Corporate Responsibility
Corporate Responsibility
has been at the heart of the
management of Winton Estate
for hundreds of years.
In 2009 Winton House achieved a Silver Green Tourism Award for its sustainable approach to corporate hospitality. This is down to "staff and management commitment" and good, sustainable practice.
Winton joined other well known tourist venues with silver awards such as Edinburgh Castle and The Royal Yacht Britannia. The GTBS is the UK's most highly regarded sustainable tourism certification scheme.
The key components of Winton's approach to sustainability, covered in detail in each section, are as follows:
- We try to make efficient use of energy and monitor energy consumption. For example, Winton House and 5 Estate cottages are heated by a wood chip fired boiler which is estimated to save some 100 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year.
- Winton Estate's 850 acres of forestry and further 1,450 acres of farmland contribute to about 2,500 tonnes of carbon being absorbed from the atmosphere (the same as the carbon emissions from 250 average households).
- The farmland and forestry are managed in a sustainable way which encourages wildlife and biodiversity through wildlife corridors, uncropped areas and careful use of chemical sprays and fertilizers.
- We undertake extensive recycling of products consumed in the House and in the self-catering farmhouses (eg aluminium, glass, paper, computers).
- Wherever possible, we use local suppliers and employ people living locally to support our local communities and minimize travel to work.
- We want to continue the tradition of running charitable events along with corporate and private events.
We know that we can always do more, so we try not to be complacent.
