Free sustainability workshop for hospitality industry

Serving Up Sustainable Hospitality, a free "eco-workshop" organised by sustainable business experts from Middlesex University's Ecovate project, will be held on 3 February in Angel, north London. Ecovate, a project designed to help SMEs in London realise efficiencies through improvements in their sustainability, is running the one-off workshop, focusing on the hospitality industry to help organisations kick-start or enhance their sustainability efforts, meet experts in the field and network with like-minded colleagues. Middlesex University's Toby Nevitt, said people are often unaware of just how much sustainability measures could save their business. He said: "As well as being an unquestionably good move for the environment, hospitality professionals are often surprised by how much money they can save by changing the way they use energy and water and buy in goods. "There are also significant marketing benefits from demonstrating how you have reduced the impact of your business on the environment." He added: "It doesn't matter how much experience you have in sustainability and environmental management, the idea of the workshop is to come and share ideas and gain an insight into what your organisation could achieve." The team from Middlesex will be joined by representatives from the Sustainable Restaurant Association, Heart of the City, the Islington Chamber of Commerce and the London Community Resource Network for a panel discussion and audience Q&A.