pond located at the main entrance to the building is oxygenised and assists in the water-recycling system that captures stores and treats rainwater achieving water self-sufficiency nine months of the year.
- Water sensitive urban design practices for the control and treatment of stormwater before it reaches creeks and water bodies.
- Thermally insulated facades and roof, light coloured roofing, natural shading devices (a living façade) to minimise heat loads on the building and subsequent high energy cooling requirements.
- Solar chimneys to facilitate natural ventilation
Medicinal herbs in the Maurice Blackmore Memorial Garden are used for educational purposes, while culinary herbs are grown to include in healthy meals in the staff café. Some of the herbs featured include echinacea, lavender, rosemary, lemon balm and aloe vera.