Over the past few years, we have been extremely busy expanding our forest focus. From educating our teams and visitors of the New Forest Code to actively pledging to nurture our foundation, grow sustainable relationships with fellow New Forest partners and contribute to the wonderful work of Love the Forest.
To celebrate our ongoing initiatives we’ve crafted the Green Butterfly. A symbol of our dedication to protect, care for and prolong the future of our home which unites our company heritage and New Forest location.
Wherever a green butterfly is found, a huge amount of behind-the-scenes research has been conducted to ensure we are doing all we can to better our environmental contribution.
Our energy is 100% offset . We have worked with a Pozitive Energy, meaning our business is able to compensate for our CO2 emissions while supporting projects which deliver a range of environmental, social, and economic benefits in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
We have introduced Bug Hotels across our Collection, extending the warmest hospitality to our resident insects and invertebrates. Bug Hotels are incredibly easy to create, ours are built from discarded off cuts from bushes and trees we have landscaped. The benefits of such are:
Broaden our understanding of nature
Many of your garden’s pollinators are solitary insects like butterflies, moths, ladybugs and solitary bees. These insects do not live in colonies and must find a warm, dry space to build their nests and to hibernate over the winter.
They can be beautiful works of art that enhance the appearance of your garden as well as being functional.
Where possibly we are keen to reduce the amount of unnecessary plastic used in our venues, that’s why we’re ditching our pens for recycled pencils, made from old pallets. Giving the pallets a new lease of life, whilst serving the needs of our hotels, well what could be better.
Installed across our Collection , the Phs Airscent Eco, are an eco-friendly, carbon-neutral alternative to plug-in or non-biodegradable gels or silicone scents. Using natural airflow to disperse your choice of fragrance.
Battery free and silent operation
Fully recyclable with organic central core
Aerosol and liquid free
Certified carbon neutral and VOC* exempt
As proud members of the New Forest community , protecting our home remains one of our top priorities, but so too does guest educations. Love the Forest is a Charity helping fund incredible works in conservation, education and volunteering projects throughout the National Park. We ask guests to actively donate £1 of their stay to Love the Forest and in doing so have raised over £90,000 in the last eleven years.
In the summer of 2022, two beehives were installed in Bartley Lodge’s beautiful landscaped grounds. The introduction of bees has allowed us to maintain our wonderful garden walls and flowerbeds, whilst supporting the New Forest’s eco-system.
Bees are critical to agriculture and growing food
90% of wild plants rely on pollinators like bees to survive and thrive
Given England’s temperamental climate , the installation of 60 bird boxes across five venues has generated necessary shelter for a number of birds native to the New Forest. They also offer wonderful entertainment to our guests whilst enjoying a light bite on the terrace or nature watching from a window.
Recognising waste as a large environmental and economical stumbling block within the hospitality industry has seen us begin introducing compost bins across our Collection. The benefits of such are:
Improving soil health
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Recycling nutrients
Mitigating the impact of droughts
Welcoming our guests with the our New Forest Hospitality extends far beyond a friendly face and personalised service at New Forest Collection. With the introduction of welcome mats made from recycled fishing nets, we greet our guests with our sustainable values from the offset.
Linen & towel reuse programs offer our guests the option to reuse their linens and towels more than once. This allows us to reduce our water, energy, labor, detergent and sheet/towel replacement use, bettering our environmental contribution.
Lower water and electrical use from washers and dryers
Less wear on towels from the washing machine
Less hours spent on housekeeping
Found in all bedrooms and public bathrooms, our 100% recycled, plant-based toiletries are supplied by Care About Earth. A passionate organisation determined to reduce their environmental impact whilst delivering the highest quality products for our guests to enjoy.
Recycled cardboard packaging
Recyclable paper
Recyclable stone-paper packaging
Plant-based raw materials
100% bio-sourced
Refillable packaging
Do not use ingredient with animal origin
Utilising concentrated enzyme-based cleaning solutions within the kitchens and and public areas reduces the need for excessive water transportation from production to end-use, whilst enzyme-based solutions break down the dirt molecules and poor smells, rather than terminate the bacteria.
