Tag: Zero Carbon Forum

Zero Carbon Forum to launch Marketplace, a new directory to connect and showcase innovative sustainable suppliers to hospitality and brewing operators

Stuart Mitchell

Zero Carbon Forum is set to launch Marketplace, a ‘first of its kind’ new services directory designed to connect innovative supply chain businesses with brewing and hospitality operators to help them reach net zero faster.    Marketplace is open for applications and will provide a ‘one stop shop’ for hospitality and brewing operators to source the essential products and services they need to help radically reduce their carbon emissions. The new platform will feature a product and services directory to allow users to segment by the most relevant emissions area such…

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Hospitality group led by former Dragons’ Den investor commits to Net Zero

Stuart Mitchell

Nightcap PLC, the leading, award-winning hospitality group led by industry entrepreneur and ex-Dragons’ Den investor Sarah Willingham is the latest member to join Zero Carbon Forum, the ambitious non-profit organisation dedicated to significantly reducing emissions and achieving net zero in hospitality and brewing. The forum features some of the biggest names in the Hospitality and Brewing industry. Its 50+ members pledge to work collaboratively and share best practice and knowledge as one united force to achieve net zero by 2030 across their own operations, and 2040 across the supply chain.…

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

Stuart Mitchell

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 

Stuart Mitchell

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 

Stuart Mitchell

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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