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Whitbread targets 20% reduction in water usage per guest by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Whitbread, owner of the UK’s largest hotel company Premier Inn, has today announced an ambitious new target to cut water consumption by 20% per sleeper by 2030. A trial of the innovative water-saving technologies involving a number of hotels in water stressed areas revealed the potential to cut the group’s gas consumption and related carbon emissions by 5%, following a reduction in water use of just over 20%. In order to achieve this ambitious target across its estate, launched as part of its Force for Good sustainability programme, Whitbread will…

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Whitbread announce industry-leading plastics pledge

Stuart Mitchell

Premier Inn owner Whitbread announces an industry-leading ambition to eliminate the use of unnecessary single-use plastics by 2025. To achieve the ambitious target Whitbread, which operates hundreds of restaurants in addition to the UK’s biggest hotel company, is carrying out a root and branch review of plastic and packaging across its supply chain.  To achieve its commitment, believed to be the most far-reaching in the hotel industry to date, it will work closely with its suppliers to forensically map out plastic usage and find alternatives to unnecessary single-use items. Whitbread…

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Whitbread announces science-based carbon target for Earth Day

Stuart Mitchell

To mark Earth Day last month, the UK’s largest hospitality company Whitbread is unveiling an industry-leading sustainability commitment which will see its carbon emissions intensity cut in half. The Premier Inn, Costa Coffee and restaurant chain owner is announcing it has set a science-based carbon target (SBT), putting it on course to reduce carbon emissions intensity by 50 per cent by 2025 and as much as 88 per cent by 2050. Whitbread becomes one of just a handful of hospitality companies worldwide to make the pledge and the move is…

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