Refillable still and sparkling water bottles are available in all bedrooms throughout the Collection; reducing the use of single-use plastics.
Team members from Bartley Lodge and Central Office joined a volunteering group alongside the New Forest National Park in chopping nuisance birch trees to make way for heathland growth. Volunteering sessions are available throughout the year and we urge anyone interested to visit https://www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/communities/volunteer/
We take our responsibility to educate our guests on how to safely adventure the New Forest extremely seriously and this begins with ensuring our team members have the necessary tools to do so. South Ranger Erika Dovey joined our team members during autumn 2022 to ensure our knowledge of the National Park was top notch, including sharing the New Forest Code and putting to bed any myths which may have cropped up throughout the years.
Committed to sourcing ingredients from as close a radius as possible and more importantly sustainably, our entire collection is recognised by the New Forest Marque for championing local produce on our menus. From picked-that-morning vegetables, freshly caught fish from in-shore day boats, free-range meat from local farms and eggs from happy hens, we’re so pleased to be able to support small artisan producers and their families.
During the summer of 2022 and 2023, we were pleased to support the New Forest & Hampshire County Show in sponsoring the Local Produce Area and Countryside Area Kitchen. It was a brilliant day celebrating all things New Forest and welcoming its prosperity for many years to come. Our chefs demonstrated the taste of the season alongside many other talented personnel. We also supported the New Forest Marque by distributing Local Produce Guides to passers by.
Understanding the journey our dishes is incredibly important to us, as the heritage and traditions which guide many of techniques used by our partners are what makes New Forest produce truly one of a kind. We have had the privilege of visiting the Commoner’s Larder, New Forest Spirits, New Forest Shortbread, New Forest Fruit and many more local businesses, with many featuring within our Forest to Fork series, which can be found here
Harnessing sustainable travel is incredibly important to us, especially given our unique New Forest location. EV charge points can be found across our Collection. Each hotel, excluding Burley Manor has a BP Pulse and a BP pulse (50KW). Burley Manor has a 13-amp champing point, perfect for intermittent charging. All electric car charge points are chargeable.
As our Maintenance Team tour the New Forest daily, it was only right we lead by example with our Electric Maintenance Van. Give the team a wave if you drive by, you won’t miss it’s electric green design.
In celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, we planted a number of trees across our Collection.
Shingle Oak
Whitebeam
Cherry Tree
Given the increasing awareness regarding harmful coffee pods and their inevitable ending in landfill, we have introduced biodegradable coffee pods to Burley Manor, made by Tupinamba Coffee. The main raw materials used are starch, glucose, vegetable fibers, inorganic filler materials, and biodegradable additives
GMO
Gluten-free
Vegan
In 2020, we ditched our lawns for meadows in the gardens of Burley Manor and Bartley Lodge to encourage insects, invertebrates and birds to interact with the land.
During the New Forest and Hampshire County Show 2023 New Forest Collection were awarded Highly Commended Sustainability Champion for our commitment to the National Park, reducing our carbon footprint and celebrating our efforts and initiatives with the Green Butterfly.
Acknowledging the importance of creating an environment where health and wellbeing is of the highest priority, we are proud to be awarded for our ongoing efforts to better our working environment and culture. Collaboration and community are at the forefront of what we do and why we do it, thank you to the New Forest Brilliance in Business Awards for the recognition through this award.
Committed to sourcing ingredients from as close a radius as possible and more importantly sustainably, our entire collection is recognised by the New Forest Marque for championing local produce on our menus. From picked-that-morning vegetables, freshly caught fish from in-shore day boats, free-range meat from local farms and eggs from happy hens, we’re so pleased to be able to support small artisan producers and their families.
Sharing a passion and enthusiasm for all things local and seasonal, our team at Burley Manor are advocates of the slow food movement and have been recognised for their commitment to community and the environment. Aiming to reinvigorate your interest in the food that you eat, where it comes from and the effects of our food choices, it’s about celebrating the UK’s rich food traditions and protecting our edible biodiversity for years to come.
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