This past year has been as unparalleled as 2020, with many hoping for better things to come in 2022...
What has been crystal clear, is that society is demanding more. More from our governments, more from businesses and more from ourselves.
2030, 2050- these 'net zero' targets and others are only a...
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...
Fifty Shades Greener, and the Educational Training Boards of Ireland, headed by KWETB, have partnered to deliver Environmental Training to the hospitality industry workforce in Ireland.
This project is funded by SOLAS and there will be no cost at all for businesses.
It has never been more importan...
It does not feel like award season this year, does it?
The fancy dinners in black ties are long gone from our diary’s as we try to stay away from social contact and everything we now as “normal”.
But it stills remains, more important than ever, to recognize those businesses that achieve a level of...
Waste is one of the most colossal challenges of our times. Waste production continues to increase and Ireland is now facing a potential waste mountain with no place to go. For some facts and stats continue reading to the end of this blog.
The first step to reducing waste at your hospitality busines...
When was the last time you took time out of your day to review the energy your hotel or restaurant uses?
Following 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 energy c...
As adults, and in particular as professionals in our industry, it is hard to admit that there might be a better way to do things.
We have to be open to change.
We have to be whiling to admit the errors of our ways, and learn a new skill that will allow us to run more efficient businesses.
We have...
If you have not implemented an Environmental Management system at your hospitality business you are spending a lot more than you should in your utilities.
Who is the person responsible right now to decide when your equipment should be turned on or off?
Who is responsible to measure your food waste...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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