What should companies consider before offering free tampons and pads at work?

The first decision isn’t simply whether to provide them.

It’s how the program will actually work.

Before choosing a workplace period product solution, I’d think through a few things:

Where will the products be located?

If someone gets their period while they’re already in a stall, can they access what they need without leaving it?

Who will refill them?

The system should fit into the facilities or janitorial routine that already exists.

How often will they need to be refilled?

Dispenser capacity can have a major impact on maintenance.

What products are you providing?

Employees notice the difference between something being technically available and something they actually want to use.

Is the system accessible?

Think about accessible stalls, reach ranges, different restroom layouts, and whether someone has to navigate to another part of the restroom to find a product.

How much packaging and waste does the system create?

At workplace scale, individual boxes, wrappers, tubes, and other unnecessary packaging can add up quickly.

Can the program scale?

What works in one restroom should ideally be manageable across a floor, building, campus, or national portfolio.

The best workplace period product program isn’t just the one that puts pads and tampons in the building.

It’s the one that makes them easy to access, easy to maintain, and consistent across the workplace.

That’s the problem UNICORN was built to solve.

Period products, where they’re needed.

In every stall.