Environmental impact
We have the responsibility to fundamentally change how we operate our business by ensuring we reduce our contribution to climate change. Our focus on decarbonising our hotel estate, one of the largest in the UK, has allowed us to become the hotel operator with the highest number of low‑carbon rooms in the UK – 1,500 by March 2025. By ‘low-carbon’ we mean that the hotels are powered by electricity backed by Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGO) and no gas is used for heating and cooking.
Net zero targets validated by SBTi
20% water reduction per sleeper by 2030
Reducing plastic wherever possible across our hotels, restaurants and associated supply chain
We’ve restated our target in 2024/25 to take an end-to-end approach to waste. Our new commitment will see us work closely with our waste partner to identify the items that are most material to Whitbread, and with suppliers to find solutions.
50% reduction in food waste by 2030
Our target is to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030 against a 2018/19 baseline. This helps us to become a more efficient business, but also reduces our GHG emissions and helps support food security, both in the UK and across our global supply chain.
We are also working hard to ensure that none of our general waste goes to landfill as we know that the environmental impact of landfill is a growing issue. We have a target to divert 100% of our operational waste from landfill and work with our supplier to meet this.