60 seconds on… Greening your business
A penny saved is a penny earned
choices is important. Parliament is
threatening legislation for all of us -
Climate change and carbon footprints
businesses and consumers – to achieve
are important issues. The public are
government targets.
becoming increasingly aware of terms
like sustainability, green and corporate
To turn yourself into a sustainable tourism
responsibility. However few people can
business you don’t have to be a green
accurately define what they mean. So
expert. Organisations like Hospitable
what do green issues mean for your
Climates provide free advice sheets and
business? What should you be doing
an online benchmarking service for
about them?
accommodation businesses. The Carbon
Trust provides free energy audits for
Becoming a sustainable tourism or green
qualifying large businesses with annual
tourism business is really about using
energy bills of over £50K. The audits offer
common sense. All businesses can save
suggestions and their relative costs. They
money through better management of
also advise on how long it will take to
raw materials, waste production and
recoup your initial outlay. Tax relief is
energy and water consumption. The
available for capital investment in
increasing costs of waste disposal, water
energy-saving technology.
y
and energy are forcing many businesses 20
to improve the efficiency of how they use
to
these resources. Environmental issues are
£22
a key priority of 70% of hotel and catering
businesses (www.envirowise.gov.uk).
we
Research by VisitBritain shows that a
lo
growing number of visitors think that the
environmental impact of their holiday
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