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SUSTAINABLITY Eco Chambers Hotels aim high for low emissions to reduce their carbon footprint and attract eco-conscious travellers BY ROBIN ROBERTS ISTOCK.COM/URFINGUSS It’s not like we haven’t been warned: reports of climate change and the portent of its devastating effects have emerged regularly for decades. The latest, released in February, details the dire forecast yet. 18 | JUNE 2022 hoteliermagazine.com
Any eco-conscious traveller wants to leave as light an environmental footprint as possible. Any responsible organization strives to reduce or eliminate its carbon emissions to attract that traveller and, more importantly, to protect the planet for generations to come. Hoteliers are no exception. Reduce, Re-use, Re-vamp Just a few examples of the commitments properties have made include: Accor’s Planet 21 initiative, which has commissioned ecodesigned beds made from wood sourced from sustainably managed forests for its Novotel brand; Northland Properties’ Go Green program, which includes recycling and waste-management practices for its Sandman Hotels; IHG’s Journey to Tomorrow, which aims to eliminate single-use items, and reduce water and food waste; and Hilton’s LightStay system, which set targets to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. “LightStay has produced well over US$1 billion in cumulative energy savings for our hotels and our owners,” says Jean Garris Hand, Hilton’s vice-president, Global Environmental, Social and Governance. “We are continuously implementing upgrades and improvements to LightStay every year to make it easier and more useful for our hotel leadership to track and analyze the metrics that matter.” She cites as one example the LightStay Meeting Calculator, which provides customers with an estimate of the environmental effect of their meetings or events, leveraging the specific hotel’s consumption data. “The hotel and customer can then use this information to take actions that will reduce the environmental impact of their meeting.” Another Hilton initiative is the use of solar panels, installed at properties such as the Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort in Maui, and the all-electric Hotel Marcel New Haven, Tapestry Collection, set to open this spring, which is estimated to be the first net-zero carbon emissions hotel in the U.S. Hand says the pandemic put up some roadblocks initially for some programs, which caused a temporary increase in single-use plastics. But that didn’t dampen the commitment to its Travel with Purpose 2030 goals, which inspired its Hilton Global Foundation, a philanthropic program that pledged nearly $2 million to organizations supporting groups disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and climate change worldwide. “The success of our business relies on our ability to operate sustainably and effectively engage our hoteliermagazine.com JUNE 2022 | 19
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