Category: Feature

Icons of Inclusion: Calls for industry to adapt and embrace diversity

UK: Yesterday, the Icons of Inclusion event, at The Dorchester hotel in London, …

FOCUS ON: Single-use plastic and hotels

Hotels use a lot of single-use plastic – in fact the global …

Climate literacy : a new language

Climate literacy: Carbon positive, climate positive, net zero, low carbon, carbon neutral, …

FOCUS ON: carbon removal

To reach net zero organisations will have to remove, not offset, the …

FOCUS ON: carbon removal

To reach net zero organisations will have to remove, not offset, the …

BREEAM Version 7 to focus on hotels and net zero carbon

UK: Sustainable Hotel News spoke to Tom Wilson head of delivery at …

Q&A: Lee Pickersgill, energy manager, Valor Hospitality

Valor Hospitality works with hotels and advises them on branding, development and …

B Corp and the hotel sector – understanding the process

Sustainable Hotel News talked to Annie Olivier, head of growth for B …

FOCUS ON: LEED Certification

In our FOCUS ON series we look at common questions, acronyms and …

FOCUS ON: The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC)

In our FOCUS ON series we look at common questions, acronyms and organisations when it comes to discussing sustainability and hotels. Today we are looking at the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC).

FOCUS ON: SCOPE 1,2,3

When hotels talk about reducing emissions there is a lot of talk of Scope 1,2 and 3 and how to manage each one. Here we look at what it all means.

Wood from the Trees: Questioning carbon neutral and net zero claims in the hotel sector

The Advertising Standards Authority is clamping down on environment-focussed phrases when describing a product. What does this mean for the hotel sector?

FOCUS ON: The UK Green Building Council

In our new series we focus on common questions, acronyms and organisations when it comes to discussing sustainability and hotels. Today we are looking at the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC).

FOCUS ON: Embodied Carbon

In our new series we focus on common questions when it comes to discussing sustainability and hotels.

Today we are looking at Embodied Carbon.

Certification for sustainable hotels a “mess”

This area is complex, and the market is flooded… we look at how to navigate the sustainable certification market and what is worth a stamp of approval…