Our Conscience
The team at Fred and Ginger Catering have made a strong commitment from day one to ensure our business activities are carried out in the most sustainable way possible, whilst striving to have a minimum impact on our environment.
The initiatives we have in place are detailed below
Carbon Neutral
An audit of our business using Climate Friendly™ has allowed us to offset our carbon footprint by purchasing gold standard carbon credits. We continually monitor this to ensure we are offsetting all of our emissions. The money we spend supports new renewable energy projects that prevent as much greenhouse gas from entering our atmosphere as we have released.
Sustainable Produce
A careful analysis of our produce has allowed us to asses the sustainability of the menu items we offer. We have been guided by the 2008 Australian sustainable seafood guide as to what we should be saying yes to when offering fish and crustacean dishes to our clients. We use a local organic baker for all of our breads and 90% of our menu items are made from scratch in our kitchen so that we can control all of the ingredients that are used to make our product.
Local Produce
Local produce is used where possible, however if an interstate or overseas product is more sustainable, we will choose this product and we have factored into our carbon offset scheme the additional food miles that arise from using such products.
Fleet of Vehicles
Our fleet of vans are run using B20 bio-diesel which has 20% less emissions than regular diesel, for our larger events where additional hire vans are used we have calculated the carbon emissions and offset these and purchase additional credits per event.
Green Energy
Our hot water is heated using solar power and all additional energy consumption is provided by new green wind power.
Waste Management
Separate receptacles for cardboard/paper, general waste and glass/plastic are used to separate our kitchen waste. All disposable product used is either 100% biodegradable or recyclable, event specific waste plans are implemented ensuring maximum recycling and minimum impact on the environment. |
