Fifty Shades Greener Explained

Fifty Shades Greener
Industry:	Education
Founded:	2017
Founder:	Raquel Noboa
Hq Location Country:	Ireland
Num Locations:	1
Num Employees:	10-50
Website:	https://www.fiftyshadesgreener.ie/

Fifty Shades Greener is an Irish-based educational company for sustainable development involved in developing sustainability training and certification programmes for the hospitality sector, post-primary schools, industry and government. It was founded in 2017 by sustainable hospitality thought leader Raquel Noboa.^[1]

Its Green Manager training programme was created in collaboration with the Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality in the UK^[2] and became fully funded by the Education and Training Board for Irish Hospitality & Tourism businesses.^[3]

Awards

In 2023 the company won the Princess Royal Training Award,^[4] whose president is Anne, Princess Royal. Fifty Shades Greener become the first Irish organisation that has received it at the time.^[5] It has since won the award again in March 2024.^[6]

EU Business News presented Fifty Shades Greener with the Irish Enterprise Award in 2022^[7] and 2023.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: BILT Learning Lab - Fifty Shades Greener . 2024-08-30 . unevoc.unesco.org.
2. Web site: Online Learning - Fifty Shades Greener CTH Teaching Centre . 2024-08-30 . Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality . en-US.
3. Web site: Fifty Shades Greener Green Skills for Hospitality . 2024-08-30 . www.ihf.ie . en.
4. Web site: 2023-08-15 . 2023 Recipients Princess Royal Training Awards . 2024-08-30 . en-GB.
5. Web site: Fifty Shades Greener recognised with award for reducing environmental impact . 2024-08-30 . www.ihf.ie . en.
6. Web site: 2024-08-15 . 2024 recipients Princess Royal Training Awards . 2024-08-30 . en-GB.
7. Web site: Fifty Shades Greener (2022 Winner: Irish Enterprise Awards) . 2024-08-30 . EU Business News . en-GB.
8. Web site: Fifty Shades Greener (2023 Winner: Irish Enterprise Awards) . 2024-08-30 . EU Business News . en-GB.