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Goodwood wins U.K.’s Greenest Hotel in Top Industry Award for New Biomass Project

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LONDON—The Goodwood Hotel in West Sussex has been crowned the most Sustainable Business in a top award ceremony in London.

Judges of the hospitality industry’s Catey awards said The Goodwood Hotel was a “shining example of how to work towards becoming a green business” and praised its impressive 10-year sustainability strategy.

The Catey awards were held at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House, on July 5, 2022, to celebrate the best and brightest businesses and individuals in hospitality across the U.K.

Goodwood Entertaining and Hospitality Managing Director, Andrew Coggings, commented: “Winning a Catey is hugely significant because recipients are nominated, selected and rewarded by their peers. We are beyond thrilled The Goodwood Hotel has been recognized as Britain’s most sustainable hospitality business for the innovative steps we’ve taken to neutralize our impact on the environment over the past year. This award highlights Goodwood’s commitment to environmental practices in order to become a carbon neutral estate by 2030.”

The Other Finalists

Goodwood’s hotel beat competition from finalists including Fallow, a restaurant in London, Heckfield Place in Hampshire, Levy UK & Ireland, Eurest food services and the University of Sheffield.

One of the judges of the Sustainable Business Award, which is sponsored by 4c Associates, Sue Williams, Whatley Manor General Manager, described Goodwood’s win as “a truly inspiring submission.”

“A company that is quietly going about decarbonizing their business in a very thorough and fulsome way,” she added.

Some of the new sustainability measures introduced by Goodwood are the investment in a £6 million biomass waste-to-energy facility to provide heat and power to the hotel. The new biomass system was installed on the estate during the pandemic. It was turned on last November, delivering combined heat and power to the hotel.

The Source of the Biomass

The biomass is fueled by 3,500 tons of straw from Festival of Speed, 2,600 tons of woodchip from Goodwood’s forestry team and 1,000 tons of waste wood from across the estate.

Goodwood’s wider sustainability action plan focuses on its natural resources, carbon, water, and the community. Plans include generating green energy with solar panels, hydro, and aerobic digestion.

A fleet of hybrid and electric machinery has been commissioned to look after the two golf courses along with additional high-speed electric vehicle charging points being installed across the estate.

Juliane Cailouette-Noble, SRA Development Director and one of the judges of the Sustainable Business award added: “This year was an extremely tough competition. Never have we had so many submissions—let alone so many with such detailed commitment, such clear plans integrated across the business, and such meaningful action. In any other year, all on the shortlist could have been the winner.”

Other judges of the award included Rebecca Hawkins, Responsible Hospitality Partnership Managing Director and Scott Maclean, Green Tourism Chief Executive.

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