THE HIGHLIGHTS ENVIRONMENT
Water, waste and energy To date, we’ve trained over 5,750 hotel staff in water and energy management in Cyprus, Morocco, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Antigua, Barbados and St. Lucia.
We’ve helped to save almost 12,000,000kWh (kilowatt hours) – the equivalent of powering over 3,600 UK households for a year – and over 9,000,000m3 of water – enough to fill the Albert Hall nine times.
We helped launch the ground-breaking ‘Greening Sri Lanka’ project, which aims to engage the country’s 350 hotels in water and energy saving measures, plus waste reduction over four years.
Our partnership with the Moroccan National Tourist Office for the ‘Every Drop Counts’ water-saving project was extended to target hotels in Agadir. The project attracted 50 new hotels in 2010, bringing the total to 143.
A new project in Egypt is identifying water and energy saving opportunities on Nile cruise boats. So far, seven floating hotels have been audited. Results will inform recommendations for similar boats around the world.
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Working with Thomas Cook, we are helping holidaymakers and hotels reduce plastic waste in Paphos, Cyprus. An estimated 93,000 fewer plastic cups and 41,000 fewer supermarket bags went to landfill last year.
For the environment and people We’ve partnered with Virgin Holidays and Caribsave to support the creation of a new marine protected area in Jamaica to conserve fish and coral and to sustain this vital resource for coastal communities.
Thanks to project sponsor The Co-operative Travel, we’re helping to protect the endangered Melipona bee and ancient Mayan bee-keeping traditions in Mexico. Bee numbers have increased, enabling the first honey harvest.
With our support, the Trees for Life project in Sri Lanka has planted over 200,000 trees, restoring rainforest following the 2004 Tsunami. Over 16,000 local people have attended conservation workshops.
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