Environmental Issues
Welcome to the Hospitality at Bath Environment pages.
Key Value
Accommodation & Hospitality Services are aware that our decisions and actions have an impact on the environment and we continually strive to minimise adverse effects.
Long Term Aim
One of the long term aims of Accommodation and Hospitality Services is "to consider all actions that impact on the environment by focusing on reducing, re-using and recycling waste and reducing utility usage"
Environmental Policy
Our environmental policy focuses on the following areas:
- Communication and Management
- Energy Saving and Water Use
- Waste Management
- Purchasing
- Transport
- Community
University of Bath's Statement of Policy approved by Executive Committee (opens in new window)
Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS)
Gold for Accommodation & Hospitality Services!
We are proud to announce that we have recently received a gold award in the Green Tourism Business Scheme – the first University department to gain a gold in the UK.
The purpose of the Green Tourism Business Scheme
The GTBS is the leading sustainable tourism certification scheme in the UK. The purpose of the GTBS is to provide guidelines to tourism businesses on how to make their operations more sustainable while still delivering a high quality service. The GTBS encourages organisations to consider a wide range of social and environmental factors, as well as up-to-date technological developments.
Green Tourism businesses are those actively engaged in reducing the negative environmental and social impacts of their tourism operations.
Browse this site using the navigation on the right to find out how we as a business take green issues very seriously.
Student Accommodation
Student Accommodation forms a major part of the department's business. There are many green initiatives aims specifically at the students. You can read about them on the Student Accommodation Green Website (opens in new window)
