ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

The following is an overview of our environmental policy at Lakewood

Lakewood Conference Centre operates a sustainable event policy wherever and whenever possible, reflecting the policy of its parent company “Holt Farms Ltd”.

We Recycle

• Paper
• Glass
• Cardboard
• Kitchen peelings go into our compost heaps
• Drinks cans
• Plastic milk and yogurt pots

We do

• Use low energy light bulbs and have removed unnecessary strip lights.
• We encourage delegates and trainers to turn off equipment and lights whenever possible
• Use recycled pens, paper and local water
• Use Fairtrade and organic products for our hot beverages – teas, coffees, sugar and hot chocolate
• Use all organic dairy produce and eggs from our own organic farms
• Use, where possible, our own lamb and beef from our own organic farms
• Use, where possible, vegetables and salad grown on our own organic farms and in our bio-domes
• Have an eco barn run entirely off grid from solar energy & is carbon neutral
• Plan to heat the Centre from bio fuel grown on our own farms in the near future. Wills Eco Barn is already heated in this way.
• Use environmentally friendly cleaning products which dilute to a neutral ph and do not use aerosols
• Encourage shared transport for our conference guests. Take guests to Wills Eco Barn in one 9-seater vehicle
• Use electronic documentation and files, emailing all contracts to reduce paper consumption
• Buy pot grown Christmas trees which are put back to grow on after the holiday and discourage the use of plastic non recyclable decorations
• We use electric powered cars to transport staff between sites and around the surrounding area (Smart Cars)

We don’t:

• Have glossy brochures which use paper and energy to create and send
• Believe that the events industry needs to be a wasteful one
• Use air transported produce thereby reducing “food miles”

For more information on our Environmental Policy and Accreditations in Sustainable Events, please contact Tara Gillam