Consultus is supporting L + R Hotels on its journey to net zero across strategy planning, utility purchasing, exploring new technologies and impact reporting.

The hospitality industry faces complex challenges on the road to net zero – building retrofitting, complex waste management, supply chain volatility and guest experience just to name a few.

Originally established in 1994, Consultus has grown to become one of the UK’ s largest net zero consultancies specialising in hospitality.

Consultus experts help to tackle sustainability challenges across hospitality, from understanding trends and baselines, to identifying demand-led initiatives and justifying key investment decisions.

Bradley Wilson, Commercial Director at Consultus, feels that net zero is“ very realistic” for hotel chains but the importance is building a blended, balanced strategy that considers the constraints of the portfolio and all options available, including new technologies, progressive policies and solutions.

“ Key to making net zero a reality is the‘ buy-in’ and commitment from both the business and the partner,” he says.

Delivering improvements for L + R Hotels

Consultus has been working with L + R since 2020 when it was originally contracted to enhance utility purchasing and manage its property portfolio.

Bradley explains:“ This included adopting a unique, pioneering, flexible trading strategy that has returned market leading results for over five years now, such as navigating L + R through the energy crisis unscathed.

“ Another big part of our service is the maintenance and management of their portfolio including the highest level of data integrity across all three fuels: electricity, gas and water.

“ Having advanced metering and the right data structure has allowed L + R to have financial control, contributing to us being able to provide surety around budgeting, forecasting and overall cost control – which is vital to the hospitality sector.”

Consultus has since used its position as a key strategic partner to expand its remit, supporting L + R with building a bespoke, robust net zero strategy.“ We then enrolled them onto our Net Zero Pathway, which is designed to bring key stakeholders