Since 2019, we’ve already planted more than 3000 trees in the Portuguese region Alentejo! And it’s just the beginning! At Shiadu, taking good care of the environment is as important as taking care of our guests. Sustainability is one of the pillars of the Shiadu concept, and makes up the essence of the company as one of its values. It is part of our daily lives, and is present in our daily actions, from cleaning to the collection of food waste.
In 2024, we are implementing the environmental standard ISO 14001. This certification evaluates environmental performance and provides recognition of Shiadu as a company that meets high environmental performance requirements. We are committed to complying with the legal and regulatory requirements applicable to our activity and to identifying and implementing actions that promote continuous improvement of our Environmental Management System.
We take care of your food through quality local products, often organic and produced by us in our own farm in Alentejo. We also always seek to minimize the consumption of resources and work with their sustainable management, meeting sustainability criteria. We use flow reducers in faucets and showers to reduce water use and heat pumps to heat domestic water, turn off lights and air conditioning when there is no need, and reduce our carbon footprint with the use of LED lamps. We also reuse paper as a draft for internal documents and follow a program for changing towels and sheets.
SHIADU is committed to achieving maximum efficiency in the management of its resources. SHIADU proposes to continuously develop and implement measures to conserve and reduce natural resources in order to minimise the environmental impact resulting from its activity, taking the necessary measures and actions to achieve the following objectives:
WATER RESOURCES
We use water resources with the least possible environmental impact, installing systems that reduce water consumption. We record, analyse and control consumption to guarantee efficiency and sustainability.
ENERGY RESOURCES
We use renewable energy sources and systems to reduce consumption, such as HVAC stop sensors when windows are open and motion detection sensors. We record, analyse and control consumption for sustainable energy management.
We encourage healthy, quality food and give preference to locally produced or homemade products. In all our units we try when it is possible to have organic food in our breakfasts, most of them coming from our own production in an organic farm in Alentejo.
WE PRODUCE OUR ORGANIC OLIVE OIL
In all our hotels and guesthouses, you can now taste the made with Galician olives from our Alentejo production, in traditional culture, NOT intensive in trees over 40 years old, picked by hand! We don’t use chemicals so it doesn’t kill the earth, the insects are still alive, they help to pollinate and feed the birds and we’re all happier and healthier!
HAPPY HENS AND ORGANIC EGGS
As part of Shiadu’s sustainability programme, all the eggs we serve for breakfast in Lisbon and with which we prepare all our cakes and other delicacies are organic and come from Herdade da Chamboa, Shiadu’s farm in Arraiolos. The chickens live outside and sleep overnight in mobile coops that we move around the orchard every week to help fertilise the soil.
We seek to work with our resources in an innovative, efficient and creative way, in order to care for the environment and offer our guests a sense of well-being.
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