Tag Archives: Sustainability
Sustainability Roadmap
Our Sustainability Roadmap
| Focus Area | EXISTING SUSTAINABLE MEASURES | PLANNED MEASURES | FUTURE MEASURES UNDER CONSIDERATION |
| ENERGY – Electricity | – LED lighting fitted in all areas -Solar panels fitted | – Reducing electricity usage | – Voltage optimiser to store |
| – Diesel | – Electric Car – Electric charging points for staff and company vehicles installed | – Research cycle to work scheme | – Electric vans |
| – Gas | – Consider new ways of heating new developments | – Replace forklifts to electric | |
| WATER | – Capillary matting started – Use water butts for plants at front of building – Careful management/efficiency of irrigation system – Educate and assist customers in reducing their water consumption – Permeable carpark | – Water saving devices in bathrooms – Increase usage of capillary matting – Catching excess water from irrigation | – Rainwater harvesting/UV treating |
| WASTE – Metal | – Fully recycled | ||
| – Wood | – Fully recycled or reusable | ||
| – Paper/ Cardboard | – Fully recycled | ||
| – Plastics | – Fully recycled – Refillable water bottle service in restaurant/re-usable travel mug incentive | ||
| – Food | – Fully recycled | ||
| – Electrics | – Fully recycled | ||
| – General waste | – Hand sorted – Zero waste to landfill – Incinerated to produce power | – Minimise all waste | |
| – Plants | – Used in own grounds, given to staff | – Composting on site | |
| – Oil | – Recycled – oil is sent to a refinery where it is repurposed for use in generators | ||
| – Cooking oil | – Biodiesel | ||
| SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS – Peat | – Reduced peat-free range: 50% peat-free, 25% reduced peat | – 100% peat-free by 2024 | |
| – Organic | – Comprehensive range of organic substitute products | – Continue increasing the range | |
| – Fairtrade | – Range of Fair-trade products | – Continue increasing the range | |
| – Local | – Comprehensive range of local products, always prioritised over non-local | – Continue increasing the range | |
| – General | – Source products which are recycled/recyclable – especially packaging – Large vegan menu/products offered – Takeaway packaging compostable/recyclable | ||
| GENERAL – Carbon | – Measure and improve our carbon footprint with net zero targets | ||
| – Team | – Sustainability Action Group set-up within team | – Look at volunteering options | |
| – Community | – Keep strong links working with community projects | ||
| – Biodiversity | – Upkeep and encourage use of our woodland nature walk – Educate customers about wildlife friendly gardening – Own bug hotels, wild flowers, etc. in own grounds – All cleaning chemicals use biotechnology where no harmful chemicals are used – We will phase out all products containing glyphosate by the end of 2023 |