Meetings with the right kind of impact
Sustainability is very much front of mind nowadays when it comes to booking accommodation and arranging meetings. Considering environmental impact and social responsibility has become integral to the way hotels operate.
Independent certifications represent the highest standards of verifying a hotel’s approach to sustainability. Classic British Hotels is proud to work with ECOsmart by Greengage, an organiation highly respected and recognised for its rigorous certification programmes. Areas assessed include carbon management, water conservation, building infrastructure, recycling policy, plastic reduction, sustainably sourced food, eco-friendly guest rooms – and social responsibility for staff and the wider community.
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Our hotels do their utmost to champion socially responsible and sustainable initiatives wherever possible – from cultivating kitchen gardens and beekeeping to sourcing ingredients from local growers and producers; from generating green energy on-site to minimising energy usage; from conserving water to nurturing biodiversity in their grounds and gardens.
Six eco-warriors:
Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club
Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club has banned throwaway plastic toiletries, which they estimate will save over 175,000 30ml plastic bottles – enough to fill three double decker Lothian buses – from ending up in the landfill every year.
Dartington Hall Hotel
Dartington Hall Hotel, set on a beautiful 1,200 estate in South Devon, is a place for nature with a range of conservation, agroforestry and sustainable food-growing projects. At Dartington, a significant proportion of their energy is produced via renewables – two 950kw biomass boilers and a 500kh(p) solar-PV array. It’s all part of Dartington’s commitment to clean energy, and their investment in these technologies has reduced their carbon emissions by 725 tonnes each year.
The Jockey Club Rooms
The Jockey Club Rooms has a “Green Champion” who works with The Jockey Club Estate’s sustainability executive to ensure that they implement steps to reduce their impact on the environment without affecting the quality of the customer experience.
Van Dyk Hotel
Van Dyk Hotel, northeast of Chesterfield, has demonstrated its commitment toward becoming carbon neutral by installing a biomass boiler, which provides heat and hot water for the whole hotel. Other initiatives include a glass crusher and a food digester. Most recently, the hotel has secured permission to have a polytunnel on site. This will enable them to grow their own fruit and vegetables.
Stoke by Nayland Resort
Stoke by Nayland Resort is owned by the Peake family’s Boxford Group, who have won a number of awards over the years in recognition of its green initiatives, including Best Green Enterprise, Sustainable Tourism, and the international AD and Biogas Industry Award.
Waterton Park Hotel & Spa
Waterton Park Hotel and Walton Hall (former AA Eco Hotel of the Year) is set in the centre of the world’s first nature reserve. Its ‘sustainable future’ commitment includes a unique geo-thermal heating system with well over 5 miles of pipes sunk into Walton Hall’s 26-acre lake, which provides all the heating and hot water for the facilities in Walton Hall.
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