Fifty Shades Greener

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Fifty Shades Greener
IndustryEducation
Founded2017
FounderRaquel Noboa
Headquarters
Ireland
Number of locations
1
Number of 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]

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References

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