Going Green

We recognise that Midlands Park Hotel have an important part to play in playing our part to protect the environment and reducing our carbon footprint as much as possible. Midlands Park Hotel have formed a green team to ensure carbon reducing policies and practices are introduced and implemented throughout the hotel, without impacting the guest experience.

Sustainability at Midlands Park Hotel

Sustainability is one of the defining issues of our time with wide-ranging implications for society and for every sector of our economy. In addressing today’s environmental challenges, we all have a responsibility to minimise our impact on the natural environment. Active engagement with employees and suppliers is key, as is good communication with customers, many of whom are increasingly alert to issues around sustainable tourism and the need to safeguard the environment. Embracing sustainability is key to the future success of our industry.

Midlands Park Hotel Management and Staff are fully committed to a comprehensive Environmental Policy, which includes effective waste management and responsible practices to reduce electricity, gas and water consumption. We care deeply for the environment, and we are constantly introducing environmentally friendly changes to help play our part in protecting our environment.

Our efforts already in place in reducing carbon footprint at Midlands Park Hotel:

• We have recently installed two electric car charging points in the car park of the hotel to assist our electric driving guests throughout their stay.
• LED lights are now in place throughout the hotel.
• Biodegradable pens are in use in all meeting rooms and bedrooms.
• Fully compostable cups are in use throughout the hotel for take away hot drinks.
• We will be removing single use sachets for sauce in our restaurants and reintroducing ramekins.
• Food waste is monitored closely to see how we can reduce this on an ongoing basis.
• We have a user-friendly waste management process in place.
• We have introduced pump dispensers in all bathrooms for body wash and shampoo instead of using single use bottles.
• An introduction of SMARTFLOW – a water monitor that can track where the high and low usage is coming from and detects any leaks so they can be resolved as soon as possible.
• We ask that our guests only leave towels on the floor if they want them to be laundered, this saves on a lot of towels being washed unnecessarily.
• Where possible we source our food produce locally, all fruit and veg sourced from Browns across the road, reducing our carbon footprint by reducing distance delivery vehicles need to travel to reach us.
• All coffee and tea is sustainably sourced from a fairtrade company being Java.
• Bike to work scheme offered to staff to reduce carbon emissions by cycling instead of driving.
• Digital key card access to bedrooms and meeting rooms.
• Tablets used for ordering in restaurant outlets to reduce paper waste.

We are working towards installing solar panels to reserve energy in the building. We want to be the most environmentally friendly hotel in Ireland by 2025.

To learn more about Sustainable and Responsible Tourism in Ireland visit greenhospitality.ie.

To plan your stay with us wisely to minimise the carbon footprint of your travels visit greentravel.ie.