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Sustainability
ustainability, as we know, has become a significant trend that is reshaping the hospitality sector. While making the case for the economic and societal benefits the industry brings, the commercial and regulatory challenges across the ESG spectrum for hotels are now significant. So how can hotel owners, operators and investors respond to these challenges? The starting point is to embed awareness, skills and practices across the industry. Think back to how we did this with technology, now ubiquitous across hotel operations, asset management and development, and apply that to sustainability.
Sustainability is not a specialist area or a stand-alone service. It must be embedded throughout organisations
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as part of everyone’s ‘day jobs’ to deliver results for people and planet, as well as for profit. That means teamwork, which we are generally pretty good at as an industry. An attitude of ‘just give it to the sustainability team’ just won’t work.
Track it to change it We need to learn to measure more things than we do now. One hotelier I worked with fitted a water tracking device following a damaging water leak. It has reduced risk due to early warning sensors and has helped the property reduce water consumption. They also explored foot-operated kitchen taps to reduce unnecessary water flow and improve operational efficiency. Smart sensors linked to building information management systems are becoming more commonplace in hotels. People movement can be monitored and measured, enabling heating, cooling or lighting to be managed in accordance with occupancy levels in those areas.
Sustainability is transforming the hospitality sector, challenging hotel owners and operators to integrate eco-friendly practices into daily operations. Katharine Le Quesne, visiting lecturer at Glion Institute of Higher Education, looks at how innovative solutions like water tracking, smart sensors and transparency in environmental impact are key.
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