Most recently, we celebrated 25 years in business by partnering with locally based Crithir Creative Hub. As part of a three year commitment by us, Crithir will plant approximately 3,000 native Irish Trees on their land, in a bid to support local biodiversity.
With the help of the Tree Council of Ireland, we have committed to supporting another West Cork organisation to whom both sustainability and the arts are central to their purpose. Crithir, located in Drinagh, is a West Cork based creative hub, with a focus on wellbeing and residency programmes immersed in nature. They are based on a small farm holding and aspire to help guests learn and grow, focusing on creativity, wellbeing, farm to fork food, nature and community.
Des O’Dowd, owner of Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa said, “We wanted to celebrate West Cork on behalf of our team and our guests to mark 25 years of being immersed in this beautiful community. When we met Tim, we felt immediately that there are synergies between us. We have always been delighted to support the unique creative community that surrounds us, and we’re very interested in what Crithir is trying to achieve. Our commitment to this project feels like the right thing to do for us and we’re happy, on behalf of our guests, to plant these native Irish trees and watch this woodland develop over the coming years with Tim and his team as they work to support local wildlife habitats and restore local ecosystems.”
We are committed to investing in environmentally conscious choices and have an extensive programme of ways in which we hope to teach our teams, learn more and invest in a more sustainable future for our area and the generations coming behind us. A number of years ago, we converted to Calor BioLPG, a 100% renewable energy source and building on from there, in early 2024, we installed a CHP Unit (Combined Heat & Power) at a cost of €200,000. This unit burns LPG to produce electricity for the hotel as well as heating the sea water in the Seawater Therapy Pool. It is estimated that this system saves 250,000 KW hours as well as 80 tonnes of CO2 per year.
Our internal Green Team work to help us innovate and improve the ways we can recycle, reuse and manage all waste. We take our position as caretaker and guardian of our immediate environment very seriously and strive to make decisions based on the protection of our local area as well as enhancing and protecting the natural beauty of Inchydoney and West Cork
