Sustainability Caring for our house, the sustainable way

Sustainability is of incredible importance in our world today, and its significance continues to grow as we face many environmental, social, and economic challenges. Wivenhoe House is determined to do our bit to be able to run a 4 Star hotel without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs and we are keen to continue our journey for a more sustainable hotel and world.  

So far in our journey towards a more sustainable hotel we have our own company-wide sustainability programme run by the staff where we share ideas on how to eliminate plastic, reduce our energy consumption, care for staff wellbeing, support the local community and improve recycling around the hotel. 

Our team work with suppliers to reduce packaging as well as introducing alternatives to plastic bottles and straws and giving staff and Edge Hotel School students re-usable drinking bottles. In our kitchens we source food and drink locally where possible and have worked with Edge Hotel School students to grow an herb farm that we can use.  We have also engaged with Guardians of Grub to reduce food waste. In the bedrooms, we have introduced shampoo and shower gel dispensers, reusable glass bottles for water and milk, removed plastic pens and introduced purpose-built guest recycling stations. 

We also engage with the local community via monthly charity donations and support Hospitality Action and Room to Reward on an annual basis.  Where we can we repurpose our furniture and equipment or donate it to local charities or institutions. 

We have made many more changes to reduce our carbon footprint and more are planned for the future.  Please contact us directly for a full list of our achievements and details of our plans for the future.