LONDON—IHG Lodges & Resorts introduced the launch of its Low Carbon Pioneers program, which brings collectively energy-efficient accommodations that haven’t any fossil fuels combusted on-site and are backed by renewable vitality. This group of low operational carbon accommodations will assist IHG check, study, and share findings on sustainability measures. The thought is to encourage different properties to affix this system and likewise assist encourage the adoption of carbon discount practices throughout IHG’s property. The primary Low Carbon Pioneer accommodations span totally different IHG manufacturers and places at these properties:
- Vacation Inn Categorical Madrid Airport, Spain
- Iberostar Waves Cristina, Spain
- Kimpton BEM Budapest, Hungary
Every Low Carbon Pioneer lodge may have sustainable options akin to high-efficiency warmth pumps for heating and sizzling water technology, in addition to totally electrical kitchens. Each property can even have an operational sustainability certification acknowledged by the International Sustainable Tourism Council, akin to Inexperienced Key, or a sustainable constructing certification, akin to LEED, BREEAM, or EDGE. To trace and measure their vitality knowledge, Low Carbon Pioneer accommodations will use IHG’s Inexperienced Have interaction environmental platform.
Extra accommodations will be part of the Low Carbon Pioneers program throughout all areas and IHG can also be growing a “low-carbon prepared” group of accommodations in preparation for when it turns into attainable to totally again all vitality with renewables in international locations or districts the place this isn’t presently obtainable.
Elie Maalouf, CEO of IHG Lodges & Resorts, mentioned, “We’re excited to launch our Low Carbon Pioneers program as one other progressive approach by which we’re assembly evolving visitor expectations, serving to our lodge homeowners future-proof their companies and lowering carbon throughout our property.
“This is a crucial subsequent step in IHG’s sustainability journey however it stays certainly one of many we should proceed to take. Accelerating change at scale for each IHG and the broader business additionally requires broader assist from governments starting from larger entry to renewable vitality and incentives for homeowners to a discount in the price of expertise that hurries up the business’s transition to a greener, extra resilient future. IHG is dedicated to working with business our bodies and governments to assist obtain this, alongside encouraging extra homeowners to undertake carbon discount practices and change into Low Carbon Pioneers.”
Visitors searching for extra sustainable stays will discover accommodations marketed as low carbon or low carbon prepared throughout IHG’s reserving channels to make it clear which of them are vitality environment friendly, haven’t any fossil fuels combusted on-site, and are backed by renewable vitality. With nearly all of IHG’s prime international company accounts setting net-zero or carbon-neutral targets, these accommodations can be engaging to company purchasers trying to meet their sustainable journey commitments. Power environment friendly, decrease operational carbon accommodations can even present potential future advantages to homeowners, akin to larger alignment with environmental regulatory adjustments and higher entry to inexperienced finance for brand new tasks.
IHG Lodges & Resorts acknowledges its duty to take decisive, sensible motion to cut back carbon emissions. Guiding it is a Journey to Tomorrow accountable marketing strategy to take care of its individuals, communities, and the planet, which brings colleagues, lodge homeowners, and companions collectively to be a pressure for good. IHG is growing options to assist measure, handle, and decrease the environmental affect of its accommodations, from vitality conservation measures as model requirements in areas akin to lighting, heating, and air flow, to sourcing renewable vitality and putting in EV chargers.