Sustainability

The tourism industry has an important part in the work for sustainable travel. Our goal at Fästningens rum vid havet is that a stay with us will have as little impact on the climate and environment as possible. Therefore we will economize on resources and work with better utilization, reuse and recycle.

What we do

• We sort all packaging material from the accommodation.
• We are working to minimize food waste from our breakfast buffé. Left-overs are always sorted out in the compost bin. Varberg municipality collects the food waste and use it for biogas and biofertilazation.
• We have a well-balanced breakfast range at our buffé. If you take a piece from everything on the buffé it will be a normal size of breakfast and there will be minimal food waste. For less climate impact we serve a lot of vegan products on our buffé, eg soy yoghurt, oat milk, vegan spread, vegan slices and plant based butter.
• We have minimized disposable packages.
• Our cleaning agents and industrial detergent for the dishwashers are eco-labelled with Swedish “Svanen” or with EU Ecolabel. The detergent for our washing machine is eco-labelled with Swedish “Good environmental choice”.
• We order all bed linen and towels to the guest rooms from a local eco-labelled laundry.
• Paper towels, toilet paper, printer paper etc are eco-labelled.
• We have chosen an electricity supplier who only offers electricity from sustainable energy sources such as wind, sun and water.
• Our staff are biking or walking to get to work, with occasional exceptions for seasonal staff.
• We continuously replace all light sources with LED lighting.
• We encourage our guests to choose sustainable transport during their travel. Many of our guests travel by bike and train.
• We often offers multi-day discount to encourage our guests to book more than just a single night. This can reduce the environmental impact from cleaning and washing.
• We offer holiday work for the youths in Varberg.
• We participate in cleaning the local beeches.

How can I contribute as a guest?

• Choose sustainable transport during your travel.
• Contribute to our packaging sorting by placing plastic, glass, paper and metal packaging from your room into special containers placed at the accommodation.
• You can choose vegan products at the breakfast buffe´ for a reduced climate impact.
• You can book more than one night and so we can reduce the environmental impact from cleaning and washing.
• If you have ideas that can contribute to our sustainability work we gratefully accept your suggestions.