For our guests. For our employees. For our communities.
Our commitment to the environment is not new. We feel a responsibility to the beautiful locales that our venues, guests and employees reside. Through our longtime support of our local purveyors and our ongoing programs to minimize waste and maximize energy efficiency, our goal is to be a leader in the restaurant industry with regard to sustainability.
In our most substantiative efforts to date, we’ve partnered with Greenplaces, a leader in the sustainability space, to measure our carbon footprint and develop our sustainability strategy.
Knowing where we are is the best place to start. Through our partnership with Greenplaces, we’ve collected data from our restaurants to calculate our carbon footprints and energy usage. Understanding our carbon emissions and climate impact allows us to prioritize sustainability initiatives that lead to a healthier planet.
We offset our electricity consumption by investing in the production of renewable energy. We fully match the energy used from our business operations with renewables. Starting in 2024, we invested in the Merricourt Wind Farm, located in South Dakota, and we’ve renewed this investment for our consumption in 2025 and will continue to do so onward.
We invest in carbon offset projects including Food Banking Projects and Farmers Edge Smart Carbon Soil Projects among others to offset our Scope 1 emissions from gas burned.
Learn MoreWe invested in Wind Energy through purchasing Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to fully match our energy usage with renewables.
Learn MoreWe partner with Mahoney Environmental to recycle used fryer oil, used cooking oil, and grease trap material, turning these waste products into raw material that can be used to manufacture new products such as renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel.
Learn MoreAt Castle Hill, we grow over 30 varieties of herbs, edible flowers and vegetables in our eleven 8 x 30’ raised beds. Our 100% organically grown garden supplies us with swiss chard, kale, cucumbers, herbs and edible flowers. We proudly use no-till soil-enhancing practices that help sequester carbon and promote pollinator populations.
In 2018, select properties added composting and in 2024 alone, 3,885 forty-eight gallon bins were collected from NRG properties, yielding 388.5 tons of food waste diverted from the landfill.
Learn MoreAt Castle Hill, through our partnership with Best Bees we've installed three bee hives in an effort to protect the biodiversity of our region’s ecosystem, while also reinforcing our own commitment to utilizing the best local products we can get our hands on.
Learn MoreWe've installed smart thermostats that automatically adjust when spaces are unoccupied, helping to conserve energy. We also use only environmentally friendly refrigerants and continuously upgrade our HVAC systems to high-efficiency models. In 2024, we began implementing advanced energy management systems across our locations, ensuring even greater efficiency and sustainability for the future.
We proudly source from a variety of local partners including:
