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• Carbon saving pledge campaign

  Posted on March 6, 2012 at 3:27 pm Leave a response
  

  Hotelympia may have finished for 2012, but its still not too late to find out more about carbon saving.

  Why not visit the pledge website, register your interest and gain information from our involved suppliers: http://www.hotelympia.com/pledge/

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• World Water Day takes place on 22nd March 2012

  Posted on March 6, 2012 at 2:30 pm Leave a response
  

  International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March. The day places emphasis on the importance of freshwater and advocates the sustainable management of freshwater resources.

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• Fairtrade Fortnight is underway

  Posted on March 6, 2012 at 12:00 pm Leave a response
  

  The annual Fairtrade Fortnight is here. The two week campaign launched on 27th February and will be running until 11th March 2012.

  So far 312,097 steps have been taken and this number is growing everday.

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• Discover how to make your ‘waste work’ and make a pledge today!

  Posted on February 27, 2012 at 4:59 pm Leave a response
  

  The Responsible Hospitality Partnership (RHP) have teamed up with beacon purchasing and Hotelympia 2012 to show a number of ways in which those in hospitality businesses can reduce costs and resource consumption, and encourage them to make a pledge to change just one existing technology for a more resource-efficient alternative.

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• Hotelympia visitors urged to sign energy efficiency pledge

  Posted on February 24, 2012 at 4:01 pm Leave a response
  

  The online pledge initiative has been developed by RHP and supported by beacon purchasing and 5 of our sustainable suppliers, Mico Lighting, Wolseley, Initial, Waste2 and Kohler Mira – who provide the sustainable technology and products that the pledges are based on.

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• Climate Week 12-18th March 2012

  Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:21 am Leave a response
  

  Climate Week is Britain’s biggest climate change campaign, inspiring a new wave of action to create a sustainable future.

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• beacon donate over 275kg to The British Heart Foundation

  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 10:30 am Leave a response
  

  In July 2011 the beacon purchasing and Best Western hotels head offices decided to work more closely with the British Heart Foundation and bring a donation bin perminantly into the office…

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• Hospitality at Comet and beacon celebrate 18 year anniversary

  Posted on February 13, 2012 at 12:55 pm Leave a response
  

  Hospitality at Comet, part of the well known and respected – Comet Group, are this year celebrating an amazing 18 years of partnership working with beacon purchasing.

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• Fairtrade Fortnight is almost here – get involved

  Posted on February 2, 2012 at 4:48 pm Leave a response
  

  The annual Fairtrade Fortnight is due to take place in a few weeks, from 27th February – 11th March 2012. This years Take A Step campaign encourages people to take 1.5 million steps for Fairtrade by the end of 2012. Each step supports farmers and workers take their own steps towards a brighter future. A…

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• beacon join forces with Hotelympia and RHP to offer pledge campaign

  Posted on February 2, 2012 at 3:52 pm Leave a response
  

  This year, beacon, Fresh Montgomery and The Responsible Hospitality Partnership are offering hospitality businesses an opportunity to reduce resource consumption and costs as they sign up to Hotelympia.

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