Bedruthan Steps Hotel

Bedruthan Steps Hotel
Mawgan Porth, Cornwall TR8 4BU www.bedruthan.com  

From kitchen assistants to directors, the team at Bedruthan do all that they can to reduce the hotel's impact on the environment. As Sustainable Tourism Award winners 2005, Bedruthan’s green ethos is echoed throughout the organisation. The building planning team has revolutionised the building and refurbishment programme to include the latest technologies which will help them minimise their impact on the environment and greenhouse gas emissions.

Guests and staff are encouraged to recycle where possible from paper to plastic bottles, drinks cans to wine bottle corks. From their arrival at the hotel, guests can have a greener holiday by participating in a scheme where they pay £10 to plant a tree that will be allowed to grow for 100 years removing CO2 from the atmosphere and locking it into timber. The trees will be planted in a new forest locally."Our guests react very positively to our environmental efforts and they have been great in helping us with all our recycling projects and waste reduction."

In 2004, with the help of Manda Brookman, Manager at the Cornwall Sustainable Tourism Project (CoaST), the hotel formed its green team and encouraged members from every department to become involved. In 2005 they became the first Cornish hotel to sign up as registered users of the Greener Events guide to share their commitment to green, more sustainable standards and to help make conference organisers more environmentally aware.

The hotel has taken on the role as an Ambassador for CoaST to share its knowledge and experience to help other businesses become more sustainable. They also hope to educate their guests and staff to show that they can all make a difference by working together