With regard to the 1st aspect of our projects focus i.e Environment - in order to eliminate or reduce food waste in the restaurant/hotels.. I thought we could have a project called "Food for Good". This idea was inspired by OZ harvest (2013). This beautiful concept helps rescue excess food which
would otherwise be discarded. This excess food will be distributed to
charities supporting the less fortunate.
On our website we could have the following information posted-
"We
believe that good food should not go to waste. In fact, by
distributing it to those in need, we turn excess food into a resource
and save thousands of kilograms of food from being dumped as landfill waste
each year.
On average, every kilogram of food that LK Harvest
rescues will avoid 2 kg of greenhouse (kg CO2-eq) emissions, and avoid
the consumption of 143 litres of water.
Food is generously
donated by those with excess in the John Keels Hotels and affiliated restaurants. By distributing this food to various
charities, we assist them to better and more efficiently address the
underlying social problems in our society. With this support charities
are able to redirect funding to programs assisting those who are
disadvantaged or at risk.
We provide this service at no cost to food donors and recipients.
Our
team of qualified, dedicated staff and volunteers are passionate about
making a positive difference to the thousands of lives we touch".
In addition, we could have a link to donate money or food on our page as well as more information on how to get involved.
OZ harvest (2013), "About OZ Harvest", viewed on 18th May 2013, <http://www.ozharvest.org/ourimpact.asp?pageID=609>
5 comments:
Suj, that's a good explanation on the project. Lets get Saizan to upload that to the website. Donate money can be linked to an online application with payment facilities like Paypal, Mastercard & Visa. Similar with the donate food link. About get involved, what to do suggest? As we already have people coming in the weekends for the Soup kitchen. We don't want the small stores to get too crowded.
Imashi and sujani , this writing has to be uploaded under about us right ?
Well people can get involved by bringing around their vehicles and going from hotel to hotel or restaurant to restaurant collecting the excess food and handing them directly to those in need. Saizan, this would have to come under "services" and then under "environment"
I love this idea, Suj. I remember us discussing how great of a charity OZ harvest is after watching Master chef Australia!
Saizen, this has to be uploaded under the SS programs for Environment.
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