Archive for October, 2009
A Constellation
October 29th, 2009
Ask Patrick Moore and he would tell you that a constellation is a number or group of stars. We like receiving feedback irrespective of the content as it is all of value to us as we strive to improve our offering. We share feedback as a group so that we can celebrate it when it is positive or learn from it if it is not, however there are no individual stars at Cavendish Conference Venues we are all stars I suppose you could say that together we are a constellation…
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Visit London Awards
October 27th, 2009
Yes, yes, yes we are there again in 2009 as we were in 2008 but this time around we are all hoping that we go one step further, ie win an award!! This time we are in the final group for the Sustainable Venue of the Year and another grouping, Business of the Year Award!!
Keep your fingers, and everything else, crossed that we come away trumps!!
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Greetings
October 27th, 2009
Hear now yeee of little knowledge that doth not come to visit our hearty sites!! It seems so long ago now that we started to look at doing a new website for our Cavendish Conference Venues that I never thought we would make it! But we did and now you don’t necessarliy need to come on site to see the types of rooms and facilities we have on offer, just look at the website!!! We would be very happy to see you too but, time allowing the website is as Ros would say”FAB”!!!
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Cavendish Conference Venues 6 Green Initiatives
October 22nd, 2009
1 For over three years now the Cavendish Conference Centre has recycled all its major waste with the exception of food waste! We separate paper into 3 categories as well as card, cans, glass, batteries, toner, plastics (7 categories). The problem with food waste being that uncooked meat and dairy products can result in the spread of BSE. However, following a six month trial the Cavendish has now put in place long term contracts to dispose of all its food waste via a state of the art composting centre in Kent. The material is heated and pasteurised via microbial activity to 70 degrees, the end product being garden grade compost. We are now London’s only zero landfill venue.
2 The Cavendish Conference Centre is, to our knowledge, the only venue which can offer full traceability of all their meat which is now sourced from a single farm in Kent.
3 The Cavendish Conference Centre has worked tirelessly with all suppliers to reduce packaging. One of the key determinants in any supplier tender is the amount of packaging which come with any product. So far this year two key suppliers (meat and vegetable suppliers) have contracted to leave no packaging of any kind in the venues.
4 Cavendish Conference Centre has for a number of years offset all carbon released as a result of its operations and now, together with a number of major clients, they are now trialling a service whereby they offset all carbon resulting from all aspects of individual conferences i.e. travelling to and from the venue, all aspects of the venues operations including the venues own supply chain (deliveries etc) and all items bought in for the conference i.e. delegate packs, exhibition material and the like!
5 The Cavendish is attempting to reduce all aspects of travel to its venue. An annual review is undertaken of all supplier locations with the aim of working with suppliers as close to the venue as possible. In 2008 56% of suppliers were located within a 3 mile radius of the venue. In 2008 the Cavendish commissioned a major transport survey of all movements to and from the venue and our website has now been comprehensively redesigned to help reduce the number of vehicle movements to all of the Venues. We have even organised a number of supplier forums to facilitate load sharing, another first for London’s prime Conference Group!
6 Cavendish reviews its entire purchasing policy every year with a view to increasing the % of recycled products purchased. Between 2007 and 2008 the % recycled increased by 21%.
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