A York hotel’s “Green Team” has been nominated for a national award.

The Best Western Monkbar Hotel – which last year scooped The Press Think Green Business Of The Year title – is one of four venues, and the only one outside London, to be shortlisted in the Considerate Hotelier Awards’ Considerate Green Team category.

The city centre hotel’s “green team” has implemented a raft of new environmental initiatives, including linking with a local cycle shop to encourage guests to two-wheel tour the city; a courtyard garden with irrigation system; increasing the volumes of glass and card it recycles; and a cycle rack made from recycled materials.

This led to the hotel becoming the first in York city centre to be awarded the Green Tourism Business Silver award.

June Nelsey, the Monkbar Hotel director, said: “We are determined to become the leading environmentally-friendly hotel in York.

“The Green Team, which represents all the departments, is doing a fantastic job and this nomination is a massive vote of confidence in them.

Considerate Hoteliers is an association of hoteliers which encourage hoteliers to adopt environmentally friendly and socially responsible policies and practices. Winners will be announced on May 23.