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My lightbulb moment – why isn’t everyone doing this? carbon emissions cost savings environmental impact environmental management system green business training green team green training hospitality sustainability courses sustainability education sustainability training Jul 01, 2024

Back in 2012, while working as the Sales & Marketing Manager of Hotel Doolin in West Clare, my General Manager told me to form a "green team" and apply for Green Hospitality Ireland certification. 

Excuse me but...what?!

To say I was apprehensive at the start would be an absolute understatement! 

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DIY Sustainable Cleaning Products - Put To the Test! air quality baking soda cost savings culture of sustainability eco cleaning esg green clean individual action lemon sustainable cleaning Jan 15, 2024

At Fifty Shades Greener sustainability is a priority in everything which we do.

In this spirit it was decided that as a team we would each test out different homemade DIY environmentally friendly cleaning recipes and share our experiences in a blog.

Giving our readers insight as to what solutions...

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How You Can Triple Win In Your Business benefits to green business carbon emissions carbon offsetting co2 reduction community cost savings economical benefit environment environmental sustainability job satisfaction social sustainability social wins triple win Jan 31, 2022

What can be more tempting than a sustainable solution that benefits your business in three ways - socially, economically and environmentally? 

You can triple win in your business by doing the following: 

  1. Reducing your use of resources and CO2 footprint.
  2. Reducing operating costs and empowering m...
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'Green' Hotel Bedrooms - Not a dream but reality. circular economy cost savings eco friendly accommodation eco friendly hotel green hospitality guest experience reusable single use plastic sustainable tourism May 24, 2021

I am beyond privileged that my weekly work allows me to meet Hotel teams from all over the world.

There is nothing more satisfying than one of your students surpassing your expectations!

This was exactly the case when I met the team at the Kingsley Hotel in Cork, Ireland. They have recently availe...

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Hospitality Industry Post COVID-19 business efficiency carbon reduction cost savings environmental management green business green hospitality hospitality hospitality industry Jul 01, 2020

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...

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Green Hospitality: Not just the “nice” thing to do, the “smart” thing to do cost savings eco hotel energy reduction green hospitality green hotel green training hotel industry sustainability sustainable hotel Sep 09, 2019

Customer demand for Climate Change and for all industries to play their part is at an all-time high.

Society is changing, their values are changing, and those that align their business to their customer values ahead of the rest, stand to become more successful.

So what are you doing, at your hotel...

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Are you in control of one of the biggest costs to your hotel? cost savings eco hotel energy energy consumption energy reduction green hotel hospitality hotel costs savings hotel energy hotel energy management hotel industry sustainability sustainable hotel Sep 02, 2019

 

When was the last time you took time out of your day to review the energy your Hotel or Restaurant uses?

After staff wages, your Energy consumption, could possibly be one of the largest costs to your business, yet, every week, I meet hospitality managers, that don’t have control over their energ...

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