UK: The 33-strong assortment Village Inns has launched its Village Inexperienced ESG & Sustainability technique, prioritising two key areas of decarbonisation and social impression.
The Village Inexperienced technique has been constructed round three pillars: surroundings, folks and neighborhood.
All motels throughout the assortment at present function on 100 per cent renewable vitality, and 98 per cent of waste is diverted from landfill via back-of-house recycling and third-party sourcing.
When it comes to constructing optimisation and monitoring, 5 Village Inns have achieved a BREEAM (Constructing Analysis Institution Environmental Evaluation Methodology) score, and an extra 5 motels are attributable to obtain BREEAM accreditation in 2024.
The ‘folks’ and ‘neighborhood’ pillars consists of the My Village worker programme which gives volunteering alternatives, in addition to charity partnerships and native occasions. For 2024, Village has partnered with Carefree, Sue Ryder and Sense because the group’s nationwide charity companions.
All initiatives are overseen by a quarterly sustainability steering grroup, attended by the Village government workforce and chaired by Kelli Turner, director of ESG. From 2025, Village Inns intends to publish an annual ESG and sustainability report.
Turner stated: “We all know sustainability issues – our visitors and members wish to know that Village is a sustainable alternative, with values that match their very own. Our groups wish to really feel happy with the place they work, realizing it’s a accountable enterprise. Our communities need Village to be on their aspect. Our company companions and purchasers wish to know Village is a accountable company citizen. That’s the reason Village Inexperienced sits on the coronary heart of Village Inns and helps to propel the enterprise ahead.”
