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Carbon Friendly Dining is game-changing in its simplicity and is designed to give restaurants Carbon Friendly Dining Certification, demonstrating their passion for the environment and displaying their restaurant’s sustainability efforts.

Working in partnership with Lightspeed, Carbon Friendly Dining Certified restaurants empower their restaurant diners to plant a fruit tree in the developing world to counterbalance the environmental impact of their meal and at the same time, help put an end to poverty.

It ensures that diners not only enjoy a great meal, but also experience the feel-good factor which comes from knowing that they have been part of an environmental program that creates positive change in the world.

Carbon Friendly Dining Certified restaurants, along with their diners have already counterbalanced the negative environmental impact of over 4,500,000 meals.

Mr Satinder Bindra, whilst Director of Communications for United Nations Environment described the dining initiative as β€˜an outstanding initiative which successfully merges the luxury of eating out with the joy of knowing we are simultaneously giving something back to nourish our planet.’

You Have Counterbalanced The Environmental Impact of More Than

4,500,000

Meals

Marco Pierre White - Carbon Free Dining
Carbon Free Dining in Partnership With Lightspeed

In July 2012, Marco Pierre White’s Steakhouse Bar and Grill in Nottingham chose to demonstrate their CSR and passion for the environment by becoming certified as a Carbon Friendly Dining restaurant.

By being a member of the Carbon Friendly Dining certification programme, Marco Pierre White’s plants hundreds of trees each month on behalf of their diners, counterbalancing the negative environmental impact of their meals and ultimately helping serve up an end poverty.

Marco Pierre White restaurants have been provided with enhanced CSR, enhanced Social Media exposure, great PR, increased customer loyalty, an integrated business system, bespoke web pages and a mobile app, all at zero cost to Marco’s business.

Since achieving certification Marco Pierre White’s have won a prestigious Green Apple Environmental award which was presented at the Houses of Parliament.

CFD knife and fork logo (certified Restaurant)
CFD knife and fork logo (certified Restaurant)
Carbon Free Dining

In April 2012, James Martin’s Leeds Kitchen chose to become certified as a Carbon Friendly Dining restaurant and thus demonstrate their CSR and passion for the environment. Now, with his new restaurant in Manchester, the celebrity Chef continues his participation with this fantastic environmental certification programme.

By being a member of the Carbon Friendly Dining certification programme, James Martin plants hundreds of trees each month on behalf of his diners, counterbalancing the negative environmental impact of their meals and ultimately helping serve up an end poverty.

James Martin’s restaurants have been provided with enhanced CSR, enhanced Social Media exposure, great PR, increased customer loyalty, an integrated business system, bespoke web pages and a mobile app, all at zero cost to James’s business.

Since achieving certification, James Martin’s restaurant has won a prestigious Green Apple environmental best practice award which was presented at the Houses of Parliament.

Marco Pierre White - Carbon Free Dining

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