A GREEN RESTAURANT is regularly checked both before and after the labeling to ensure that the establishment meets the criteria.
GREEN RESTAURANT has a number of procedures to ensure compliance with criteria and progress in environmental efforts.
- The application process
- Approved by Jury
- Ongoing audit and inspection
- Ongoing documentation and ensuring compliance
The application process
To be awarded the GREEN RESTAURANT, an application must be submitted with relevant documentation from the restaurant, catering or canteen. Afterwards, a consultant visits the establishment to help and ensure that all the requirements are met and the necessary documentation is found or developed.
Approved by Jury
When all requirements are met and the documentation is in place, the application for approval by a Jury is canceled. If the jury approves the application, the company can then be awarded the GREEN RESTAURANT.
Ongoing audit and inspection
At the initial consultancy visit, the form is completed and a joint environmental procedure, goals, waste plan, activities and information material targeted at the restaurant are prepared jointly.
All GREEN RESTAURANT receives audit before the award and a visit again after approximately one year after the award. Thereafter, the company is visited every two or three years, ensuring that the requirements are still met, so that the company can retain the GREEN RESTAURANT and get advices on how to proceed with the environmental work.
The audit is carried out by consultants who have a thorough knowledge of the scheme and its environmental requirements and who can also advise and save with the labeled companies.
The cost of the inspection visit is borne by the GREEN RESTAURANT, while all expenses for any. consultancy, necessary investments, etc. is held by the restaurant.
Ongoing documentation and ensuring compliance
In addition to the ongoing inspection visits, the restaurant must submit information about selected criteria and how the site is continuously improving at the turn of the year.
The marking may be removed from the eatery if it is found that the fulfillment of the criteria is breached.