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A curated collection of links to further regenerative tourism resources that visitor economy businesses and organisations may find useful. These are not VisitEngland resources and links will take you to external websites.

Aim for net zero

  • Save energy and reduce climate change impacts

    Grow your knowledge of carbon impacts in the hotel industry, calculate your own emissions, and understand the business case for low-carbon hotels with this suite of resources from the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance.

  • Measure your personal carbon footprint

    Find out your personal carbon footprint with the World Wildlife Fund’s calculator, see where you stand compared to the rest of the country and get tips on ways to lower your footprint.

  • Calculate your business emissions

    Use the SME Climate Hub’s tools help measure your business emissions. Measuring and understanding where you are is the first step to taking action and finding some quick wins to reduce emissions.

  • Reduce your food business’ impact

    Find information, case studies and tools to measure then reduce the carbon footprint of your food business, with Foodsteps’ food sustainability platform.

  • Low carbon transport

    Promote car-free travel to your business by signing up to website Good Journey, the site for by finding adventures and attractions by train, bus, bike and foot around the UK. 

  • Join Emission Possible

    Emission reporting can seem daunting, but the Emission Possible campaign shows you how to report your carbon emissions and make sector-specific changes.

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Measure your emissions

Read this guide for small business users on how to measure and report your greenhouse gas emissions, from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Reduce waste

  • Cut food waste and save money

    Find out how to cut food waste with the Food Waste Reduction Toolkit from The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP).

  • Making reusable and refillable packaging mainstream

    A practical guide from WRAP on transitioning to reusable and refillable packaging.

  • Act on textile waste

    Textile waste is increasing in England and is relevant to the tourism sector which uses textiles for uniforms and furnishings. WRAP’s Textiles 2030 campaign has guidance on reducing textile waste.

  • Hospitality workplace recycling guide

    A guide to implementing recycling in hospitality workplaces - part of WRAP’s Business of Recycling website.

  • Specific advice for the restaurant sector

    The Sustainable Restaurant Association connects businesses around the world to accelerate change towards a hospitality sector that is socially progressive and environmentally restorative.

  • Single-use plastic ban in England

    Get the latest, detailed information from Gov.uk on the restrictions on single-use plastic items in England, including plates, bowls, trays, containers, cutlery and balloon sticks.

  • Reducing electronic waste

    Stem the rising tide of electronic waste with advice and information from the Energy Saving Trust.

  • Cutting single-use plastics

    Travel Without Plastic estimates an average hotel consumes around half a million individual pieces of single-use plastic each year. They offer a range of free or low-cost resources to help hospitality businesses reduce plastic.

Save energy

Manage water

Promote your efforts

Funding for sustainability improvements

  • Clean Growth Financing from Lloyds

    Learn more about Lloyds Bank’s Clean Growth Financing Initiative, offering discounted lending for sustainable purposes.

  • Grants for EV charging infrastructure

    The government offers grants to support the wider use of electric and hybrid vehicles via the Office of Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV). Read OZEV guidance on government grants for the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

Ongoing sustainability

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Design sustainable accommodation

Read the National Forest design guide for sustainable accommodation.