Exclusive Collection makes great strides in sustainability

Surrey-based hotel chain Exclusive Collection has released its latest Impact Report, citing a positive year for carbon reduction and environmental sustainability. 

The hotel company became the UK's first to achieve B Corp certification three years ago, and has continued to make contributions to the environment and its local communities through purposeful use of its heritage country house estates ever since. 

Exclusive Collection is dedicated to a zero-waste to landfill policy and, where possible, grows its own produce on its 691 acres of grounds and estate land. 

Key outcomes for 2023–24 include:

• Leftover food from events was redistributed to local communities and projects, saving 6,257kg of food and feeding 486 households with 14,510 meals, avoiding 26,283kg of carbon emissions.
• The development of new luxury accommodation – The Reeds at South Lodge – which draws on biophilic design principles in both the lodges and surrounding habitat. 
• £105,965 shared between Hospitality Action, Protect Earth and Buglife as well as local charities. 
• Effective energy consumption has helped reduce the collection's energy usage by 3% annually. 
• Promotion of female talent with Stephanie Hall, group sales and marketing director, joining the board to help oversee the management, strategy and governance of the organisation.
• New HR, rostering and payroll software, as well as AI systems. 

"When we became a B Corp, we partnered with Land App to understand each estate and how we could use our grounds as an opportunity to remove carbon dioxide and improve biodiversity," says Danny Pecorelli, managing director of Exclusive Collection. "We're now exploiting this data to plan our legacy on each estate while building on other initiatives to help us improve, evaluate and evolve.

"Going forward we are outlining four key focus areas: reducing water consumption by 3%, becoming carbon positive on scope 1 and 3 by 2026, improving biodiversity metrics and enhancing our employee value proposition.

"Our wonderful hotel teams have achieved so much in the past year. Everyone's ideas and commitment to using our business as a force for good create a unique culture where every voice and suggestion make a collective impact, bringing positive change to the hospitality sector and wider society."

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