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More than 80 restaurants have backed the Sustainable Restaurant Association's new campaign to cut food waste in restaurants by promoting doggy boxes. Restaurants...
Posted: 06 October 2011 | 11:22
Top hotels across the country have signed up to a star rating system that measures sustainability credentials. Some 70 businesses have either been assessed or are in the process of being assessed for the Sustainable Restaurant Association Star Rating survey.
Posted: 19 September 2011 | 12:40
Restaurant Associates, the executive dining division of Compass Group, has become the latest contract caterer to sign up to the Sustainable Fish City pledge. City caterer Vacherin signed up to Sustainable Fish City in March, while WSH businesses BaxterStorey, Caterlink and Holroyd Howe announced their involvement in July.
Posted: 19 September 2011 | 12:13
Waste not, want not is the philosophy behind the refurbishment of the George Inn, in Wedmore, Somerset, where all the materials for the project have been reclaimed, found or bought second hand. James Stagg reports
Posted: 12 September 2011 | 16:21
Somerset butter from Scotland, Welsh lamb from New Zealand and West Country fish fillets filleted in China: just some of the false "local food" claims misleading consumers who believed they were eating local produce highlighted in a Local Government Regulation investigation earlier this year.
Posted: 19 August 2011 | 11:24
Raymond Blanc is heading a competition to find the UK's most forward-thinking restaurant or caterer for sustainable fish. Blanc will work with the City of London Corporation, Sustainable Fish City...
Posted: 17 August 2011 | 14:47
The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) is launching a new campaign calling on London restaurateurs to offer diners doggy bags to take home left over food. The SRA's Too Good To Waste campaign, which will launch in October...
Posted: 05 August 2011 | 11:42
Independent contract caterer Bartlett Mitchell has become the first contract catering company to receive a Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS) accreditation. The silver accreditation, for its site at Autodesk in Farnborough, recognises the steps taken by the caterer to develop the unit's sustainability credentials.
Posted: 04 August 2011 | 12:28
If May hadn't been so wet we'd be writing about an imminent drought and emergency measures to save depleting precious resources, too. As it is, the hotel and restaurant industry uses a staggering 400 million cubic metres of water every year - equivalent to 100,000 Olympic swimming pools.
Posted: 03 August 2011 | 17:02
There may have been many confusing changes to the Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme since its introduction last year, but one thing remains true - cutting energy use saves money. Emily Manson explains what's different and describes easy ways to cut energy costs
Posted: 03 August 2011 | 15:28
Independent education caterer Alliance in Partnership (AiP) has added a Worcester primary school to its burgeoning portfolio of contracts in the Midlands. Worth £315,000, the three-year deal kicks off at Cherry Orchard primary school at the start of the new academic year in September.
Posted: 02 August 2011 | 11:52
Twelve new eco-friendly suites, which will appear to float across a valley, are to be developed within the grounds of the award-winning Chewton Glen hotel in Hampshire. Planning permission has been granted for the woodland suites, which will be housed within six timber tree-house style building on stilts.
Posted: 02 August 2011 | 10:40
Bite Catering has become the first member of the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) from the contract catering sector. The niche operator, which runs 12 B&I sites in London and the Home Counties, will commit to a number of initiatives from the SRA shortlist in three areas: sourcing, environment and...
Posted: 20 July 2011 | 18:15
Businesses can cut their refrigeration energy bills by up to 20% using simple, low-cost steps, according to a new guide. Refrigeration can account for a large proportion of overall energy costs, according to the guide's author, the Carbon Trust.
Posted: 18 July 2011 | 14:58
Proposals to reform the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) have been described as "disappointing" by conservation group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The WWF's director of European policy Tony Long described...
Posted: 13 July 2011 | 16:00
Restaurants use a lot of energy. And in this busy working environment it is all too easy for energy efficiency to slip off the agenda.
Posted: 01 July 2011 | 11:35
Food service distributor 3663 has won a four-year contract worth £20m to supply construction and facilities management firm Interserve with food and drink. 3663 will also work with Interserve in support of its green credentials by collecting its client's waste oil...
Posted: 09 May 2011 | 17:35
With landfill costs soaring, this year could prove to be the tipping point that makes sustainable practices a business imperitive. Emily Manson asks what measures operators can take to turn waste into wealth
Posted: 06 May 2011 | 12:12
Nearly one in five restaurants, pubs and hotels in England and Wales which sell "local" food are making the claim falsely. That's the finding from...
Posted: 28 February 2011 | 14:58
Environmental campaigner Tony Juniper has been appointed patron of the first GTBS Green Tourism Week, taking place on 6-13 June 2011. The initiative, which is designed to highlight the link between green tourism and profitability in tourism...
Posted: 22 February 2011 | 15:34
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