Environmental sustainability
We are always aiming to be more environmentally sustainable as a business. While acknowledging there’s room for improvement, there are many ways in which we’re already using green alternatives throughout our venue. Please click the topic below to read more.
We have installed a 32kW Solar Array, on the roof of our building, which provides the majority of our energy. Our other energy is provided by companies that offer renewable energy sources. Our gas is carbon neutral and 10% is renewable biogas, generated from organic matter like food and farm waste here in Britain.
We use local recycling company Recorra and currently recycle more than double the city’s average, including many items that most companies do not recycle. We recycle enough paper and card to save approximately 48 trees per year and our paper waste is made into packaging by Recorra and returned to public use. Annually we have removed over 30,000kg of carbon from being released into the environment.
We use glass to serve our drinks at all seated shows, but our licence stipulates we must serve in plastic for all standing events. We now use multiple use plastic cups to eliminate plastic waste. We have also stopped giving out plastic straws with our drinks.
Our main beer supplier is family-owned brewery Shepherd Neame, based in the South-East. Their locality greatly reduces the carbon footprint of our beer deliveries. Shepheard Neame still use an ancient spring beneath their brewery and their onsite Water Recovery Plant recycles their wastewater. 97% of the grain and hops they use is recycled into animal feed for local farms. Our guest taps (both ale and lager) are always Sussex based brewers such as; Abyss, Big Hug Brewing, Gunn Brewery, Unbarred, Good Things Brewery and more.
We offer an a range of plant-based food and vegan options and source our food from local businesses where possible, these include; Red Roaster, Real Patisserie, The Cheeseman, Brighton Sausage Company, Gelato Gusto and more. All our meat is sourced from farms in the Home Counties. All the oil we use in our kitchen is recycled into renewable energy in the form of biodiesel.
We bank with Triodos, known as the world’s most sustainable bank. They are committed to ‘making the world a better place’ and are partners with Friends of the Earth. Triodos will only make investments in organisations designed to make a positive impact on society, culture and the environment.
We offer paperless ticketing. We use hand dryers rather than paper towels, in our toilets, as our electricity is renewable.
For the majority of our printed, promotional materials we use Treetop Design and Print, an eco-friendly printing company based in Crawley, West Sussex. Treetop only use inks made from renewable resources, are FSC® and vegan certified and any material that cannot be recycled is either reused, recovered or disposed of responsibly.
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