UK: 5-star lodge The Headland, positioned in Cornwall, has been awarded EarthCheck Silver accreditation following a two-day audit course of that happened earlier this 12 months.
The Headland needed to meet the EarthCheck Licensed commonplace throughout various key areas, together with vitality use, water use, carbon emissions, chemical compounds, neighborhood and worker influence, paper use and waste.
Since partnering with EarthCheck in 2023, The Headland has minimize vitality use by over 4.5 per cent per visitor evening, has switched 95 per cent of its lighting to LED, and lowered water consumption by 5 per cent. In its most up-to-date waste report, recycling stood at 77 per cent, plastic bottles have been eradicated and meals waste per cowl has been greater than halved.
Past operations, the lodge helps native suppliers, invests in younger individuals and drives conservation initiatives – from rainwater harvesting to offering a nesting web site for Cornish choughs, and has launched a lobster launch scheme with the Nationwide Lobster Hatchery.
Veryan Palmer, household director at The Headland, mentioned: “We’re completely thrilled to have our sustainability efforts recognised by EarthCheck. As a group, now we have put an enormous quantity of labor into guaranteeing The Headland is a spot we could be happy with with regards to taking good care of the setting for future generations so reaching the Silver certification is an effective way to have fun that.”
Bethany Branigan, sustainability lead at The Headland, added: “In simply two years since partnering with EarthCheck, now we have come a really good distance and this newest achievement means an enormous quantity for the work that has been executed in that point. We’re so decided to maintain enhancing and innovating to make a tangible distinction to our enterprise and its influence on the planet, we’re actually excited for the longer term and the way we are able to continue to grow.”
André Russ, EarthCheck vp – enterprise improvement and gross sales, mentioned: “The Headland has proven excellent management by placing sustainability on the coronary heart of how they function. With EarthCheck Certification, their efforts are independently recognised. By measuring their footprint, placing plans into motion, and delivering outcomes resembling slicing waste and saving vitality, this much-loved Cornish lodge is displaying how hospitality can shield the setting and assist individuals whereas guaranteeing its legacy for future generations.”
Highlights:
• The Headland Lodge in Cornwall has earned EarthCheck Silver certification,
• Power use per visitor evening is down 4.5 per cent, and 95 per cent of lighting is now LED.
• The lodge has minimize water consumption by 5 per cent and recycles 77 per cent of its waste, with meals waste per cowl halved.
• Conservation initiatives embody rainwater harvesting, chough nesting, and a lobster launch scheme.
