Sustainability

We are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and are striving to become an environmentally sustainable hotel, whilst offering guests a luxury experience.

• Developing the best and most suitable practices throughout our hotel and self-catering properties.
• Staff training days to learn and discuss our sustainability policy.
• Listening to guests’ and employees’ comments regarding environmental issues.
• Educating guests and employees on environmental issues and their impact on natural resources.
• Encouraging and implementing sustainable practices and programmes.
• Re-enforcing these practices through researching the best suppliers, buying procedures and promoting relationships with environmentally aware suppliers.
• Working directly with our suppliers, employees and the local community to promote effective and meaningful environmental best practice.
• Local suppliers and contractors used wherever possible – reducing mileage, supporting local businesses and helping Cornwall’s economy.
• Monitoring and reducing energy consumption.
• Focussing upon sustainable buildings and operations in design and construction.
• Environmental controls and management of our Blue Flag beach.
• Installing energy efficient systems. CHP units to provide on-site electricity generation and heating (saving up to 100 tonnes of carbon per annum).
• Minimising waste by recycling and reusing materials whenever possible.
• Use of recycled paper and reducing paper use, e.g. our daily chalk boards/use of Crave interactive guest tablets in all rooms.
• Minimising laundry usage where possible.
• Working with organisations and charities to reuse or recycle furniture or linen.
• Utilising ecologically friendly chemicals (where possible) in our cleaning processes.
• Re-sited all underground incoming power cables, reducing energy levels.
• Investment in central power monitoring has enabled renewed lighting arrangements.
• Converting to energy-efficient lighting and heating.
• Planting trees and including the outdoors in our environmental programmes.
• Natural growth of plants, flowers and vegetation is encouraged, attracting wildlife.
• Promoting sustainable methods of transport for staff and guests: public transport (interconnecting railway and buses); electric car; car share; and walking.
• Investment in electric car charging points.
• Rain-water management and usage.
• Investment in cistern misers to minimise water wastage.
• Food wastage reduced.
• Engaging in local community and environmental activities and events.
• We support/sponsor a number of local events/charities, e.g. South West Coast Path Association/St Ives Biathlon/RNLI/Surf Life Saving Clubs/British Divers Marine Life Rescue/Seal Research Trust
• We are proud to be a carbon neutral website. We offset the CO2 produced by our web server through COCO2, specialists in providing a carbon-neutral solution for websites.
• Guests and staff are encouraged to embrace and partake in our sustainability policies whilst at the Carbis Bay Hotel & Estate and we hope they will continue with new practices after they have left us.

• We were the AA's first Eco Hotel of the Year for 2019/2020.