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60 seconds on… Greening your business
Adjustments don’t need to be complicated do it alone
or costly. Hotels that have made simple • Find support – look for up-to-date
changes have saved over £230 per room. information on innovations, savings and
Just two drops a second from a dripping available grants
tap wastes nearly 10,000 litres of water in
a year. Fitting volume adjusters to a toilet As well as being more efficient with your
cistern could save up to £35 per year. energy resources, you can also offer an
improved visitor experience that
There are many places in London reinforces your quality message and
offering environmental advice. For details keeps your business at the forefront of
of recycling schemes in your Borough, the sustainability movement. Some ideas:
see www.londonremade.com.
SmartWorks can give you an energy • Provide accurate information about
audit. London Environmental Support public transport and the Oyster card
Services act as a broker to help • Recommend some smaller, lesser-
businesses find the right source of known quality attractions and
advice. See www.less-online.com experiences local to you
• Give details of walks available in your
The golden rules are: area
• Teamwork – you need commitment and • Promote local events and festivals
acceptance from every member of staff • Try to serve as much local and
• Assessment – you can’t monitor what seasonal food as you can
you don’t measure • Offer your guests a means of carbon-
• Set targets – around three to five, with offsetting their travel – see
realistic goals www.climatecare.org
• Focus on reducing usage – it’s even
better to save than to recycle Prove your commitment through a Green
• Stay positive – you can’t implement Tourism for London accreditation. This
changes all at once and you can’t accreditation is only available to star
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