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Hotelympia visitors urged to sign energy efficiency pledge
Hotelympia visitors are being urged to sign a pledge to use more energy-efficient equipment. The Responsible Hospitality Partnership wants companies heading to the ExCeL event, which starts 26 February, to substitute an existing technology for one that is more environmentally friendly.
Posted: 21 Feb 2012 | FULL ARTICLE
London restaurants and hotels called on to donate leftover food to needy
A charity initiative is calling on London restaurants and hotels to donate leftover food to the capital's needy. The scheme, entitled Plan Zheroes, uses an online map to match restaurants and hotels as well as supermarkets and grocers offering surplus food with charities able to distribute it.
Posted: 20 Feb 2012 | FULL ARTICLE
FoodCycle eco café reaches fundraising target
A London community eco café has been thrown a lifeline to continue operating for another year after a successful fundraising effort. A campaign by the FoodCycle Café in Haringey, powered by crowdfunding website Peoplefund.it and supported by celebrities, MPs and Twitter, reached its £5,000 target this week...
Posted: 07 Feb 2012 | FULL ARTICLE
Five Croydon schools to take part in food waste pilot scheme
Five Croydon schools have been selected to take part in a 12-week school food collections waste pilot scheme, with a view to possible expansion across the borough. Recycling in Croydon was stepped up last year when a domestic food-waste collection service was introduced.
Posted: 27 Jan 2012 | FULL ARTICLE
Marriott Marble Arch wins gold from Green Tourism Business Scheme
The London Marriott Hotel Marble Arch has been awarded the top - gold - award by the Green Tourism Business Scheme for successfully implementing a green policy and green initiatives at the hotel. The hotel had to demonstrate its green credentials against a rigorous set of criteria.
Posted: 24 Nov 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
QHotels is top hotel group in carbon reduction league table
QHotels, the group of 21 four-star hotels, has been named as the top hotel group in the first Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) league table, published by the Environment Agency. It is the second ranked hospitality company after Center Parcs and 30th out of more than 2,000 British listed organisations.
Posted: 21 Nov 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Bibendum's environmental policies 'key' to winning new business
Wine merchant Bibendum has put its award-winning environmental policies down as a key factor to winning new business. Managing director Michael Saunders said: "More and more of our existing and prospective customers are demanding to know about our green policies and the actions...
Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
ISS Facility Services Healthcare and 3663 win Green Business Award for Partnership
ISS Facility Services Healthcare and 3663 have together won the 2011 Green Business Award for Partnership. The two firms, under the ISS sustainability banner of "treading lightly together" made a significant difference to reducing carbon emissions.
Posted: 11 Nov 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Cucina introduces 'seeds to plates' scheme for schools
School caterer Cucina Restaurants has introduced a 'seeds to plates' scheme to keep meal prices down despite rising food supplier costs. Food prices...
Posted: 10 Nov 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
United Against Waste – the online debate
Are operators and suppliers doing enough to tackle our food waste problem? In an online debate, United Against Waste, in association with Unilever Food Solutions, Caterer and Hotelkeeper discusses how we can raise awareness in the industry. Amanda Afiya reports
Posted: 04 Nov 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Carbon Trust launches scheme to help businesses reduce energy costs
The Carbon Trust has launched a new business to help UK firms reduce their energy costs and install greener, more efficient technology. The Carbon...
Posted: 31 Oct 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Caterer and Hotelkeeper launches Responsible Hospitality channel
Catererandhotelkeeper.com has launched a new channel centred around responsible hospitality. The Responsible Hospitality channel helps you, the operator and supplier, to ensure that trading responsibly is at the heart of your business practice.
Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
100% Recycled Maxima Green Toilet Rolls
Go green in your home or office, with a bulk purchase of Maxima Green recycled toilet tissue. Buying recycled toilet tissue makes excellent sense - it's better for the environment whilst still being soft and strong.
Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Scottish hospitality firms could save £64m by cutting food waste
Scottish firms could save up to £2b by cutting waste and resource use and £64m could be saved by cutting food waste in the hospitality sector alone, according to Zero Waste Scotland, which last week welcomed new proposals by the Scottish Government to increase recycling collections from businesses.
Posted: 17 Oct 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Operators could cut energy costs by 20%
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 Jul 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Viewpoint: why we should all go green
Being green is an important driver in the tourism sector, so why doesn't everyone do it? asks Andrea Nicholas, managing director of GTBS...
Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Free energy saving seminar for hotels
Hotel operators are invited to attend a seminar on how their businesses can save up to 26% on their energy bills. Being held at the Wellcome Conference Centre, London, on 15 February, the seminar will provide hoteliers with the opportunity to learn about the installation of a voltage optimisation solution called Powerstar, which can help hotels reduce energy costs and lower carbon emissions.
Posted: 13 Jan 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Take six: green machines
Corporate social responsibility policies, spiralling utility bills and the uncertain economic climate are spurring more and more businesses to invest in greener machines. Product Zone discovers the benefits environmentally friendly equipment has brought to six operators.
Posted: 01 Nov 2010 | FULL ARTICLE
QHotels reduces energy consumption by 61%
QHotels has reduced the energy consumption across its group of 21 hotels by 61%, smashing its target of 30%. In 2009 all of the company's hotels and its central office were awarded either a silver or Bronze Green Tourism Business Scheme accreditation as a result of energy-saving initiatives...
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 | FULL ARTICLE
Whitbread to spend £7m on sustainability
Whitbread is to spend over £7m on a sustainability programme to boost the environmental performance of its hotels, restaurants and coffee shops. The investment will focus on reducing the company's carbon emissions and water consumption by introducing a package of efficiency measures to Whitbread's current estate
Posted: 13 Jul 2010 | FULL ARTICLE
Hotel to generate power by installing electricity-producing bikes
Guests using the gym at the Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers will not only get fit, but they will also soon start producing electricity for the hotel. The 366-bedroom Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, which describes itself as one of the world’s greenest hotels, is to install electricity producing bicycles on 19 April in an effort to become more energy efficient.
Posted: 14 Apr 2010 | FULL ARTICLE
Whitbread vows to slash carbon emissions by 26% by 2020
Whitbread has outlined plans to reduce its carbon emissions by 26% by 2020, the first time the company has publically announced its aims on carbon reduction. The vow came as the Premier Inn and Costa Coffee operator announced that it has cut emissions by 4% over the past two years...
Posted: 08 Dec 2009 | FULL ARTICLE
Hospitality firms waste £6b a year through ‘resource inefficiency’
Hospitality businesses are wasting more than £6.4b per year by overlooking simple money-saving actions, according to a new campaign launched today by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). Defra is urging the catering and hospitality trade to reap the financial benefits ...
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | FULL ARTICLE
Savoy installs oil management system to protect staff
The Savoy has implemented a new oil management system at its Simpson’s-in-the-Strand restaurant that is designed to allow staff to empty and store used oil at the touch of a button. The Oilsense system, from waste management firm PDM Group, removes the need for any manual handling of used oil,...
Posted: 03 Nov 2009 | FULL ARTICLE
Energy savers
Technology can help businesses to manage and improve their energy consumption in order to operate in a more sustainable way. Ross Bentley reports on three examples.
Posted: 30 Oct 2009 | FULL ARTICLE