At Forest Holidays we are committed to ‘going green’ and limiting our impact on the environment. The concept of a Forest Holidays Break is environmentally friendly in its self. With sites in the UK, carbon footprints are reduced as there are no flights, and we encourage our guests to leave the car and walk and cycle to explore the forest.
The appreciation and enjoyment of our natural environment are central to the Forest Holidays experience and we recognise our responsibility to protect the environment in which we operate. We are not only responsible for how we conduct business within our forest and loch locations, but we are also passionate about preserving the environment for our guests, visitors, employees and neighbors to enjoy for years to come.
As a means of continual improvement and to receive recognition for its efforts in this area, Forest Holiday’s have joined the green awarding body, the Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS).
Forest of Dean have been awared a 'Gold' GTBS Grade after a recent audit. Here are just a few things that our Forest of Dean team have put in place to help their green credentials:
- Having a ‘green champion ‘ on site
- Encouraging customers to:
- Turn off taps
- Turn off lights when a building is not in use
- Recycle their waste
- Displaying local public transport on notice boards
- Making the site more wildlife friendly by having:
- Bug hotels
- Bird Boxes
- Bat boxes on site and on the Cabins
- Recycling – Forest of Dean have implemented a bulb and battery system which runs alongside the new Cabins where rubbish is split into the correct recycling bags
- As with our other sites, Forest of Dean have bike which are available for customer to hire, encouraging them to leave their cars at their Cabin
- Within the new Cabin design at Forest of Dean they have a dual flush system which encourages customers to use less water