Palm Oil Free Catering at Cavendish Venues

We are proud that we have eliminated palm oil from our catering. This is part of our ongoing 30-year commitment to transparently and consistently reduce our environmental footprint:

Major initiatives in 2025 include:

• £5.00 Discount if you choose a vegetarian menu

• London's first biophilic venue

• Growing our own herbs

• Sourcing local wine

• Sourcing hard-to-sell fruit and vegetables

What is the problem with Palm Oil?

Palm oil has been and continues to be a major driver of deforestation of some of the world’s most biodiverse forests, destroying the habitat of already endangered species like the Orangutan, pygmy elephant and Sumatran rhino. This forest loss coupled with the conversion of carbon-rich peat soils, are throwing out millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and contributing to climate change. There also remains some exploitation of workers and child labour. These are serious issues that the whole palm oil sector needs to step up to address because it doesn’t have to be this way.

What is Palm Oil

It’s an edible vegetable oil derived from the fruit of oil palm trees, with the scientific name Elaeis guineensis. Two types of oil can be produced: crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy fruit, and palm kernel oil, which comes from crushing the kernel, or the stone in the middle of the fruit. Oil palm trees are native to Africa but were brought to South-East Asia just over 100 years ago as an ornamental tree crop. Now, Indonesia and Malaysia make up over 85% of global supply but there are 42 other countries that also produce palm oil.

Why Cavendish Venue

Cavendish Venues have been organising and hosting events for 30+ years. We are committed to offering the best possible customer experience, whilst incrementally and transparently reducing our environmental footprint. If you are looking for a sustainable London conference venue, get intouch: 020 77067700 or enquiries@cavendishvenues.com  

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