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Our Vision
To be an environmentally responsible resort with corporate social responsibility at the heart of what we do across our hotel, events, food & beverage outlets, spa and golf courses.
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Our Strategy
To continually monitor and revise our policies and procedures across the resort to ensure that environmental best practices are in place with, and for the benefit of, our employees, guests, stakeholders and local surroundings.
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Our Commitment
To conduct a comprehensive ESG review, establish key areas for improvement and define clear and concise companywide targets.
FOR A GREENER FUTURE
We are taking steps to place sustainability at the heart of everything we do. From our charity initiatives to our golf course maintenance, we’re striving to make The Belfry a more socially and environmentally responsible place.
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FOR A GREENER FUTURE
We are taking steps to place sustainability at the heart of everything we do. From our charity initiatives to our golf course maintenance, we’re striving to make The Belfry a more socially and environmentally responsible place.
View our impactOur Journey So Far
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Silver Green Tourism Award
We're delighted to have been recognised for our efforts and commitment to improving our environmental impact and we look forward to taking our green journey even further as we work towards our Gold accreditation.
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GEO Certified
Through becoming GEO Certified we have achieved the most widely regarded and credible sustainability distinction in golf. We're proud of our social and environmental value - and looking forward to doing even more on our sustainability journey.
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Future Green Initiatives
Our in house ESG Champions comprises of members from all hotel departments, meeting monthly to review, agree & communicate on projects that can reduce the impact that our business has on the planet.
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2024 Charities
Each year we support several charities or campaigns, which we commit our energies and fundraising towards. Our elected charities for 2024 are Teenage Cancer Trust, our local charity, Motor Neurone Disease (MND), our national charity and Hospitality Action, our industry charity.
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Social Impact Dashboard
We track all our charitable work across the business, at a personal employee level as well as departmental and resort wide, to showcase all the good we are doing in our community.
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Nature & Biodiversity
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Operation Pollinator
The Belfry is home to over 100,000 honey & bumble bees, with 6 hives onsite. We provide bees with a strong base to feed on seasonal flowers throughout the year and spread pollen throughout the area.
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Birds, Bats & Owls
Our resort is home to a diverse range of wildlife including birds, bats, barn owls, snakes, badgers, foxes, and otter. We have multiple bird and bat boxes throughout our golf courses and surrounding areas to provide a safe space for these animals to lay and help grow their young.
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Tree planting
Each year we have committed to managing tree health across the resort and to planting additional trees every year. Trees form part of the VTI process of safety and are only removed or pollard if deemed unsafe and we plant out on the course to impact any losses.
Turf Nursery
We pride ourselves on having one of the best greens in the world. Our Greens Team use our existing greens to produce up to 1000sq feet of new turf within our Turf Nursery. Using all products that have been grown on site enables us to cut down our carbon footprint.
Turf Nursery
We pride ourselves on having one of the best greens in the world. Our Greens Team use our existing greens to produce up to 1000sq feet of new turf within our Turf Nursery. Using all products that have been grown on site enables us to cut down our carbon footprint.
Waste Management
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Waste2Water
Our Resort benefits from a Waste2Water management system. This enables us to clean any waste & water used across the resort from toilets, showers, baths to our bars & restaurants and either filter this out to one of our reservoirs or lakes or spray directly onto our courses.
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Zero Waste to Landfill
We are proud to divert 100% of our waste from landfill. We achieved this through our waste segregation system, whereby all waste gets separated to allow materials to be recycled and disposed of correctly.
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Recycling
Across the resort we aim to recycle as much as possible, including glass, cardboard, kitchen oil, fluorescent tubes, metal & large items and general waste. In 2023, we recycled 153.60 tons of glass, 48.9 tons of cardboard (saving 850 trees), 373.2 tons of general waste, 169.9 tons of food waste and 75 tons of general industrial & commercial waste.
Reducing our energy consumption
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LED Lighting
Nearly 80% of our Resort is lit by LED lights.
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Genius Hub
We have installed smart TRV’s in 187 bedrooms across our Resort, which allows us to reduce our energy consumption by controlling the heat in each individual room. We saw a 64% reduction in heat energy usage following the installation of the system!
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It's Electric!
We currently have six electric vehicle charging points on site and plan to continue installing more across our resort.
How To Be A Responsible Belfry Visitor
Here are some tips and tricks on how you can make a difference while you are here at The Belfry.
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How To Be A Responsible Belfry Visitor
Here are some tips and tricks on how you can make a difference while you are here at The Belfry.
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