Fifty Shades Greener has launched the second round of our Licensed Trainers Network project and is seeking trainers and entrepreneurs worldwide, to join us in our mission to Green the Hospitality industry.
If you are looking for a new business opportunity in the growing market of Green Training the...
Last week during a Radio interview the presenter said: I love your company name, why did you chose Fifty Shades Greener?
The question brought me back to 2017, when I was an enthusiastic entrepreneur at the very start of my journey. The film Fifty Shades Darker had just been released and while it re...
This week, I thought Id give you a break from telling you my opinion on something or other and instead, I wanted to highlight a business that is walking the walk and talking the talk when it comes to their Green Programme.
Dating back to the 18th century, Whatley Manor is a beautifully restored man...
It is estimated that we waste about a third of all the food we produce for human consumption. A third!!! That’s a lot of food.
Producing food requires a huge environmental effort, land that has been deforested, species that have been driven to extinction, indigenous populations that have been made ...
Hotels and Restaurants spend a good portion of their sales paying for utilities, the energy, water and waste that takes to run your business, can be the second largest cost you will incur over the year.
So when was the last time you trained your team to SAVE YOU MONEY??? Or have you ever?
Teaching...
Greening the Hospitality Industry in Kenya!
This week I am delighted to announce a new partnership between Fifty Shades Greener and Sustainable Travel and Tourism Agenda (STTA), based in Kenya.
Our collaboration, will see the Fifty Shades Greener Online Programmes deployed to Kenya’s Hospitality b...
If your business is running a Green programme to reduce it’s carbon footprint it seems logical to use your green journey as a marketing tool.
The travel agent central statistics released a report in 2019 were it stated that:
87% of global travellers want to travel more sustainably
78% of travelle...
Industries and roles within those industries are an ever changing landscape.
Who would have thought that Hotels and Restaurants, would need Green Managers in 2020? I know I didn’t!
I became a Green Manager myself in 2012, when that title barely existed, and it was one of the most rewarding positio...
Sustainability doesn’t have to be an unattainable goal, or something in the distance that we all know exists but we fail to pursue. There are so many small changes we can all implement in our lives and workplaces that will directly affect our use of resources and our production of a carbon footprint...
Allow me to steal 3 minutes of your time today to show you how simple it is to reduce your Hotel’s carbon footprint and even achieve carbon neutrality.
Sustainability is this big word that is thrown around so often and in so many scenarios that it becomes an unachievable task in our minds. So I wan...
Choosing your courier is not an easy task. Some people know from an early age what they want to be when they are adults, that was not the case for me. I remember when I was 17 and my parents pushed me to chose a college and a path.
I had no idea what I wanted, all I knew is that I wanted to do some...
Climate crisis, biodiversity collapse and extinguished eco systems are common words we hear every so often in recent years.
But what can I do about it?
Can I change it?
And if I can’t, should I care?
In a post COVID economy, business owners have enough to worry about without also joining the fig...
Never in our minds we would have thought our beloved Hospitality industry would lie dormant for 3 months. But that is the reality of 2020, as the world re-opens slowly, and people start to travel, it is time to take a good luck at our current standards of procedure, and ensure we are running efficie...
Do you own or run a Hospitality Business? And do you know how much money are you putting in the bin? Food Waste is a REAL issue.
There is a staggering statistic that 70% of the Food Waste produced by Hotels and Restaurants is actually avoidable. While we are putting food in the bin there are millio...
I studied Hotel Management back in the late 90’s and early 2000. It was 4 years of my life when I had the most fun, and met what would become my best friends for life. During my time in college they taught us how to do a business budget, how to forecast, how to control staff wages and dealing with a...
In 2017, I set out on a mission to help Green the Hospitality Industry, there has been many up and downs since then, but one thing remains - my belief that this is the best way to go for the industry.
We keep hearing in the news about Climate Change, how many years we have left, what will happen in...
The pandemic that has isolated the world, is the fastest growing illness in modern history. Within 2 months, it has reached all corners of the world, and it threatens to devastate countries without the right tools to fight the virus, like Africa and South America.
There are no comforts or lessons t...
I watched the sun rise on mother’s day.
It is difficult to sleep these days, thoughts swirling in my mind like a tumble dryer. Will my parents in Spain make it through this nightmare? Will my business survive? Am I ok?
There are no answers to those questions so far, and the unknown is the hardest ...
In the past few weeks the world has been flipped upside down and economies are been brought to their knees due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
These are worrying times for many, health and economical wise, as we enter unchartered territories.
The travel and tourism industry in particular, has already...
You have heard that Greening your hotel or restaurant can bring you more exposure, more clients and more profits. This much is true.
You also know that the Green Wave is real, and your customers will soon demand sustainable practices from your business. I firmly believe this will happen.
You would...
Do you own or run a Hospitality Business? And do you know how much money are you putting in the bin?
There is a staggering statistic that 70% of the Food Waste produced by Hotels and Restaurants is actually avoidable. While we are putting food in the bin there are millions of people starving in oth...
Sustainability has so many definitions that it drives people a bit bunkers. What does it all mean? How do I make more business more sustainable? How do I know if I am successful on greening my business?
The answers are much simpler than people might think, well, at least for me and Ill tell you why...
Last weekend the Irish Nation voted for change at the #GE2020, with the main two government parties not receiving enough votes to form a majority coalition. I am personally really happy that this is the desire of the Irish people, and of course, the raise of the Green Party to 12 seats.
The propose...
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I am back with the 50 Shades Greener thought of the week. Last Thursday I watched a documentary by Stacey Dooley on the Environmental impact of the fashion industry, and I was floored with the statistics!! I really had no idea that the clothing industry was so damaging, it actually is the ...
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