The Beardmore Hotel & Conference Centre was delighted to win 3 awards at the Scottish Hotel Awards 2010
Business Hotel of the Year
Rising Star Sommelier
of the Year
Richard Archer
Rising Star Management Commendation
Sasha Paton
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
The Beardmore Hotel & Conference Centre uses the following criteria for its sustainable purchasing :-
- Asking suppliers for their sustainability commitment and their policy, including supporting evidence and documentation.
- Discuss with the supplier their method of delivery and packaging.
- Look at reducing energy and water consumption.
- Calculate the running cost of the product.
- Will the supplier take the goods back and recycle them? If not, consider your responsibility – the cost of disposing if it cannot be recycled.
As a purchaser we will take into account what impact it will have on the local and wider environment.
- The Beardmore Hotel and Conference Centre will aim to buy environmentally and socially responsible products.
- The welfare of animals and the environment are important to us. We aim to make a difference by buying products that show this commitment
- We aim to reduce waste and other negative impacts on the environment.
- Where possible we will use fair trade produce.
Sustainable purchasing should consider the environment, social and economic consequences of:
- design;
- non-renewable material use;
- manufacture and production methods;
- logistics;
- service delivery;
- use;
- operation;
- maintenance;
- reuse;
- recycling options;
- disposal; and
- suppliers’ capabilities to address these issues throughout the supply chain.
Environment
- Reduce buying, i.e. buying in bulk
- Long life products
- Recycled goods
- Reduced impact
