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Sustainable luxury is not an oxymoron. It can be found throughout some of the UK's leading hotels, but today it is more about the basics than the bling. Emily Manson reports on a new, carefully considered approach to business
Posted: 17 May 2012 | FULL ARTICLE
Boutique hotel Strattons in Swaffham, Norfolk, has further bolstered its green credentials with an innovative new approach to removing spent coffee grounds from its waste stream. By naturally drying the grounds and re-bagging it in its original packaging, it can be handed out to guests as a horticultural compost.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | FULL ARTICLE
Hotel group Accor has announced plans to reduce its worldwide CO2 emissions by 10% by 2015, even as the company continues with its plans to grow by around 40,000 rooms each year. Those were the proposals laid out in its new sustainability programme, Planet 21, launched this morning.
Posted: 13 Apr 2012 | FULL ARTICLE
Serviced apartments firm Ascott has pledged to achieve 15% savings in water and energy consumption by 2015 as part of its 'Go Green @ Ascott' scheme. Ascott has implemented and will continue to roll out sustainable initiatives across its offices and properties worldwide...
Posted: 29 Mar 2012 | FULL ARTICLE
The deadline for the Considerate Hotel of the Year Awards 2011/12 has been extended to 18 April. Accommodation providers at every level - bed and breakfast operations, guesthouses, pubs, inns and restaurants with rooms...
Posted: 28 Mar 2012 | FULL ARTICLE
Squid & Pear has become the first mobile caterer to receive a sustainability rating from the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA). The Putney-based business has been recognised as three star champions, the top rating in the SRA scheme.
Posted: 09 Mar 2012 | FULL ARTICLE
Chefs are being asked to send the London Linen Group their trousers in return for a free new pair of EkoChef trousers, made from 21 recycled plastic bottles. The...
Posted: 28 Feb 2012 | FULL ARTICLE
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 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
Ode in Shaldon, Devon, has been named the UK's most sustainable restaurant by the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA). The SRA's inaugural national awards, announced at London's Cinnamon Club today, recognised restaurants across seven categories covering all aspects of sustainability.
Posted: 23 Jan 2012 | FULL ARTICLE
On-trade wine merchant Jascots is to start picking up and recycling empty wine bottles and boxes when it makes a delivery, in a bid to go green. The company said it was concerned that while many businesses recycle glass bottles and cardboard boxes, a large proportion still goes to landfill.
Posted: 16 Dec 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
A pub on Dartmoor has become the first in Devon to win a gold award from the Green Tourism Business Scheme. The Pack Horse, which dates back to the 14th century and is owned by Admiral Taverns, previously won a silver award in 2009...
Posted: 24 Nov 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
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.
The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) is set to launch its first national awards scheme next year. The National Sustainability Awards, which will be announced on 23 January, will recognise restaurants across seven categories...
Posted: 16 Nov 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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 Aug 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
The hospitality industry recycles less than half of the 3.5 million tonnes of rubbish it produces each year, research has revealed. The Composition of Waste Disposed by the Hospitality Industry report by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP)...
Posted: 21 Jul 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Fast-food chain McDonald's hopes to develop a 100% recyclable uniform for its staff through a partnership with designers Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway. The Hemingways and their Hemingway Design team, Worn Again, will design the uniform for its 85,000 employees.
Posted: 08 Jul 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
The London Marriott hotel at Marble Arch has come up with a novel way to recycle its bed linen by turning it into tote bags to be sold for charity. Sheets and duvet covers from the four-AA-star, 240-bedroom hotel are collected by Sleeping Bags, a social enterprise which is committed to preserving the environment.
Posted: 09 Jun 2011 | FULL ARTICLE
Independent contract caterer Bartlett Mitchell has introduced wormeries to deal with more than 90% of the food waste from the kitchens and staff restaurants at two of its operations - green energy firm Johnson Matthey in Swindon and IT company Symantec in Reading.
Posted: 13 Dec 2010 | FULL ARTICLE
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