Our Forests

Mansley Serviced Apartments, as a hospitality company, has some unique assets in its structure as we own two areas of forestry in Scotland.

The two forests, one within the Cairngorm National Park and the other in Perthshire cover an area of over 500 hectares. The forests, both of which are scrutinised as part of the Sustainable Forest Scheme, play a key role in maintaining and enhancing local biodiversity by providing habitats for protected species such as badgers, red and roe deer, pine martin, red squirrels, otters and also wildcat. The forest located in the Cairngorms is also home to a number of Capercaillie.

Timber is harvested, in strict accordance with guidelines set out by UK Forestry Standards and the Sustainable Forest Scheme. Harvested timber typically finds its way into the construction industry, providing wood for beams, planks and boards.

Although the sequestration from this area offsets a large proportion of our total carbon emissions, we do not account for this in our reporting as we are committed to achieving our carbon reduction targets by reducing emissions rather than solely relying on offsetting tactics.