The Townhouse Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa supports several social and economic initiatives. They took on 4 learners from a local high school to provide job training opportunities. They also employed 12 learnerships and 5 traineeships to develop skills. The hotel sources coffee, liquor, and other supplies locally to support local businesses and reduces their carbon footprint. They sell scrap metal and use the funds to maintain an herb garden that provides ingredients for the hotel.

3. cape town, south africa
imvelo awards
entry for 2012
best practice
- economic
impact

4. introduction Tracker - Men in the
Making
We have supported Tracker in
Being a family owned business,
their initiative this year – Men
we at the Townhouse Hotel do
in the making. We took on
not outsource any staffing e.g.
4 learners from Sinethemba
in Housekeeping and Food &
Senior Secondary School in
Beverage Department we have
Phillippi to train and job shadow
full time employees working.
in the Kitchen, Banqueting,
We have contracted with Front Office and Housekeeping
2 black owned enterprise Department. This initiative was
development companies to aimed at providing high school Learnerships
transport our late shift staff and boys with the opportunity to We have employed 12 learnerships this year,
night shift staff home during develop themselves and their 4 in Food & Beverage, 4 in the Kitchen, 2 in
the week and weekends. communities. Front Office and 2 in Banqueting. They will be
with us for 12 months gaining experiencing in
all areas of the hotel.
Traineeship
We have employed 5
trainees, including a
Dutch trainee, to do
their practical training
in Front Office and
in the kitchen for 6
months.

5. Our Herb Procurement
Garden on Top We purchase all our coffee from Miko
who is a fair trade supplier.
of the World! In an effort to reduce our carbon
This year we started footprint we purchase all our liquor
growing our own herb from one small supplier as well as
garden on our roof. 80% of our dry goods within a 30
radius. We purchase at least 98%
of our stock locally to support local
companies and communities - local is
lekker
We support an enterprise
development initiative run by Bio
Green who recycles our used cooking
oil into bio diesel.
Scrap Metal
We sell all scrap
metal to SA
Scrap metal and
the revenue we
generate from this
intiative we use
to purchase and
maintain our herb
garden.

6. t +27 (0)21 465 7050 / e hotel@townhouse.co.za P.O.Box 5053, Cape Town 8000
thank you!
f +27 (0)21 465 3891 / w www.townhouse.co.za 60 Corporation Street, Cape Town 8001, South Africa