Why restaurants should go green? – Main environmental practices in restaurants industry Cover Image

Why restaurants should go green? – Main environmental practices in restaurants industry
Why restaurants should go green? – Main environmental practices in restaurants industry

Author(s): Stefan-Dragos Cîrstea
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Political Ecology, Economic development, Environmental interactions
Published by: Fundatia Română pentru Inteligenta Afacerii
Keywords: Green restaurant; Green industry; Environmental practices; Economic benefits;

Summary/Abstract: Hospitality businesses influence the sustainability of their natural environment by consuming significant amounts of natural resources. Restaurant industry employs one in every three retail workers and consumes one-third of all retail electricity use and almost 30% of all meals were eaten away from home, last year. This study attempted to identify the most important benefits obtained from green practices implementation and which are the basic environmental practices that can be adopted by the organizations in order the improve their image and reduce their costs. Moreover, our research has been undertaken in parallel with worldwide existing trends in order to better understand the direction in which green restaurants are moving. This study results inventories the main environmental practices and actions that can be implemented in restaurants.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 34
  • Page Range: 331-338
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian