Leading Family-Owned Leisure Group joins Zero Carbon Forum to support its net zero journey

One of the UK’s leading family-owned private Hospitality Companies, Glendola Leisure, is the latest member to join the Zero Carbon Forum as the private hospitality group strives to meet net zero across its UK wide portfolio of hotels, pubs, coffee roasteries, restaurants and a brewery. Founded in 1973 by Peter Salussolia OBE, the Group has 17 venues including several in London such as the award-winning Irish pub, Waxy O’Connor’s, in the West End and the renowned World’s End Pub and Underworld Live Music venue in Camden. The Group’s Scottish portfolio is split between Edinburgh…

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Punch Pubs & Co latest operator to join the Zero Carbon Forum 

Punch Pubs & Co is the latest member to join the Zero Carbon Forum as the industry works together to reduce energy, cut carbon and cost at a critical time for the sector.   The award-winning pub company has almost 1,300 community pubs throughout the UK, with ESG principles embedded at the heart of their strategy.  Sustainability forms a key part of their ‘Punch Promise’ with a laser-like focus on working with diverse communities to build an inclusive, resourceful, responsible and environmentally friendly business.   Acknowledging the impact of Punch’s footprint on…

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Industry pledge to help operators save costs in crisis 

In a bid to help hospitality in a time of crisis due to increasing energy costs, the not for profit Zero Carbon Forum is offering free energy saving guidance from its Save While You Sleep initiative to help enable operators to reduce their power usage overnight to cut costs and carbon.   The programme was officially launched in July following member trials, which have realised energy savings per outlet worth £6,000 per annum (at 2021 market rates). It works by combining energy and carbon analytics with operational training and ongoing coaching. Existing…

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Zero Carbon Forum appoints Bob Gordon as new Forum Director

The Zero Carbon Forum announces the appointment of Bob Gordon as its new Forum Director. Bob’s remit is to grow the Forum’s membership and services, to further accelerate the sector’s transition to net zero. The non-profit, collaborative action group is dedicated to empowering hospitality to achieve net zero emissions at pace and currently has 35 of the UK’s leading restaurants, pubs and breweries as members including Burger King UK, Nando’s UK and IRE, and Fridays. A passionate and experienced environmentalist, Bob joins the team with over 15 years’ experience working…

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Zero Carbon Forum members tackle the mounting energy crisis and deliver carbon reduction with ‘Save While you Sleep’ initiative

With energy prices predicted to continue to rocket across all sectors, the social enterprise and forum founder, Zero Carbon Services, recently officially launched its ‘Save While you Sleep’ programme to help hospitality reduce costs, recover lost profits and cut carbon overnight.  Côte and Stonegate Group are the latest organisations to sign up to the programme, which has been trialling with some Zero Carbon Forum members since last year, including: Fridays, Burger King and McMullens. Trials have realised energy savings worth £6,000 and avoided 8 tonnes of CO2, per outlet, being emitted; the same…

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