Port Kitchen becomes the first café in Sussex to achieve prestigious Green Tourism Gold Award
Port Kitchen at Shoreham Port opened in June this year and we have already achieved the highest recognition from green accreditation organisation Green Tourism.
We join only seven other venues in Sussex holding the prestigious Gold accreditation, and become the first café, with the others being hotels and holiday sites, including the Grand Hotel in Brighton.
In order to qualify for this rating, we had to evidence our commitment to sustainability at Port Kitchen, including how we manage our waste and energy consumption, what we are doing to reduce our carbon footprint and how we promote an awareness of the environment and the community, through colleague training.
We run a robust waste management system in our café with Brighton Paper Round, ensuring that absolutely nothing goes to landfill, source as much as possible of our fresh ingredients from within a 25-mile radius, and are currently looking into our options for installing solar panels on the roof.
Polly Child, Port Kitchen General Manager commented: “From the earliest development stages it’s always been a priority for Port Kitchen to be something different in a high-waste, struggling sector. We want to minimise our impact on the environment in every element of the business and we’re always looking for new ways to do it.
“We’re humbled by the award, and deeply proud to be showcasing what can be achieved with an engaged, sustainability-minded team when you give them the time and resources to research the best ways forward. We hope we can show other venues that this standard really can be achieved, while creating a welcoming and diverse space for everyone.”