Nature and the environment:

We have worked with the town of Bonifacio to create the Nustrale Charter, which commits us to giving priority to local, organic, or certified produce.

This responsible purchasing policy involves our suppliers and employees, who are fully committed to it through the preference of short-chain supply, the choice of materials, the management of natural resources, recycling, and recovery.

For some time now, Chef Lionel has been choosing his suppliers with great care, as local as possible for the quality and freshness of their produce.
As for our kitchen garden, it is an extension of the hotel…

The same ethos applies for work materials and hotel purchases, choosing companies that are as close as possible to guarantee the traditional know-how still in evidence in the work of Corsican craftsmen…

Managing resources to preserve them involves ideas that are often simple but effective.
Water for irrigation is provided by our own well, and drip irrigation is used at night.

Electricity is saved by using energy saving light bulbs and room keys.
There are 6 charging points in the car park for electric vehicles (including those of the laundry staff), including 2 Teslas.

Our documents are digitalised as much as possible; paper recycling is widespread and plastic straws and cutlery are banned.

In the rooms, we have opted for large capacity bottles, reusable containers, and recycled plastic.
Electricity is saved by using energy saving light bulbs and room keys.

For the hospitality products, we use local water that we filter ourselves. Our air-diffusers use Corsican perfumes inspired by the maquis and the sea.
Our Occitane products use 95% ingredients of natural origin that are readily biodegradable;
those for the hands are made by a young couple from Bonifacio using water from their grotto,
which they perfume with cedrat lemon.

Instead of exotic woods, we use wood from ecologically managed European forests, driftwood, or wood from Corsican forests such as chestnut.

For construction, we favour eco-materials (single-wall bricks with thin joints…), recovered beams, tiles, etc…, as well as repairable and recyclable equipment, with particular attention to eco-energy standards.

Procedures are in place to ensure that what is advertised is truly done. The water from the on-site borehole is sufficient for irrigation, and the wastewater is treated according to a protocol drawn up and financed with the city of Bonifacio.

Cooking oil is recovered, soaps are recycled through Unisoap and sorted glass is collected through Défi.

Our gardener, Bruno makes mulch for the garden and vegetable garden using compost from our household waste.