Eastwood Hall is proud to be part of The Venues Collection, who operate a social purpose framework to make sure the impact we have on the world around us is a positive one.

Creating a Future First Charter, a framework to deliver our social purpose. The charter outlines their commitments in 3 areas – each with its own measurable goals. Our commitments are integrally linked with our 3 brand pillars of great food, great service, great space. These areas are People Pledge, Food Focus & Enriching Environments.

Minimised Food Waste

Zero food waste – no matter what we’re cooking, our approach is ‘root to stem, nose to tail.’ We measure and monitor all waste removed from site e.g.:

100% of our food waste will go to anaerobic digestion, to produce green gas

100% of our used cooking oil will go to produce bio-diesel

Supported animal welfare and reduced our carbon emissions

We will continue to use Red Tractor assured chicken and milk, so you know these ingredients have been responsibly sourced, safely produced and come from crops and animals that have been well cared for – so it’s good for you and good for British farmers

We will continue to display the carbon footprint of our dishes, helping guests to make educated, climate-friendly choices

We will continue to eliminate the use of any air freight ingredients to actively reduce our carbon impact

Our menus will continue to prioritise British grown ingredients, with less food miles

At least 50% of our menus will continue to be plant-forward, with a great choice of alternative proteins

All our desserts are made without dairy to reduce our impact on greenhouse gas emissions.

Reduced the Impact of our Facilities 

We will have zero waste going to landfill, which will mean that all waste produced is either reused, recycled, composted, or sent to energy recovery

We will have installed energy monitoring on all sites, to design an energy reduction strategy for each site

We will have installed water saving measures at many of our sites, which will reduce the water we use by 460,000 litres of water per year

We will continue to measure and monitor all waste removed from site, to create an offsetting action plan

We will have recycled over 50% of our overall waste and are committed to increase this year on year

Reduced our CO2 emissions by over 500 tonnes this year

Generated over 1 million kwh of renewable electricity at our venues

Produced enough energy from solar to drive an electric vehicle 500,000 miles, which is the equivalent of flying from the UK to Australia and back 26 times!

Supported Natural Eco-systems

Created a static aerated compost system at one of our venues, with a plan to roll out to all venues

Be the first hotel group in the UK to roll out solar electric vehicle charging points at all of our venue

We will have maintained native hedgerows and woodland and created areas to grow wildflowers and meadow grass to support wildlife

Many of our venues will continue to have bat boxes, bird boxes, insect hotels, and beehives

Supported our sister company, Levy UK, with their Bio Hub Farm initiative, which will help educate current and future generations of chefs and farmers on sustainable farming practices

Continue to encourage the use of more environmentally friendly means of travelling to and from our venues