Grasmere Proves Eco-Friendly

Grasmere Lodge has achieved the prestigious Green Globe Benchmarked Certificate under the new Green Globe Certification program, which recognises the operation’s commitment to operating at the world’s highest environmental standard.

Grasmere Lodge has spent considerable time benchmarking its energy and water consumption, waste production and disposal as well as implementing an integrated environmental and social policy. In particular it has achieved Best Practice results in water consumption. These measures will deliver ongoing reduction of non-renewable resources, extensive cost savings and secure a sustainable commercial and ecological future for the lodge.

About Green Globe
Green Globe is the global Benchmarking, Certification and improvement system assisting the international travel and tourism industry to attain sustainability. Green Globe provides a certification system that responds directly to the major environmental problems facing the planet, including the greenhouse effect, over-use of freshwater resources, destruction of biodiversity, production of solid and biological waste and social issues.

Cathy Parsons, Chief Executive Officer of GGAP International;, says “I am delighted that Grasmere Lodge has achieved Benchmarked status. Grasmere Lodge is an inspiration to all those people committed to environmentally sustainable tourism. They have demonstrated through a variety of initiatives, that the business and its employees can make a difference to reducing their environmental impact. The commitment they have shown in signing up to participate in the Green Globe program and their achievements set an example for other businesses to follow.”