ECO Friendly Hotel & Green Hotel Policy at Down Hall, Herts Essex England

The Veladail Collection – our commitment to the environment

Our collection of two hotels and a golf club are firmly committed to environmental protection, sustainability and carbon management, and we are working towards becoming a carbon neutral company.

We are in many ways working to ensure our properties impact on the environment is continually reviewed and managed, that we support local purchasing and communities, and that we consider our carbon and environmental impact in all that we do.

In this policy statement we commit our company to……

1. Comply with all applicable environmental legislation and strive to follow best environmental practices where possible.

2. Help to protect the environment by preventing and minimising our carbon output by..

Using environmentally friendly methods of transport wherever possible
Encourage our guests and suppliers to do the same
Grow our own food and purchase locally to reduce food miles
Reduce our paper usage by 25%
Introduce energy saving initiatives across all areas to reduce energy consumption by a minimum of 10% in the first year.
Switch to using renewable and sustainable energy

3. Develop our own on site fruit and vegetable garden at Down Hall by Feb 2008, with the aim of producing a minimum of 25% of produce within two years.

4. We will reduce, re-use and recycle as much as we can by…..

Working with our suppliers to reduce packaging and the use of recycled
products
Use most of our kitchen waste to produce our own compost for the vegetable
garden
Reduce what we send to landfill by a minimum of 50%
To only use paper products from fully sustainable wood sources

5. We will work with all of our staff, guests and suppliers to ensure we always consider the environmental impact of doing business and ensure we fully communicate our progress on an ongoing basis.

By regularly monitoring, reviewing and improving our environmental performance, The Veladail Collection will become a leader in environmental practices and carbon management within the hotel and hospitality industry.

We ask all of our valued guests to help us achieve our targets, and work with us to protect the environment in which we all work, live and play.