An Ullswater holiday site has been recognised for its green credentials at the COP26 international climate change summit in Glasgow.
The Quiet Site, at Pooley Bridge, has been highly commended for its carbon neutral moves and celebrated as a Hero of Net Zero at the COP26 awards ceremony.
The award is part of the Together For Our Planet campaign which recognises small businesses’ original and creative actions taken to cut their own greenhouse gas emissions.
Site owner Daniel Holder travelled to the COP26 awards ceremony to receive the commendation.
More than 160 businesses entered the competition, making a commitment at the UK Business Climate Hub to achieve net zero by 2050, in line with the Government’s own climate commitment.
The Eden holiday providers were highly commended in the small business category for demonstrating a range of measures taken on their journey to net zero, including prioritising nature by planting wildflower meadows and native trees, building accommodation that generates more energy than they use and providing a zero-waste shop.
Mr Holder, managing director of The Quiet Site, said: “All businesses need to become Heroes of Net Zero if the world is going to have an impact on climate change.
“Our journey has been fascinating, bringing technologies and techniques together in a unique energy mix to enable us to be carbon neutral.
“We started introducing sustainable practices 20 years ago, not because we wanted to save the world but because the initiatives we introduced were based on elegant engineering and made good business sense. Our focus is now to enable our customers to visit us without using private cars. Great holidays don’t have to cost the Earth.”
The Quiet Site won over the competition judges for not only thinking about reducing its own energy consumption and environmental impact but, putting in measures to support their customers to be more environmentally friendly.
The business, which offers pitches for tents, camping, motorhomes and glamping options, has been carbon neutral since 2017.
