Griffin Group Sustainability Plan
Climate change and Bio-Diversity loss will be the key challenges facing humanity for the coming generations and we believe now is the time to get involved and make a difference that matters.
The Griffin Group has over the last number of years been quietly working at finding better, more sustainable ways of running our hotels, and have recently developed and implemented a 10 – Year Sustainability plan to reduce our overall impact on the environment.
The key objectives of this plan include:
- Reduce overall energy usage by minimum 40%
- Reduce transport & Logistics by 20%
- Reduce Water Consumption by 20%
- Reduce Waste by 25%
- Reduce Packaging by 25%
- Develop Renewable / Reusable Solutions
- Promote Local Circular Economy
- Aim to be Carbon Neutral by 2032
- Position Griffin Group as a leader in sustainability
We are members of The Green Hospitality Programme, which is the only Irish environmental certification standard for the hospitality sector. The Green Hospitality Awards are internationally recognised with third-party environmental & sustainability certification. This programme is aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Global Sustainable Tourism Council Criteria, EU Ecolabel and the Sustainability Hospitality Alliance Hotel Carbon, Water and Waste Measurement methodologies.
We have been making strides towards these goals; just a few examples include;
We have installed a 500-kilowatt peak ground-mounted solar farm at Monart Destination Spa, with an additional 1-megawatt array now in planning with ESB networks. The group aims to provide most of its daytime electricity from our Monart Solar farm during daylight hours from March to September.
Implemented an energy management system in conjunction with improved control systems which has already reduced our energy consumption and CO2 emissions by 20%.