Chestnut Aware

We are turning over a new leaf at Chestnut by more actively considering the environmental impact of every part of our business practice.

Simplicity is at the heart of what we do and we see sustainability as an opportunity to scale back and simplify our practices while doing good for our local environment. We want to celebrate the small but significant steps we can take to reduce waste and energy consumption, such as removing singleuse cleaning cloths in our kitchens and implementing smarter energy saving strategies.

As part of Chestnut’s Climate Commitment we pledge to consistently review our operational practices to identify more sustainable methods and our supply chain to ensure our values of environmental consciousness and sustainability are mirrored by our suppliers.

We cultivate a culture of caring about our people, about others and about our planet. We are going into 2023 with several climate action events in the calendar, making our commitment to the environment fun for our team and guests.

We look forward to making a difference and welcome collaboration, as we believe the best progress can only be made when we work together. Look out for signs of change across our collection of country and coastal pubs.

We are going to be saving virgin glass bottles by transitioning away from single use bottled water in our rooms

Food Waste

We are trialling a food waste collection system, that we are looking to roll out across all of our pubs. During 3 weeks of the trial we have had collected to be turned into fertiliser by Olleco.

Our properties have a core drinks list of truly sustainable spirits and LOCAL FAVOURITES

Our menus have and always will be centred around the best LOCAL AND SEASONAL PRODUCE our region has to offer

We use Bramley REFILLABLE TOILETRIES in both our pub and guest bathrooms

We are organising and hosting regular climate action events such as our annual BEACH CLEANS and our first EARTH HOUR CELEBRATION

Going Paperless

With the aim of reducing paper and ink, we will be trialling QR code menus at select properties during the year

We will be conducting ANNUAL ENERGY AND WASTE AUDITS at all properties with a comprehensive report to be published end of fiscal year.

We RECYLCE our cooking oil,

LITRES last year in fact!

We are transitioning to LED BULBS across all of our pubs to reduce our energy consumption. Having full LEDs at the Weeping Willow has saved over 8000kwh in a year - that’s 3x what the average UK household uses.