At Askham Hall, The Queen’s Head and the George and Dragon, we are committed to reducing our impact on the environment and are constantly reviewing our operational practices to deliver our service in an environmentally efficient way.
Year on year we set business goals that include strategies focussed around the following criteria:
- Removing single use plastics
- Reducing our use of paper across our business with guests and B2B
- Reducing the carbon footprint of our business operation
- All vegetables and some fruits come from our gardens, and meat from our farms
- We have a pond with a duck and geese habitat, creating a positive ecosystem
- We we have relatively high population of red squirrels in the area
- We source local suppliers wherever possible to reduce food miles
- We use local contractors wherever possible
- All our kitchen waste is composted
- We ask our guests to make informed choices about reusing rather than replacing towels and linen daily
- We use only eco friendly chemicals and cleaning materials
- We are introducing electric car charging stations across our establishments
- We aim to constantly review and improve our waste management and recycling strategies. All our staff are trained on the importance of recycling and we have proposals in place for better waste management on site
- We use the government’s ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme
- We are working to reduce our energy usage
- We are keen to play an active part in our community
If you’d like any further information regarding our current sustainability policies please do not hesitate to contact us and we’ll be very happy to help.
CIEL HOTELS
