Hey everyone, here's my part for Social Sustainability Programs. Saizan, lets start uploading them.
Introduction
Our Cinnamon Café restaurants focus on
sustainable energy efficient, water and resource conservation, waste reduction,
sustainable sourcing and supply chain management, whilst promoting environmentally
friendly options and practices for Eco-restaurants.
This is our way of letting
you know that we are committed to generating a constructive impression in all
that we do and the people we influence.
Below
are the 3 categories of Environment (Sujani), Society (myself) and Sourcing (myself) with images.
Saizan, pls use the layout below following introduction.
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| Environment |
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| Society |
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| Sourcing |
Society
Our people
It takes more than a
healthy food restaurant to create a positive ripple effect on the community. It
starts with an experience, that endowed by Cinnamon Café in taking care of
people. We value diversity, entrepreneurial spirit, giving back, encouraging healthy
lifestyles and making a difference to Sri Lanka.
In terms of diversity, we
welcome all races, religions and cultures of people from our multicultural backgrounds. It is through diversity that we build our character, who we are and
what we do. Learning to achieve combined success while respecting and helping
each other and serving our customers, we become families.
We value strong entrepreneurial
spirit and the passion to learn and develop while being humble and giving back
to the community.
Through teamwork and good
leadership we encourage everyone to be become good global citizens while taking
great pride in what we do and also being accountable for our actions.
With the increase in
proportion of diabetes, cholesterol, heart disease and many others in this
nation, we believe it is our utmost goal to encourage healthy and active living
styles.
Making the world a better place
We love giving back to the
community and helping those in need. It is a part of who we are. Every year
Cinnamon Café together with its employees, partners, customers and stakeholders
commits themselves to supporting charities and other philanthropic events.
A collection box is placed
at every outlet for which people are encouraged to leave a generous donation.
At the end of every year, these funds and further company donations are
collected and used to build shelters such as elders’ homes, housing for
orphanages, and community colleges.
We also provide free food
to disadvantaged and deserving places such as SOS Children’s Home, SOS Animals, Home
for disabled elders, My Wish, Child Fund once a month and on special occasions like Christmas and New Year to spread a
little joy and a heart-healthy meal to their lives.
We as part of JKH hotel
chain, pride ourselves in being caring citizens of this country and choosing
environmentally friendly business practices such as Eco-Restaurants, conserve
electricity and water, reduce waste by recycling or composing. We believe that
together we can and we will make the world a better place.
We would love to help out with your local charity or community events. Please write to us and tell us about yourself and your cause and we will try our best to support you.
The Soup Kitchen
The idea of starting a
soup kitchen was one of the most brilliant ideas that JKH has produced. As soon
as it was implemented in the hotels island wide, aiding to reach all the rural
homeless communities and individuals who barely eat a proper meal per day, we
knew it was a project that everyone will value, support and want to be a part
of throughout time.
Where? The service
entrance to the hotel kitchen is used to enter the soup kitchen which is separated
allocated with a pantry welcoming all volunteers from both public as well as the
hotel.
Who? We require seven
people in the pantry every weekend. Rosters will be updated every Wednesday so
please send in your details for participation by Monday. Depending on
availability you will be allocated. (Saizan,
pls add the link to roster here)
What time? Food will be
prepared by the hotel chefs by 10am. Volunteers are requested to be at the
kitchen by this time to start packing the lunch packets. All packets will be
prepared and loaded to the van for delivery by 11.30am.
At 10am the soup kitchen
doors will also be open to the needy elderly citizens to enjoy the meal
starting with special healthy soup seated on the benches and delight in a chat
with the volunteers.
We also invite those
homeless young and physically incapable individuals to take up vacancies in the
city, such as cleaning and security, and help to build up their living
standards and lead a better life for their family and children.
By offering them a warm
and healthy meal close to the heart, the number of helpless people we touch and
the feeling we receive by providing food for the homeless and an opportunity
for a better life is truly indescribable and a feeling to cherish for always.
Promoting health and nutrition
Eat smart, stay fit and live long
The Cinnamon Café system is
committed to providing a wide range of organic, fresh, wholesome, tasting food made
in the healthiest ways so your tummy will be happy and you will be well looked
after.
We care about the wellness
of our community; we want everyone to have a chance to a healthy diet by professional
JKH chefs and our competitive pricing. Our food will touch on fresh and
nourishing concepts prepared instantly like submarine sandwiches with meats,
fresh vegetables, salads and homemade sauces. While we will also have a rice
and curry 'clay pot' option for lunch.
Our vision is to make our
restaurants and operations as environmentally and socially responsible as
possible. Using good and environmentally sound practices help increase
profitability and improve customers dining experience whilst protecting the
planet.
Our menus will evolve
around providing access to nutrition and healthier lifestyles, whilst meeting the
highest quality and safety standards. Our standard recipes contain fresh
vegetables, essential vitamins, calcium, iron, no cholesterol and trans-fat and
contain a good source of protein.
Cinnamon Café recognizes
the importance of giving the right nutrition with the right amounts for growing
children and strive to provide a well-balanced meal consistent with the USDA. Our
newest addition to the menu is the Fresh Kit meal for kids to stop by and take
to school. This includes mini submarine, sliced apples and a packet of low fat milk
or 100% fresh fruit juice.
Sourcing
Sustainable Sourcing
Our restaurants are known
for serving the best fresh and nutritious food to millions of customers. Our
purchasing units buy all the necessary ingredients such as breads, fresh
fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, eggs, milk etc. from local farmers and home
growers. This is our way of giving back to the community we operate in by
supporting local businesses to help raise the standards of living in those
target areas.
However, to maintain the quality standards of the restaurant, we
will only intake high quality produce that meets safety standards. We hope to expand
our restaurants and provide job opportunities to the local farmer's children
too and build possible career prospects in one of the greatest companies in the
country.
We support responsible
farming and fishing, those farmers who share our commitment to social responsibility
to ensure the long term sustainability of our country’s natural resources. Sustainable
agriculture, manufacturing practices and packaging are considered such as cover
cropping, crop rotation to restore nutrients to the soil and help maintain
local ecosystems, minimize agrochemicals and employ irrigation practices that
reduce electricity and water usage. We also encourage all our suppliers to
convert their waste to organic fertilizer. Our restaurants follow suit with
the hotels, treat all discharged water so it can be released safely to the
environment.
3 comments:
Nice job Imashi! I love how you have incorporated the logos to each category.
This is a really good write up! I have to admit, I am quite excited to see how the website turns out!
Thanks guys! Let's keep it up. I know its going to be a great website... The ideas and concepts and the way its all gelling together little by little is great to see.
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