Environmental Policy

Mission Statement

The Strand Palace Hotel recognises the need for responsible environmental management and is committed to improving energy and water efficiency, reducing and recycling waste and protecting the environment. Working at all levels of the business, from employees to guests and suppliers, we will endeavour to minimise the adverse impact our hotel’s operations have on the environment.

Our Policy is to:

Fully comply with environmental legislation and approved codes of practice

Continuously seek to improve our environmental performance

Reduce the pollution, emissions and waste and increase the recycling ethos

Ensure the efficient use of energy, water and other resources encouraging an ‘environmentally responsible’ attitude

Promote awareness and educate employees on environmental issues and sustainable working practices

Expect similar environmental standards and practices from suppliers and contractors

Develop and increase responsible purchasing methods to include sourcing products, such as locally produced goods and using suppliers that maintain ethical practices.

Assist customers to use products and services in an environmentally friendly way

Align ourselves with Green Tourism Business Scheme and Considerate Hoteliers as an indicator of our environmental commitment and focus

Some of the measures in place or those proposed to enable us be more environmentally friendly are as follows:

Green Team

We have set up a Green Team to ensure a greater focus on environmental issues encourage the implementation of appropriate measures.

Energy

We are aware of the need to improve energy efficiency and will actively identify and implement measures to reduce our energy consumption and costs to the hotel. Some of our current initiatives include:

Low energy lighting has been installed in parts of the Hotel

Regular boiler efficiency audits

Maximum water temperatures

Lights, heating and air conditioning in the hotel’s conference rooms and offices are switched off when the rooms are not in use

In periods of low occupancy, appropriate sections or floors within the hotel are isolated so heating can be turned off and lighting reduced to emergency levels only

Operation of Combined Heating and Power (CHP) units generating electricity and reducing C02 emissions

Water

Water is a scarce resource which has a direct impact on our natural environment and therefore its management is essential. We will identify and implement water conservation measures to reduce consumption and costs. Some of these measures are:

Providing water saving devices in toilets and restrictors for taps and showers

We have installed drinking water filtration units around the staff and conference areas of the hotel. In the conference areas, tap water is filtered and served in water jugs reducing bottling and delivery costs associated with bottled water.

Water is not left running unnecessarily

Waste

We are reviewing the types and quantity of waste produced by the hotel and looking at ways to reduce this, ensuring it is disposed of correctly and also considering alternative ways of dealing with waste.

We will be targeting ourselves on reducing the proportion of waste that goes to landfill and increasing recycling levels year on year

We will be reviewing how waste streams are segregated, ensuring that glass, cardboard and paper are recycled.

We will work with suppliers to reduce excess packaging and increase the use of recycled cardboard and other biodegradable packaging.

Transport and responsible purchasing

We are keen to consider and implement ideas to reduce the environmental impact of the hotel caused through travel, whether through deliveries or purchasing more locally sourced and ethically sound products.

Pollution

We will consider practical measures to help us reduce pollution of the environment through the hotel’s activities. This will entail us ensuring:

Chemicals are biodegradable and environmentally friendly

Drainage systems are not contaminated,

Proper disposal of grease

A reduction in carbon emissions

Committed To The Environment And Promoting Responsible Energy Policies

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The Strand Palace Hotel

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The Strand Palace Hotel is a non-smoking hotel