The Sustainable Restaurant Association

We are proud that, once again, our team at The Sustainable Restaurant Association will be judging the Sustainable Street Food Award at the The British Street Food Awards. This Award recognises a street food vendor that is going above and beyond to ensure that their food not only tastes good, but does good too.   The entry questionnaire has been designed to provide an overview of sustainability practices, assessing a business across three pillars: Sourcing, Society and Environment. We can't wait to hear your stories and celebrate how the street food industry is championing sustainable dining! Entries are open now until 25th August and you'll find the questionnaire here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eT-Rft8M Pics below from last year's awards ceremony, with the winners of the 2023 Sustainable Street Food Award, Gamekeeper.

🌍🍜 We had an inspiring chat with Hilary Ansell MCMI from Marugame Udon Europe, who leads sustainability efforts across their expanding UK network! Since day one, Marugame Udon UK has been dedicated to building a responsible, future-focused business. Listen into some of the key initiatives they're particularly proud of, from monitoring and cutting energy use to make impactful reductions and partnering with Too Good To Go to save over 350 meals from going to waste each week. We worked with Marugame Udon last year to support them in completing the Food Made Good Standard, where they earned two stars for their commitments. Our collaboration has helped the team fully understand the holistic aspect of #sustainability, ensuring they’re focusing on all the right areas for the greatest impact. They’ve also established a sustainability committee to ensure they have a robust strategy for the years ahead. Read the full interview on our News & Insights page: https://lnkd.in/ekx4hayk

Are you passionate about sustainability, ready to make a difference in the global hospitality industry and great at building relationships and closing leads? We are looking for a dynamic, proactive Growth Manager to grow our global network of hospitality businesses using the Food Made Good Standard and to help the sector move further and faster toward a progressive future. This is an exciting role with the opportunity to build sustainability knowledge alongside your sales experience within the hospitality sector, to work with businesses around the world and to help shape the future of The SRA.  If this sounds like you, get in touch! Email your CV and cover letter to [email protected]. https://lnkd.in/e27QygJZ

Are you passionate about sustainability and ready to make a difference in the global hospitality industry? Join our team as a Sustainability Analyst! In this role, you will be responsible for delivering Food Made Good Standard reports, assessing evidence submitted by hospitality businesses, communicating with clients to gather necessary information, handling customer enquiries and tracking client progress through the Standard. You'll play a key part in ensuring businesses have an optimal experience with the Standard and contribute to streamlining our support processes. If you're keen to work on meaningful projects as part of a collaborative and supportive team, we want to hear from you. Email your CV and cover letter to [email protected]. https://lnkd.in/dEV9gzWJ

Huge congratulations to Olive Catering Services Limited for achieving three stars in our Food Made Good Standard! We partnered with Olive Catering on a Facilitated Standard. Our Sustainability Consultant, Laurence Hamdan, kicked things off with a Materiality Analysis to pinpoint the most significant ESG issues impacting the business and its stakeholders, gathering insights both internally and externally through interviews and surveys. Laurence then completed a large portion of the Food Made Good Standard from the collected information, streamlining the submission process. Following this, benchmarking showed Olive Catering’s performance against similar businesses, and a roadmap was created to outline next steps and improvements.   Here’s why they stood out:   🌍 They have taken steps to address their environmental impact, such as conducting a carbon footprint analysis, removing single-use items like cutlery and setting a reduction target for their organic waste.   🌍 They offer freshly prepared food daily across their sites, as well as seasonal ingredients across changing menus.   🌍 They ensure transparent and equitable treatment of team members through clear policies, handbooks and tonnes of training opportunities across a variety of topics, including sustainability.   Keep up the amazing work, Olive Catering! If anyone is interested in doing a Facilitated Standard with us, get in touch at [email protected].

Last week, we explored why provenance is a particularly powerful strategy for hotel brands. In this article, we do a deep dive into what this looks like in practice, highlighting how you can build provenance into every part of the guest experience. Here's a sneak peek: 🏨 Sourcing locally gives your guests a real taste of their destination, while working with ingredients indigenous to your area can provide a unique experience that will be memorable and worth talking about. 🏨 It’s not just about dishing up local ingredients – provenance should also include sourcing directly from small-scale producers and cultivating long-term, mutually beneficial relationships. 🏨 Embedding provenance into your menu can extend to regional cuisine as well as ingredients themselves: exploring traditional cooking methods or heritage recipes can help your offering rank among their best memories from the trip. Check out our article for more insights and examples! Aethos Hotels The Loren Hotel THE PIG Hotel | B Corp Potato Head Family The Bull Organic Inn https://lnkd.in/d2E8fj4J

This month, we’ve been exploring what it means to showcase the provenance behind your ingredients. With insights from our team as well as real-life examples from some of the incredible businesses in our network, we’ve been doing a deep dive into what provenance means for hospitality industry, how to build it into your offering in meaningful ways and the benefits this can bring to your business, your customers and your local community.    We’ve also included a special two-part feature covering why this can be particularly powerful messaging for the hotel sector and sharing advice on how to incorporate it into every part of the guest experience.    Read on…  

Loved catching up with Japanese Chef Yudai Kitaku of SELVAGGIO at Riverside Lodge in Matsuno, Ehime Prefecture! Chef Kitaku shared their passion for fresh, locally sourced ingredients and how they celebrate the unique flavours and heritage foods of this deeply forested valley. "Without producers, restaurants would not be possible." SELVAGGIO's dedication to local food and strong relationships with farmers earned them the Food Made Good Sourcing award at the 2023 Food Made Good Japan Awards!  In 2024, they achieved an exceptional three-star rating by completing the Food Made Good Standard. “By signing up to the Food Made Good Standard, we wanted to learn about the global food issues that are critical for restaurants and how to put sustainability work into practice. While working on the Standard, we learned so much about sustainable food, global standards, and how we can take action.” 🌍🍽️ Thank you to our team in Japan for building our network of restaurants committed to sustainability. We now have over 25 restaurants and growing within the region. https://foodmadegood.jp/ https://lnkd.in/dsszpraW

Curious how your restaurant measures up when it comes to sustainability? Take our free Food For Thought quiz! In just five minutes, you'll get a little taste of the Food Made Good Standard and a few instant tips for improvements. Ready to go further? Contact us at [email protected] to explore our certification and make a bigger impact. The Food Made Good Standard is the industry's largest sustainability certification, awarded to businesses who meet stringent criteria across three pillars: Sourcing, Society and Environment. Explore our global directory at thesra.org to find dining spots committed to sustainability or look for the Food Made Good star logo on a restaurant's window or website to identify a sustainable restaurant. The number of stars reflects the level of commitment, with three stars indicating that the eatery has gone above and beyond to ensure their practices positively impact people and the environment. https://lnkd.in/d4cX4UpN

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 The Sustainable Restaurant Association! This partnership marks an important step in our commitment to #sustainability. Here the three main steps we are already implementing in our F&B strategy: 👩🏾🌾 Give visibility to talented local businesses and producers 🚀 Boost local economy 🥬 Provide our hotel guests with the finest, freshest produce Our VP of F&B Marc Lores Panades finely describes it : "Tourism brings many benefits, but at what cost? Respecting local culture, products, and traditions is essential to honouring the origins and should be a requirement when applying new business development practices and ESG. By aligning with local sourcing, supporting slow producers, and respecting the island, Aethos Hotels is trying to give back in various ways". This is just the beginning, and we have many more exciting steps ahead on our sustainability journey. 🌎 #Aethos #Zaïa #Sustainability #LocalEconomy #Provenance #HotelIndustry #SustainableFuture #EnvironmentalImpact