40 – Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure, and Tourism Services

Sustainability
Category
Topic
Waste
management
Topic
Specification
(if available)
Generation,
disposal,
diversion
Explanation Reference(s) 1 Constituency
Significant consumption of resources from hotel
operations
Energy usage, water usage, materials and waste
generation/disposal/diversion, GHG emissions, per room
night for site consumption.
455, 456 Mediating
Institution
The use phase of hotels is the most consumptive and
relevant to all stakeholders from the viewpoint of hotel
operations. All hotel companies that publish GRI reports
will report some type of energy, water, waste, and
carbon indicators, either in aggregate, in units of
intensity, or both.
Though all companies disclose this information, more
precision is needed to standardize the boundaries,
quantification methods, and metrics used to enable
common reporting and comparison globally. This has
been done for carbon footprints for room nights but not
at an organizational level and not for all relevant metrics.
See also the Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative which
has produced guidance documents, using wide industry
collaboration and stakeholder consultation.
http://www.wttc.org/activities/environment/hotelcarbon-measurement-initiative/
Treatment and reuse of wastewater, implementation of
a solid waste management plan, management and
reduction of chemicals used and pollution
215 Business
Sustainability Topics for Sectors: What do stakeholders want to know?
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND LEISURE, AND TOURISM SERVICES
May 2013
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