Battlesteads, a 3 star hotel in Northumberland, has managed to reduce emissions per room night for an impressive seven years in a row. What is remarkable about this achievement is not only the gradual improvement, but also the staggering overall...
MoreHOTELS magazine – October 2018
How hotels can help fight carbon emissions In a new assessment on global warming published recently by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on October 8, the panel said limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid...
MoreEnvironmental reporting landscape: ready for the challenge?
It is an immense challenge for a business to keep up with the ever-changing environmental reporting landscape driven by new regulations and increasing stakeholder demands. These come about from growing government and societal expectations about...
MoreEnergy Management for UK Hospitality SMEs
How is the United Kingdom addressing energy management? The United Kingdom Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) awarded £8.8 million to 9 innovation projects to develop software tools that can use smart meter data...
MoreClean Air Day
The 21st of June marks Clean Air Day, the purpose of which is to raise awareness about air pollution while promoting the adoption of more sustainable and environmentally friendly practices involving air quality. The importance of these...
More‘Victors not victims’ R20 Austrian World Summit
The R20 Austrian World Summit is a top-level summit about leadership on implementing the Paris Climate Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This annual event is organized by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “R20...
MoreWTTC Announces 2018 Award Winners
WTTC has announced the 2018 leaders in sustainable tourism at the 2018 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards ceremony. The Awards, which were presented at a special ceremony during the 18th WTTC Global Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, celebrate...
MoreEnergy Management App
Government Selects Considerate Hoteliers to Develop Energy Management App for UK SME Hospitality Businesses Considerate Hoteliers – a specialist company that helps hospitality businesses operate responsibly – has been selected by the Department...
MoreGreen Apple Award for Bedding Manufacturer
One of the UK’s largest manufacturers of filled bedding products Trendsetter International has been recognised with a Gold award for Engineering and Manufacturing at the prestigious Green Apple Awards for its environmental best practice. The...
MoreInternational Day of Forests
21 March is International Day of Forests. The 2018 theme of International Day of Forests is Forests and Sustainable Cities. This global celebration of forests provides a platform to raise awareness of the importance of all types of woodlands and...
MoreImproving Our Local Air Quality in Paddington
Air pollution in London has reached alarming levels. Only four weeks into the new year, the Capital has already reached the EU legal limit for pollution for the whole of 2018. Since 2010, London and most urban areas of the UK have had toxic air...
MoreCon-Serve™ – Eight New Features Launched
The Con-Serve™ data management system by Considerate Hoteliers is enabled by a dynamic technology platform which has been tailored to capture data that is material to the hospitality industry. This includes: electricity, heat, water, waste and...
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