CSR and Sustainability

🍽 On 26 September 2025, Brown’s Hotel in London will host a Six Chefs’ Dinner at Charlie’s, featuring British Michelin-starred chefs Andrew Wong, Tom Kitchin, Mitch and Ben Tonks, Adam Byatt, and Ross Sneddon. Spearheaded by Executive Chef Andrew Sawyer, this event supports The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. Tickets start at £275. Dishes include signature cocktails and courses with wine pairings. A live auction will raise funds for pioneering cancer research. Limited seats available.

📈 UK, 2023: The Headland Hotel in Cornwall has achieved EarthCheck Silver accreditation after a rigorous audit. Since the partnership with EarthCheck, they’ve reduced energy use by 4.5% and water consumption by 5% per guest night, with 95% LED lighting. Waste recycling is at 77% and food waste has been halved. Conservation efforts include rainwater harvesting and a lobster release scheme. This recognition underscores the hotel’s commitment to sustainability and environmental impact reduction.

🏨 Jimmy Peña founded Jordan's House, a nonprofit bed and breakfast, to support parents of children with special needs by offering luxury hospitality at no cost. Leveraging his experience in estate leadership and hospitality, Jimmy provides world-class food and spa experiences to help caregiving parents rest and rejuvenate. This initiative underscores the transformative power of hospitality in renewing and restoring exhausted families. Follow @ItsJordansHouse for more updates on this impactful mission.

🌾 Founding Farmers, established in 2008, operates eight locations in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia areas. The company emphasizes sustainability and employee well-being. Co-founder Dan Simons highlights menopause as a workplace issue, affecting 100% of women and over 50% of his workforce. Founding Farmers, farmer-owned, prioritizes health benefits. Simons advocates for addressing societal issues within the restaurant sector, fostering inclusive hospitality. Many environmental practices they championed are now industry standards.

🏠 Dezeen Awards 2025 longlist for sustainability features 80 projects from 27 countries, including top entries from London (15), Tokyo, and New York (5 each). Notable projects include a carbon-positive hotel in Denver. All longlisted projects were selected from over 4,300 submissions spanning 89 countries and six continents. Winners will be announced on November 25 in London. The awards emphasize groundbreaking, material-driven solutions addressing global sustainability challenges.

🌱 Grand Hyatt Singapore implemented sustainability initiatives focusing on reducing food waste by 43% in six months using LightBlue Consulting and Wisefins. The hotel decreased its carbon footprint across Pete’s Place, Straits Kitchen, and the central kitchen, diverting over 13 tonnes of food from waste and avoiding more than 34,000 kg of CO₂ emissions. Additionally, the WasteMaster 1000 was introduced, supporting a closed-loop system involving locally sourced produce and sustainable seafood, contributing to Singapore’s 30-by-30 food resilience goal.

🍳 Chef Jordan leads The Great Bustard in Wiltshire, a top UK gastro destination, emphasizing hyper-local sourcing and sustainability. Formerly of Moor Hall, he uses estate-foraged ingredients to craft menus showcasing seasonal produce. Notable dishes include the estate venison burger with charcoal mayo and truffle fries, and the estate lamb navarin. The pub engages with the local community, incorporating guests' catches into meals, and features a farm shop, treatment room, and accommodations for a complete retreat experience.

🌊 Groupe GM, an international leader in guest amenities, launches the Algotherm Hotel line, featuring products with 98% natural ingredients and enriched with Laminaria Digitata Algae. Since 1962, Algotherm has offered eco-friendly skincare. The new hotel range includes refillable Ecofill dispensers, 375ml Ecosource, and 300ml Ecopump dispensers, alongside 33ml plant-based tubes and 20g RSPO MB certified soap bars. The line promotes sustainability, using recycled cardboard packaging for accessories, under the Care About Earth program.

🌎 The World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance has partnered with ZEERO Group to tackle waste and emissions in the hospitality industry. This collaboration enables hotels to integrate small climate contributions within booking processes, funding clean energy projects like wastewater conversion into biofuels, reducing emissions by up to 81%. The partnership aims to scale regenerative energy projects, enhance brand value, and support global communities, driving substantial positive impacts on the environment and local economies.