How do our sustainable business practices work towards making a positive environmental impact?

So, you might be wondering what we are doing to be more sustainable? Well, we’ve implemented a variety of sustainable business practices and features across all our venues to minimise our environmental footprint, and contribute to Nottingham city’s goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2028. This includes photovoltaic panels, using locally grown ingredients in our restaurant to reduce our food miles, and recycling water to name a few.

1. Venues built with sustainability in mind
2. Electric vehicle charging stations
3. Public transport systems
4. Sustainable recognitions and awards
5. Looking towards a better future with Nottingham Venues

Our venues have been built with sustainability in mind…

With sustainability at the forefront of our operations, you’ll find that The Orchard Hotel has 60 square metres of photovoltaic panels installed for solar energy, reducing our reliance on traditional power sources. As well as this, our biodiverse green roof gardens help with heat retention, while promoting and protecting the local wildlife.

In the Orchard Hotel restaurant, our chefs use fresh herbs grown in our gardens and source ingredients locally, reducing our food miles and supporting local businesses. Additionally, we serve fair trade tea and coffee at all venues, proudly offering Nottingham’s locally sourced 200 Degrees coffee.

At Jubilee Hotel, we recycle water from the lake for toilet flushing, and this sustainable business practice allows us to conserve valuable resources. We’ve also equipped each room with separate bins to encourage guests to recycle, because it’s about our guests contributing to our sustainability efforts too. Also, to cut down on energy usage, we use motion sensitive lighting and LED bulbs in the majority of our rooms, with electronic signage helping to reduce paper waste.

Across our venues, recycled and sustainable materials, including fabrics, carpets, furniture, and even staff uniforms, are used to ensure eco-friendly construction practices.

Electric vehicle charging stations

In our efforts to lower carbon emissions, we offer 8 electric vehicle charging stations on the University of Nottingham campus.

Public transport systems

We also actively encourage guests to use Nottingham’s efficient public transport system, including the NET tram and local bus routes, which provide easy access to the city in under 20 minutes.

Sustainable recognitions and awards

We’re proud of our sustainable business practices and the recognition they have earned. These include:

• The Orchard Hotel – Certified BREEAM Excellent – This certification is globally recognised for sustainable building design, construction, and operation. This rating reflects the hotel’s energy efficiency, low environmental impact, and overall commitment to sustainability.
• Business Masters Sustainability Award 2022 – Recognising businesses that have demonstrated outstanding leadership in sustainability, highlighting our innovative approach to integrating sustainable practices into our operations.
• Ecosmart Silver Award – (with our team working towards achieving the Gold certification) – This award acknowledges businesses committed to environmentally responsible practices, and focuses on waste reduction, energy management, and environmental education.
• We are in the process of completing our Green Meetings accreditation – A certification that ensures our conference and meeting spaces meet sustainability standards, including energy efficiency, waste reduction and promoting eco-friendly business practices

Looking towards a better future with Nottingham Venues

We’re passionate about creating better futures for generations to come and protecting the planet through our sustainable business practices. As a business are you passionate about your sustainability values? Choose Nottingham Venues for your next event, to help partner and work towards a greener future.

For more information about our sustainability initiatives, visit our sustainability page.