Green Scheme Certified 2023

Forbes Gourmet Homemade

Kohimaramara, Epsom, Newmarket and Glenfield - sales@forbeshomemadegourmet.co.nz - https://www.forbeshomemadegourmet.co.nz

We cook your food just like you would at home...we even think it might taste a little better. Cooked in small batches, with fresh ingredients and in ovens just like at home. This gives it that delicious homemade taste, every time.

Ferntinental Cafe

Ferntinental Cafe, have since the conducting of the survey, closed due to circumstances out of their control. However they were owned and operated by Forbes Homemade Gourmet who have cafes in other areas. Forbes are already undertaking good climate actions and will continue to and stay in touch with the Green Scheme.

We selected Ferntinental to be one of our pilot businesses under our “Hospitality based” survey which we undertook on 20 July 2023.

We issued the Green Scheme Certificate in the name of Forbes Homemade Gourmet so they may continue on their Green Scheme journey in their other premises.

Actions Taken at the time of the Survey

  • Use a pressing machine for plastic bottles, this saves on space and costs for recycling waste

  • Don’t use plastic bags for coffee waste, put it back in the original bag and advertise on FB for compost (always picked up very quickly)

  • Have Keep Cups for sale (could look at our Keep Cup campaign)

  • Put plastics under the coffee steamer to soften to reduce size for waste cost saving

  • Only print customer receipts when asked for

  • Staff are trained in sustainable practices

  • Give leftover food at end of day to staff and family

  • Cleaning products get from Gilmours and is refillable - truck comes around

  • Encourage carpooling and public transport - Ripples staff walk to work

  • Offer free water to golfers

  • Got vegetarian options and full range of milk alternatives

  • Can refill Keep Cups

Actions Not taken at the time of the Survey and would like to consider

  • Not heard of B-Corp Certification but interested to find out more

  • One of the biggest wastages in hospo is not just food but also cost

  • Don’t measure waste but interested in waste audit

  • They do separate their soft plastics but then put them in recycling - weren’t aware this was not correct

  • Take away cups currently go to landfill bin

  • Do no food composting but interested in finding out more

  • Don’t measure their carbon footprint - don’t know how

  • Use a lot of gas mostly in cooking

  • No LED bulbs

  • Would like to do a HCZW waste audit

  • Waste bin is big - would like to consider different approach by reducing the size of the waste bin to create staff awareness of how much waste they put out and educate on other options

  • Finding out about food composting actions/services

  • Would like to see more support locally for solar

  • Interested in more information on Mindful Money

 

Forbes Homemade Gourmet / Ferntinental 2023 Eco Labels

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  • The business has made a significant effort to move away from single-use practices and items and towards re-use instead. An example of this is establishing a mug library or borrowing system to reduce the use of single-use coffee cups.


  • This business is excellent at recycling. Following a waste audit, this business has proven to be able to identify and sort what can and cannot be recycled in curbside collection and makes an effort to recycle the items that cannot. An example of this is recycling their TetraPak, batteries, soft plastics and other items with Whangaparāoa Recycling Centre.


  • This business has been diligent in ensuring that staff are knowledgeable about any sustainable practices implemented and ongoingly train and upskill staff to ensure sustainable changes are consistent and long term.