Nottingham Venues, the brand behind meetings, events, hotel stays and a collection of venues across the University of Nottingham’s campuses, has been awarded Greengage’s ECOsmart Silver accreditation.
The accreditation is awarded to hotels and meeting venues demonstrating an eco-friendly approach.
General manager of Nottingham Venues, Tom Waldron-Lynch says: “Sustainability is an increasingly critical issue, with green credentials as a supplier taken into account in many decisions, be it for meetings and major conferences or overnight and short-term accommodation in terms of the commercial market.
“Becoming ECOsmart certified venues provides our delegates and guests with industry-recognised reassurance of knowing we have been comprehensively and independently assessed and that we operate in a sustainable way.
“It is a fantastic achievement considering we have only been operating under our new brand and structure since the summer and is testimony to the hard work of the team in fulfilling our vision of a more sustainable future for hospitality.”
Andrew Perolls, CEO of Greengage Solutions, said: “Nottingham Venues are a great example of embracing environmental and social sustainability at an advanced level. We are so pleased they have achieved the ECOsmart Silver accreditation.
“An eco-approach is comprehensively embedded in the operations and fabric of the buildings’ with features as diverse as LED lighting, elimination of palm oil, use of recycled ocean plastic in promotional items, using green spaces to encourage biodiversity as well as paying particular attention to looking after the well-being of staff.”
The latest recognition for Nottingham Venues follows news that they have now returned to pre-pandemic levels of business, a year on from re-opening and comes amidst a major recruitment drive, with 10 jobs currently available across the organisation.
It is hoped that candidates for those roles may well be attracted by the sustainable approach of the Nottingham Venues, as well as their recent (November) accreditation as an officially recognised “Real Living Wage” employer.
Waldron-Lynch concludes: “It is actually just over a year since we reopened fully post-pandemic and I am proud to say that we are back to the levels of business that we enjoyed before the Covid crisis.
“Indeed, we are actively recruiting at the moment, with business bookings especially rising, as many organisations return with renewed vigour and confidence to the exhibitions and conference schedules that have been mothballed for so long.
“Of course, recruiting and retaining team members to help us to deliver these experiences can be another challenge. We hope that by going the extra mile for our people and our planet we can be an employer of choice for the industry locally and a partner of choice for guests and delegates globally.”
