Accor has joined the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, a global organisation that unites hospitality companies to address and tackle key challenges affecting the planet and its people.
The Sustainable Hospitality Alliance drives collaborative action and develops free practical resources and programmes to enable the wider industry with leading hospitality companies and strategic partners to operate responsibly and grow sustainably.
Accor joins Sustainable Hospitality Alliance to drive change within the industry; Balthazar Hôtel & Spa Rennes – MGallery pictured
Also aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), they commit to pilot continued actions on a range of social and environmental issues including human rights, youth employment, climate action and water stewardship.
The Alliance’s members make up 25 per cent of the global hotel industry by rooms and include 14 world-leading hotel companies including Hilton, Hyatt, IHG Hotels & Resorts, Marriott International and Radisson Hotel Group. Member companies work together on issues like improving supply chain standards and mitigating climate change.
Sébastien Bazin, chairman and CEO, Accor, said: “Sustainability and social responsibility are essential to our business. As a global hospitality group, we have a responsibility that goes far beyond our own impacts and it’s our role to shape the future of travel and take care of our planet and the communities in which we operate.
“We believe working together as an industry on sustainability makes us stronger and is the most effective way in finding new ways to contributing positively to the environment and the local communities globally.”
Accor has joined the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, a global organisation that unites hospitality companies to address and tackle key challenges affecting the planet and its people.
The Sustainable Hospitality Alliance drives collaborative action and develops free practical resources and programmes to enable the wider industry with leading hospitality companies and strategic partners to operate responsibly and grow sustainably.
Also aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), they commit to pilot continued actions on a range of social and environmental issues including human rights, youth employment, climate action and water stewardship.
The Alliance’s members make up 25 per cent of the global hotel industry by rooms and include 14 world-leading hotel companies including Hilton, Hyatt, IHG Hotels & Resorts, Marriott International and Radisson Hotel Group. Member companies work together on issues like improving supply chain standards and mitigating climate change.
Sébastien Bazin, chairman and CEO, Accor, said: “Sustainability and social responsibility are essential to our business. As a global hospitality group, we have a responsibility that goes far beyond our own impacts and it’s our role to shape the future of travel and take care of our planet and the communities in which we operate.
“We believe working together as an industry on sustainability makes us stronger and is the most effective way in finding new ways to contributing positively to the environment and the local communities globally.”