Sustainability
Responsible hospitality, reported honestly.
Figures are published once they have been measured. Until then this page describes intent, not achievement.
Highway Huts was built from bamboo and sits inside working organic gardens, which sets a baseline the rest of the group is measured against: source close to the property, use less water and power than the category expects, and keep money in the local economy.
That is a description of one building, not a claim about a portfolio. Energy, water, waste and local-sourcing figures will appear here as each property is audited — and not a day earlier.
- Northwind Energy conservation programme
- Northwind Energy-efficient heating and cooling
- Northwind Energy-efficient lighting
- Northwind Eco-friendly toiletries
- Northwind Towel reuse programme
- Highway Huts Built in bamboo rather than concrete
- Highway Huts Organic gardens on site
- Highway Huts Farm-to-table kitchen
What the group is working to
Four positions, checkable today
Without waiting for an audit.
- 01 Build with what is local Highway Huts is built from bamboo and sits inside working organic gardens. That sets the baseline the rest of the group is measured against.
- 02 Source close to the kitchen The nearer a supplier is, the less a menu costs the region it claims to represent. Where a supplier can be named, the property page names it.
- 03 Use less than the category expects Energy and water consumption per occupied room is the number that matters. It is being measured before it is published.
- 04 Keep money in the area Staff, craftspeople, cooks and musicians hired locally and paid properly, rather than brought in and credited as atmosphere.
Reported
The numbers, when there are numbers
These four are what the group has committed to publishing. None has been audited yet, so none carries a value — a blank here is the accurate reading, not a missing one.
- Energy per occupied room
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- kWh, audited
- Water per occupied room
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- Litres, audited
- Waste diverted from landfill
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- Per cent, audited
- Sourced within the region
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- Per cent of spend
A hotel group that publishes an unmeasured number is telling you something about the rest of its numbers too.
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