IMPACT AREA SUSTAINABLE DESIGN We believe that one of the best ways we can take care of our planet, is to build better restaurants that are fit for the future. Construction plays a key role in the 昀椀ght against climate change. In the UK, the built environment is responsible for 25% of the UK’s eenhouse gas emissions. gr At the same time, our restaurants are often the We decorated the restaurant with paintings 昀椀rst thing our customers see, and it is what forms by a local artist, a trend that we’ve long been their impression of our brands and contributes to incorporating in our designs to re昀氀ect the importance their overall desire to come back. Designing more of our communities in our restaurants. Lastly, as part sustainable restaurants is not only important to of the policy, we also extended our zero-to-landfill reduce our carbon footprint, but also provides a commitment for restaurant operations to our new platform for us to share our responsible business builds and refurbishments. SKA Gold journey with our customers and teams. These practices are now routine to our teams, Standard This past year, we launched a new sustainable and we are eager to show off more restaurants Achieved at ASK Italian in design and construction policy, based on the built in line with this policy, and achieve further Horsham and standard for future gold standard of the SKA Fit-Out for commercial SKA Gold certi昀椀cations. restaurant developments buildings, starting with our ASK Italian restaurant in Horsham. The restaurant was awarded the SKA Gold certi昀椀cation following the improvements, marking the 昀椀rst of many we’re set to achieve. While successful, the ASK Horsham sustainable refurbishment was a challenge for the team. As a beautiful historic Grade II building, we had to introduce changes that highlighted the historical importance of the building, whilst supporting our sustainable ambitions. The timber used was sourced from FSC sources, we reused as much furniture as possible, and introduced sustainable materials such as cork tabletops. We also used low-VOCs paints, sustainable fabrics and energy ef昀椀cient appliances.