Description
The demand for environmental consulting services among restaurateurs and event organizers has grown significantly in the last few years. In these sectors, green initiatives can be implemented voluntarily on a case-by-case basis. Due to the lack of clear guidance and concise information from the health and legal authorities, etc., ‘greening’ is a time and resource intensive effort. The goal of the project is to help the implementation of environmentally friendly initiatives by organizing 9 professional forums where all stakeholders (authorities, service providers, etc.) are present, around the issues of sustainability in the hospitality and event sectors. An online Knowledge Base will also be developed, which will be advertised by the local authorities. An important element of the project is to draw attention to green restaurants and events amongst the general public, which will be accomplished by creating two short films and an online map of green venues.
Summary of project results
The project addressed sustainability obstacles of the catering and event industry based on the assumption that, although its openness is increasing, greening is largely obstructed by lack of information both in case of potential measures or legal restrictions. For this, the project has covered the most important topics of sustainable catering (e.g., waste prevention, energy efficiency, hygiene) at 7 expert forums, has created an online knowledge base and has conducted research on biodegradable packaging materials connected to an awareness raising campaign. Particular attention was given to the information of settlement notaries: in addition to the initiation of personal meetings, an informational poster, with an integrated QR-code pointing at the information page, was sent to 996 of them with the request to place these in their offices.
Summary of bilateral results