Birmingham restaurants not accredited by SRA

• Mar. 11 by Claire Latham (1)

A scheme by the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) so far has no Birmingham restaurants accredited since it’s launch last month.

The majority of approved members are currently in London or worldwide.

A spokesperson for The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) said:

“We don’t currently have any signed up members in Birmingham, although we are in discussion with some Birmingham restaurants to sign them up to the future. “

Accreditation

The association addresses the industry’s questions about the ethical sourcing of ingredients, bottled water, fair staff wages, seasonal produce, packaging and paper recycling and their energy policies.

They want as many restaurants as possible involved across the stretch of Britain, aiming for up to 30,000.

To be accredited restaurants have to tick a set of sustainability criteria, which are listed here.

Membership

It doesn’t stop there, once a restaurant has been signed up, they have to continue to meet the criteria they were initially praised for, as well as meeting the standards of more criteria which are added over time.

Restaurants can go on to be awarded gold, silver, bronze, depending on their dedication and commitment to the accreditation. Restaurants then marked with this stamp of approval send a message to their customers to how committed they are to these policies.

Benefits of being accredited

Recent research conducted by the SRA found that over 70% of customers were more likely to eat a restaurant that had this accreditation than one without it.

Founders of the association, Giles Gibbons, Mark Sainsbury and Henry Dimbleby said:

“We set up the scheme because we knew that restaurants thrived to improve their sustainable performance and consumers wanted to know more about what their eating establishment were doing to improve their performance. ”