Alto Hotel


Prior to certification, Alto Hotel had already committed to reducing their carbon footprint through offsetting emissions from electricity usage, fuel and flights directly with their service providers. NoCO2 certification furthers the hotel's strong commitment to sustainability and demonstrates ongoing efforts to contribute to a healthier environment.  

The Alto Hotel on Bourke has enhanced its reputation as one of Melbourne's leading hotels in guest satisfaction as well as innovation by becoming the Australia's first carbon neutral hotel. Some food & beverage style hotels, cabins and cottages have offset carbon from some of their services or provide an option for guests to pay for offsets, however Alto is the first city hotel to provide all of its services and facilities as carbon neutral within its pricing.

The Alto Hotel is a leader in sustainable tourism

"We have already been recognised as a leader in sustainable tourism yet wanted to ensure we continue to innovate and show that it is possible to have guilt free travel without compromising on quality or service," said Gary Stickland, General Manager of Alto Hotel on Bourke."Instead of simply paying someone to make our environmental footprint go away we have ensured that we have minimised our output as much as practical first, then made the decision to offset the remaining carbon that we have not been able to remove from our operations" he said. "All of our environmental initiatives have been made by considering our guests first. This means that some guests are not even aware that they have stayed in a sustainable hotel as we have designed our programs to effectively be behind the scenes and not require any effort from our guests, unless they want to be more involved." The hotel provides the key ingredient for the potential to have a low carbon holiday or business trip to Melbourne.

To achieve NoCO2 certification, Alto Hotel undertook a comprehensive carbon emissions audit that captured and quantified all of the hotel's greenhouse gas emissions. The audit included emissions from fuel and energy consumption onsite; staff travel, water and waste usage and flights taken by Alto Hotel staff. In addition, the embodied emissions in the hotel's assets and expenses items were also audited to capture indirect emissions from supply chain purchases and any products bought, used and sold through the hotel.

Visit online at http://www.altohotel.com.au/.

Art of Espresso

Adrian & Gabrielle Capra of the Art of Espresso Coffee Company began their journey into coffee through the hospitality industry and a love of the cafe lifestyle.

Eleven years ago, they opted for a "tree change" and gave up the city lifestyle to open their dream cafe in the country. It was either open a cafe or don't make the move as Adrian could not go without his daily espressos. After many visits to the country they wanted to introduce the city cafe scene to the country and thus their quest to change the way coffee is perceived in the country began.

They quickly gained a reputation for their coffee, food and service but it was the coffee where they held their passion. After serving coffee at local country events they decided to design and build a mobile coffee cart.

Art of Espresso are now proudly NoCO2 certified.

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Visit online at http://www.artofespresso.com.au/.

Buzz Products

At Buzz we are perpetually on a global hunt for inspiration for you project. We scale mountains of publications, weave our way through the web of blogs, navigate the maze of consumer retail and seem to be seen at all the right fairs - all in  the pursuit of pearls of inspiration. It has been said that a mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. We think it pays to stay ahead.

Buzz stands out in it's offering of custom design. Using your brief as the roadmap, our creative approach is fluid in the knowledge that we create meaningful and original product solutions which will capture the pure essence of your brand. In fact, our designers delight in exploring the potential of possibility, so there is little reason to hold back your desire.


Visit online at http://www.buzzproducts.com/.

Fresh Espresso and Food Bar

As well as a commitment to high quality food and coffee, Fresh Espresso and Food Bar has committed to reducing and offsetting all the greenhouse emissions that occur due to the existence of the café. Not only does this include the emissions from gas and electricity used onsite but also the emissions from the production and transport of the food and coffee they sell as well as the embodied emissions in all other company assets and expenses. This is a significant investment in a more sustainable future as the emissions from food production and transport can amount to a quite a large climate change impact.

Fresh Espresso and Food Bar commissioned the Carbon Reduction Institute to undertake an emissions audit of their business and through the NoCO2 scheme run by the Carbon Reduction Institute have committed to running a carbon neutral café. This means that every time you purchase a coffee or meal from Fresh Café they have offset all the emissions produced from the growing of the vegetables or meat, all processing and transport and the energy they use onsite to prepare the food for you. Fresh Espresso and Food Bar purchase energy efficiency carbon credits to offset all unavoidable carbon emissions. By doing so, and by undergoing regular emissions monitoring and re-auditing, Fresh Espresso and Food Bar can now claim to be truly carbon neutral.

Visit online at http://www.freshcafe.com.au/.

Green Wedding Guide

Weddings that won't cost the earth

Green Wedding Guide is the creation of Sally Miles (Whitelaw). Sally has worked in the environment industry for over 10 years in campaigns such as Say NO to Plastic Bags, Clean Up Australia Day, Towards Zero Waste and Clean Up Mobile Phones. She is currently managing a new Clean Up Australia initiative: Clean Up Our Climate.

When Sally was planning her wedding; she wanted to consider the environment as much as possible. That’s why she has taken every step possible to reduce the emissions from her own wedding. From green power, environmentally friendly gifts and a well planned recycling system to organic foods and offsets; Sally has made her own wedding carbon neutral.

She now offers to help you ‘green’ your own wedding on www.greenweddingguide.com.au

Sally is also considering the environment as much as possible when it comes to her business: Green Wedding Guide is certified NoCO2 by the Carbon Reduction Institute; meaning that all emissions from running Sally’s business have been reduced and offset.

Visit online at http://www.greenweddingguide.com.au/.

Jasper Coffee

We are an Australian owned company, directed by Wells Trenfield and Merilyn Parker and established in Melbourne 1989.

Our business is built on quality product.  Comparing the unique varietal characteristics of our Coffees at our cupping bench, is the source of our passion and the driver of our endeavour.

Sustainability has always shaped how we do business.  For example, since 1989 we have offered Organic coffee. 

We operate three Caffeine Dealer retail concept stores in Fitzroy, Prahran Market & Chadstone Shopping Centre.  From here you can select Australia's largest range of coffees.

Visit online at http://www.jaspercoffee.com/.

ZILZIE WINES

The fragile relationship between the environment and wine production means climate change will dramatically affect the wine industry. Temperatures in most Australian wine regions are projected to increase up to 1.7°C by 2030 resulting in irreversible changes which wine businesses will need to adapt to. At Zilzie, we have always had a strong environmental ethic, so deciding to eliminate our carbon footprint and promote a wine range as carbon neutral was one more step to show we care about our connection to the land. We also were excited to see the potential benefits from marketing and staff education.

The first step in engaging the Carbon Reduction Institute to make our wine carbon neutral was to undergo a comprehensive carbon audit that quantified the greenhouse gas emissions from the life cycle of the product from cradle to consumer. See our disclosure statement for more details about what this included. An audit report produced by CRI showed the sources and breakdown of emissions. We then purchased carbon credits to offset these emissions and certify the Bulloak range under the NoCO2 certification program.

Visit online at http://www.zilziewines.com/.