ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Cosmopolitan Hotels are committed to the implementation of proactive measures to help protect and sustain the local, national and global environment for future generations. The Cosmopolitan Hotel group aim to achieve the objective of improved environmental performance through pollution prevention, increased staff awareness and continuous improvement.
 
1) Cosmopolitan Hotels are committed to the protection and enhancement of the local, national and global environment and strives for continual improvement of its environmental management system.

2) The ultimate responsibility for determining and ensuring implementation of the environmental policy rests at Cosmopolitan Hotels board level with a designated board member. At The Erskine Bridge Hotel & The Normandy Hotel, responsibility lies with every manager, but specific responsibilities are held by the General Manager and the Environment Manager.

3) All employee's of the company are expected to conduct their work in a manner compatible with the company's environmental policy and objectives.

4) Cosmopolitan Hotels will continually relate environmental considerations to wider commercial objectives and responsibilities to the board. Cosmopolitan Hotels are committed to the provision of appropriate training, personnel and resources to ensure that the environmental policy can be implemented effectively.

5) Cosmopolitan Hotels are committed to compliance in the letter and spirit of relevant laws and regulations, and maintain a proactive approach to the implications of future legal requirements.

6) Cosmopolitan Hotels will continue to take steps to minimise any detrimental impacts on the environment caused by the operation of their hotels. Cosmopolitan Hotels aim specifically to minimise the adverse environmental impacts associated with effluent discharge, land use, emissions to air and waste generation through best available techniques as they emerge in order to prevent pollution and also to maintain water quality.

7) Environmental performance throughout Cosmopolitan Hotels will be regularly audited and evaluated. Cosmopolitan Hotels  will ensure that objectives, targets and action plans are determined for reducing all significant environmental impacts caused by the operations of the hotels. Objectives and targets will be regularly revised with the aim to continually improve the environmental performance.

8) All new developments will be evaluated prior to approval to assess their likely environmental impacts. At Cosmopolitan Hotels particular consideration is given to any activity which may have the potential to adversely affect the nineteen sites of scientific interest (SSI).

9) Cosmopolitan Hotels seek to conserve natural resources by ensuring the responsible use of energy, water and materials by the continual implementation of the 3R's (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) and still provide the quality expected by our customers.

10) Cosmopolitan Hotels will continue to implement a policy whereby environmental considerations are integrated into purchasing requirements, with regard to suppliers, their products and/or associated packaging.

11) Cosmopolitan Hotels will conduct rigorous and regular environmental reviews of all its operations to ensure compliance with the policy. Cosmopolitan Hotels will review the operations of the environmental management system at regular intervals as stipulated by the environmental management system on the site.

12)  A proactive, open and co-operative attitude to environmental issues will reflect Cosmopolitan Hotels aim to be an environmentally responsible organisation.

13) Any and all enquiries relating to the contents of this policy may be directed to the Environment Manager at the address below.

Steve Ireland
Managing Director