Dorsett Grand Labuan launches herb garden
LABUAN: Dorsett Grand Labuan is highly committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives that are premised on environmental awareness and caring for the planet.
The hotel made history yesterday by launching the very first ‘Herb Garden’ among hospitality properties in Labuan Federal Territory as they embraced the garden-to-table movement where the launching is one of the events leading up the hotel’s Earth Hour 2015 celebration on March 28.
The launching of Dorsett Grand Labuan Herb Garden was officiated by the hotel’s general manager, Alfred Paulsen.
Some 30 people including media members, long-term guests as well as head of departments and staff joined hands as they made history by planting the first batch of herbs located at the back entrance of the hotel’s exterior.
A dozen common culinary local herbs including curry tree, galangal, turmeric, ginger flower, bird’s eye chilli pepper and ginger were planted to provide fresh produce for the hotel’s restaurants.
The hospitality industry can make a huge i mpact i n environmental awareness by implementing green initiatives into their everyday business and the implementation of Dorsett Grand Labuan Herb Garden is an excellent launch to embrace the garden-to-table movement as the culinary team at the hotel ensures an abundance of fresh produce on a daily basis, right at their fingertips, said Paulsen.
Dorsett Grand Labuan is actively gearing up for Earth Hour 2015 as they line up several events and programmes to send a powerful global message about environmental awareness and caring for the planet.
One of the major programme in progress is the ‘ Tree of Pledge’ project, a joint venture between Dorsett Grand Labuan and Jabatan Pendidikan W.P Labuan to create environmental awareness among secondary school students about the behavioural changes they can make towards creating a more sustainable planet.
Other highlights of the hotel’s Earth Hour 2015 celebration include a special environmental awareness talk by Jabatan Alam Sekitar W.P Labuan, countdown to Earth Hour lights out movement, unplugged live entertainment, candle light decorations, exceptionally unique pledge trees display and many more.