Through our close relationships with the UK’s leading sustainable venues, we at The Venue Booker can help you to put on an inspiring event!

Green values

When you care about the environment, it’s good to know that there is a wealth of sustainable event spaces. These venues have been independently audited. For most event professionals, ISO 20121 is now standard. This sustainability certificate is recognised by the events industry around the world. London alone has 122 hotels, venues and conference centres in the Green Tourism Scheme.

Eco-friendly venues

Venues are always looking for new ways to cut their carbon emissions and be more environmentally friendly. Many have put in place things like paperless offices, eco-friendly lighting, natural ventilation and using local suppliers. Other ideas include reducing food and drink packaging and planting trees. To learn how green a venue is, ask for its Display Energy Certificate rating.

Pollution-cutting transport

Delegate travel is the biggest part of an event’s carbon footprint. Thankfully, London’s public transport system offers endless opportunities for greener travel. For starters, you can save on air miles and arrive in London on the high-speed rail network, Eurostar. A Eurostar journey emits 80% less carbon than a similar short-haul flight. With frequent services from Paris and Brussels, the journey takes just over two hours. Once in London, delegates can use electric and hydrogen-powered buses, walk, cycle, or use the Tube and rail services.

Manchester has Metrolink: A tram system that emits no local air pollution and is more fuel efficient than cars or buses.

It also has the Bee Network: An integrated network that supports low car lifestyles.

Birmingham has Birmingham Transport Plan 2031: A plan to reduce the environmental impact of transport and make Birmingham a carbon neutral city by 2030. The plan also aims to reduce road danger, connect people to job and training opportunities, and revitalize the city centre

Supporting green enterprise

With its Green Enterprise District, London is a world leader in low-carbon energy. The London Green Fund is another scheme to boost our low-carbon economy. It offers financial incentives to eco-friendly businesses and works with London business to reduce their carbon emissions.

Bee Net Zero is a partnership that provides advice and support to help businesses in Greater Manchester become more sustainable and save money on energy bills.

This plan outlines a set of principles to guide investment in transport, with the goal of reducing the environmental impact of transport and making Birmingham a carbon neutral city by 2030

Here are some leading sustainable venues that we regularly work with;

Hilton Bankside- London

 The Hilton London Bankside is located near to the Shakespeare’s Globe, the Millennium Bridge, and the Tate Modern art gallery. They have fabulous meeting facilities with a capacity of 600 theatre style in the ballroom which is equipped with state- of-the art Audio visual equipment. It has a heated indoor pool and a fitness centre for guests to enjoy.

It’s one of London’s leading sustainable hotels and following are just some of the “Green” initiatives they have in place.

Travel with Purpose

Travel with Purpose is Hilton’s corporate responsibility strategy to redefine and proceed sustainable travel and tourism globally. Everyday they strive to make the world a better place, driving positive social and environmental change across our operations, their supply chain and within their communities. Being responsible, social, and environmental stewards is built-in their culture; it is who they are and what they always wanted to be.

Supporting their Local Community

Team members volunteer at The Dragon Café, a local mental health charity. Annually the team raise money for McMillian Cancer Drive for St Mugo’s a homeless charity. The team volunteered time for community planting for Better Bankside. The hotel has supported the Blackfriars settlement fund by provided home cooked meals for vulnerable people during lockdown.

Reducing Waste

Hilton reduces waste by reusing pineapple skins to produce a pineapple syrup which were combined with sugar, lime, mint, and ginger to create a refreshing cocktail. They even have recycling bins in guest rooms to reduce paper waste.

15 Hatfields London

15 Hatfield’s claims to be Central London’s most sustainable venue, this contemporary and versatile conference and meeting room venue offers 7 flexible, functional and very stylish event spaces for up to 550 delegates in the heart of London. Boasting cutting edge facilities to high environmental specifications, 15 Hatfields has a strong sustainability policy, carries the Green Tourism Gold Award and a certification of the NQA Sustainable Development Management Scheme. With organic, locally sourced and fairly traded food provided by sustainable a sustainable catering firm, Eden Caterers, the venue has also implemented measures to help towards its zero waste to landfill initiative.

15Hatfields is located just off London’s Southbank, within easy walking distance of Waterloo, Southwark and Blackfriars stations.

  Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC)

Events taking place at EICC impart knowledge, build relationships, and inspire ideas that change the world. However, we recognise that there are also inherent adverse impacts to running events. They consider it both a moral and a business imperative to place sustainability at the heart of every event they host, at every step of the process.

The sustainability programme, Step Change, focuses on three equally significant interconnected areas of impact: environmental, societal and economic. They have a series of initiatives which address these spheres of impact so that clients can be assured that their events will demonstrate best practice in sustainability without compromising on the standards of excellence for which events at the EICC are renowned.

EICC have an excellent track record in waste management, with zero waste from the venue being sent to landfill. Since 2013 the EICC has reduced it’s carbon emissions by 55%.

Royal Lancaster London

If you’re looking for a sustainable event venue and hotel, the award-winning Royal Lancaster London is a great option. With 15 conference rooms they can cater for a variety of events, from small business meetings to large receptions for up to 3,000 people. Having completed an £80m renovation project in 2017 , one thing that remains is their commitment to sustainable travel and environmental initiatives.

Royal Lancaster London has many initiatives to minimise the impact they have on the environment, including weekly monitoring of the hotel’s energy use and achieving zero landfill waste. One of the most interesting eco-friendly activities they run is a rooftop honey farm to support the urban bee population.

They also have the coveted Earth check Silver certification. EarthCheck Certified is a the science-backed certification program embraced by the world’s best travel and tourism brands.

 Eastside Rooms Birmingham

 With state-of-the-art facilities for up to 1,200 people and an adjoining Aloft by Marriott Hotel, every aspect of this recent addition to Birmingham’s future forward Knowledge Quarter is imbued with sustainable values.

Its impressive range of sustainable credentials includes but isn’t limited to:

• Encouraging public transport, offering only limited parking, and providing electric car charging points
• Minimising and eradicating single use items, for example, replacing bottled water in meeting rooms with water coolers
• Compartmentalising all bins for recycling at its own on-site cardboard compactor
• Green purchasing policy- ensuring all suppliers used are sustainable and ethical
• Accessibility There are 10 fully qccessible bedrooms, one with a hoist from bedroom to bathroom.

If you are interested in any of these venues or would like us to source a sustainable venue for you in any UK location please call us on 0203 011 2511 or fill in our online enquiry form HERE