
5 hotels in England hold EarthCheck certification. Each one is audited by an outside body, on a schedule it does not set itself.
Wikimedia CommonsGravetye ManorGravetye Manor is a historic manor house hotel located near East Grinstead in West Sussex, United Kingdom. Famous for its William Robinson-designed gaIndependently certified
Wikimedia CommonsMerchants ManorMerchants Manor is a hotel in Cornwall, United Kingdom, UK. The name does not clearly indicate a major chain, and the listing includes links for onlinIndependently certified
Wikimedia CommonsThe Headland HotelThe Headland Hotel is a hotel in Cornwall, Großbritannien, GB. The name does not clearly indicate a major chain, and the listing includes links for onIndependently certified
Wikimedia CommonsGrantley HallGrantley Hall is a luxury country house hotel located near Ripon in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Housed in a Grade II* listed building within exteIndependently certifiedEarthCheck is built on measurement rather than a checklist. A hotel submits consumption data — energy, water, waste, paper, cleaning chemicals — and is benchmarked against other properties of its type in a comparable climate. The data is verified by an external auditor, and the certification level rises with the number of consecutive years the property has kept reporting. It is the scheme most likely to tell you something quantitative about a stay.
Because it benchmarks against similar properties, a resort can be certified for being efficient relative to other resorts while still consuming heavily in absolute terms. The entry levels also reward the act of measuring rather than any particular result, so a first-year certification says a hotel is counting, not yet that it is doing well.