Cinnamon Grand’s Nuga Gama Certified as Asia’s first Carbon Neutral® Venue
View(s):The Cinnamon Grand’s Nuga Gama, the restaurant that brought the concept of the Sri Lankan rural village right into the heart of the city, has been certified as Asia’s very first CarbonNeutral® venue.
This ‘Village in the City’, which has from its inception in 2009 striven to imbue an eco-friendly milieu into its overarching concept, continued to introduce pioneering sustainable green initiatives that have been lauded by experts in environmental best practices. The CarbonNeutral® Certification which is presented by The Carbon Consulting Company adds a unique angle from a hospitality
At the presentation of the award
perspective to this award winning hotel as well as its restaurant Nuga Gama, which has also received numerous accolades including a Presidential Award for ‘The Best Host Hotel – Culture’. The certification was further endorsed by 2007 Nobel Co-Laureate, Climatologist and Vice Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Professor Mohan Munasinghe.
Cinnamon Grand’s General Manager Rohan Karr, on receiving the certification said, “Cinnamon Grand has always been aware of its environmental responsibility and has consistently implemented ‘green’ initiatives that impact the larger environment and community within which it functions. By achieving the first CarbonNeutral® venue accreditation in Asia, we are ideally positioned to give customers what they want in terms of being environmentally responsible and to meet event organisers’ and corporates’ requirements for a green and sustainable space in Sri Lanka”.
To achieve CarbonNeutral® status, Nuga Gama’s greenhouse gas emissions which were completely offset against carbon credits, amounted to the venue’s carbon emissions being quantified as ‘Net Zero’.
Mr. Karr reiterated that the hotel’s green efforts do not stop here. “Reducing energy consumption will continue to be an imperative focus as will be waste management, which is an extremely challenging area in the hospitality industry, ” he said
Cinnamon Grand’s Manager of Marketing Communications and Sustainability Tharika Goonathilake added that, “this ‘first in Asia’ certification is reflective of Cinnamon Grand’s commitment to the environment with sustainability at the heart of everything we do.”
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