Our Green Journey!

#BecauseWeCare

At the Carrigaline Court hotel, we care deeply about the environment, where we are located is along the Wild Atlantic Way. Protecting the environment is extremely important to us and we want to become more environmentally aware.

We are delighted to announce that the Carrigaline Court Hotel is verified as a ‘Silver Award’ recipient of the Fifty Shades Greener global sustainability certification!

Carrigaline Court Silver Certification

Fifty Shades Greener provides transparency on how a hospitality business contributes to sustainable development, and the Carrigaline Court Hotel is one of a select few hotels in the Cork area that has been recognised with such certification in recognition to our efforts towards sustainability.

The objective of The Green Hospitality Business Certification by FSG is to provide transparency on how an organisation contributes or aims to contribute to sustainable development, increasing the organisation’s accountability. The Standards contain disclosures that allow an organisation to report information about its impacts consistently and credibly. This enhances the global comparability and quality of reported information on these impacts.

The Fifty Shades Greener Hospitality Certification programme has been independently reviewed and deemed compliant with Travalyst.

The hotel had to undertake a rigorous vetting process, providing evidence and documentation to an auditor relating to relating to measuring and reducing consumption across key areas of the hotel relating to Water, Waste and Energy usage.

Some of our Key Changes

• We segregate waste and aim to recycle or compost as much of our waste as possible.
• All lights in our bedrooms are operated by keycards.
• We have installed sensors in the staff corridors to reduce lighting and electricity.
• We have begun removing the single use toiletries from our bedrooms and replaced the majority of rooms with refillable dispensers.
• Our purchasing team are committed to making sustainable purchases and using local suppliers as much as possible.
• We are working alongside our suppliers in reducing the amount of cardboard used.
• We are apart of REPAK Ireland.
• We have removed the use of plastic straws in our bar and restaurant.
• We have begun phasing out single use sauces in our bar and restaurant.
• Water in our meeting rooms is bottled in glass and not plastic. These bottles are also reusable.
• Our aim is to move to a paperless office, which we have begun to implement this process at reception. Paper use is continuously being monitored.
• The Carrigaline Court Hotel is compliant with all relevant environmental legislation from local and national authorities. The EPA website is available at: https://www.epa.ie/

For more information, click here to check out our Sustainability Policy

Help Us During Your Stay

You can assist us on the journey and reduce, reuse and recycle during your stay with us.

• Save Water by not running taps/showers unnecessarily
• Put towels in the shower that need replacing
• Hang towels you wish to reuse on the bedroom rail
• There are nearby bus stops located a short walk from the hotel which serve Cork City, Cork Airport and Ringaskiddy Business District. Details of routes and bus timetables are available at https://www.buseireann.ie/

If you have any ideas to make your stay more sustainable please relay your feedback to reception on checkout.

Our Green Team

Our Green team is made up of dedicated personnel from various departments who meet on a monthly basis to discuss our progress and where we can improve next.

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