Our latest guidance
Read the latest guidance from the Hospitality Sector Council on different areas of sustainability across the hospitality sector below:
- Biodiversity toolkit - a practical resource packed with actionable advice for how restaurants and other foodservice businesses can manage their impact on the natural world — while also boosting both company reputation and long-term resilience.
- Sustainability Committee Legislation Tracker 2025
- Energy-saving guidance for operators
- Hospitality sector environmental targets
- The Net Zero Carbon Forum – empowering members to reach sustainability targets with more speed, efficiency and profit as a united effort.
- Net Zero Roadmaps for the hospitality and brewing sectors.
- Hospitality Food and Drink Waste Hierarchy.
- The Food Service – Fat, Oil and Grease Management Guide from Southern Water.
Other sustainability support & guidance
For sector specific support, read a range of guidance below:
- Brewing Green Initiative
- UKHospitality Sustainability Archives
- UKHospitality Sustainability Commitment
- The Sustainable Restaurant Association - (The SRA) has set the standard for sustainable food and drink businesses around the world, connecting businesses across the globe to accelerate change toward a hospitality sector that is socially progressive and environmentally restorative.
- British Institute of Innkeeping provides access to free guides, calculators and insight, including a direct link to apply for the Sustainability Champion Award which is open to all and provides a great platform to showcase great work in sustainability & provides an asset to use with customers and team members.
- Guardians of Grub , brought to you by WRAP, offers free, practical tools to empower professionals across the Hospitality and Food Service sector to take a stand against wasted food.
- Cost Saving Skills Course • Guardians of Grub - developed in consultation with Hospitality and Food Service professionals, is designed to help reduce the amount of food being thrown away from your business. The course is FREE and takes only 15 minutes to complete. Whether a trainee, head chef, or CEO of the business it provides the practical skills and knowledge needed to stop food waste costing your business time and money.
- Simpler Recycling Non-Household Municipal Premises Webinar for the Hospitality Sector: The session was led by Defra and included presentations from WRAP and the Environment Agency, case studies on recycling practices within a hospitality business from Travelodge and Mitchell & Butler, and a Q&A for attendees.
- Defra Simpler recycling guidance: workplace recycling
- Defra Simpler Recycling Communications toolkit
