Tag: Greene King

Greene King Announces £20,000,000 Milestone in Fundraising Efforts for Macmillan Cancer Support

Stuart Mitchell

Greene King has announced a significant £20m fundraising milestone achieved for its long-term charity partner Macmillan Cancer Support. The funds, that have been raised collectively across more than 2,600 pubs, restaurants and hotels in towns, villages and city-centre high streets across England, Wales and Scotland, forms the significant charitable contribution. Fundraising has come from team members around the UK taking on a host of extreme personal challenges such as scaling mountains, hiking and running marathons, as well as pub teams hosting local fundraising events, pub quizzes and Macmillan Coffee Mornings…

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First-of-its-kind Supply Chain Carbon Footprint Calculator and Toolkit launches for Brewing and Hospitality

Stuart Mitchell

Zero Carbon Forum has launched a first-of-its-kind Corporate Carbon Calculator and Toolkit designed specifically for brewing and hospitality organisations with large estates, chains and franchises.   Already rolled out by Greene King Pub Partners, the leased, tenanted and franchise business unit of Greene King, to help their pub operators become more sustainable, the new, unique tool will help large operators with multiple sites, such as pubs, restaurants or hotels to understand and calculate their carbon footprint. An evolution of the forum’s original carbon calculator, it will identify key actions and practical…

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Greene King Is The First Pub Company To Achieve The Carbon Trust’s Zero Waste To Landfill Standard

Stuart Mitchell

Greene King, the UK’s leading pub retailer and brewer, is announcing on Stop Food Waste Day, it is the first pub company in the UK to achieve the Carbon Trust’s Zero Waste to Landfill Standard. It has achieved this by diverting all its waste from landfill across all waste streams generated by its 1,700 managed pubs – from food waste to kitchen equipment. Greene King partnered with waste management company SWRnewstar in 2013 and distributor Kuehne + Nagel in 2012 and made the commitment to create a waste recycling solution…

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Greene King Partners With The Licensed Trade Charity To Launch Team Member Support Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Greene King, the UK’s leading managed pub company and brewer, has announced the launch of a support fund in partnership with the Licensed Trade Charity to help team members affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The Team Member Support Fund will be set-up with an initial donation of £300,000 from Greene King. The funds have been raised from a combination of voluntary salary sacrifices from the Executive Board and directors at the company and a company donation. Greene King Team Members can also donate to the fund via a Gofund page.…

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Greene King Launches Industry First Compostable Straw Solution

Stuart Mitchell

Greene King has announced it will introduce compostable PLA straws across its entire UK estate of 1,750 pubs, as part of its pledge to send zero waste to landfill by 2020. This will remove over 30 million plastic straws from use every year. This announcement follows a move earlier this year where Greene King removed its recyclable plastic straws from the bar and only served them on demand, which has seen as 60% reduction in the use of straws. Thought to be the first of its kind in the hospitality…

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