The Bedford Swan Hotel Wedding Venue

Our Sustainability Commitments

What we are doing Carbon Offset Through our energy provider we take steps to positively impact the environment by neutralising their carbon emissions for mains gas consumption. Reducing our Water Consumption We have installed waterless urinals in the public toilets at both hotels. Single occupancy rooms now only have one set of towels as standard. Reducing Plastic and Other Waste We have moved both hotels to refillable toiletries, reducing our plastic waste by 100,000 bottles a year. We use paper straws and have eliminated the need for plastic glasses and stirrers. We use reusable crates for our fruit and vegetable deliveries, reducing waste, and recycle all of our glass, cardboard, cooking oil and used aluminium nespresso coffee pods. Where possible, our waste is compacted to reduce the number of collections. Suppliers We try our best to work with suppliers who are as focussed on reducing their environmental impact as we are. Sheringham’s Fine Foods Ltd supply all our fruit, vegetables and dairy – they have a number of schemes in place to reduce their carbon footprint, food waste and packaging. Stickleback supply our fish and seafood, and have reduced their waste to landfill to just 2%, as well as taking huge steps to reduce their electricity consumption. Minimise Need for Paper We are slowly trying to eliminate as much paper as possible from our business. Accounting, hotel management, HR management, kitchen safety and procurement systems have been moved to enable us to be paperless for the bulk of our operations systems. Giftpro (our gift voucher supplier) are the first gift voucher platform to take pro-active steps to reduce its impact on the environment. Team Engagement We have introduced an employee Cycle To Work scheme and encourage any team member who can to participate.