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A Greenotels Vol 2 ISSUE 2 MA.Cdr Vol. 2 ISSUE 2 March 2018 PERSPECTIVE PRAISE INCREASE IN SUSTAINABLE CERTIFIED WORLD’S MOST SUSTAIN- HOTELS ABLE HOTEL GROUP With consumers being exposed to need of sustainable ecosystem, it Movenpick hotel group has been described as is time for hotels to adopt sustainable functioning. Read Randy a ‘Global Sustainability Leader’ by Green Globe Durband’s 5 solid reasons why we will see this happening. 06 second year in the running. 10 PLANET POST PRAISE PEOPLE 2018 ENVIRONMENTAL TAKE A BOW, TILONIA NO REFUGE FOR STORIES The ever inspirational Barefoot REFUGEES From ocean rising to big cats, oil to water College takes another step of victory We need to address the issues of conflicts...we have the most important by launching Bindi solar products. refugees, pay attention to climate environmental issues covered... 04 09 change urges C B Ramkumar.11 www.greenotels.com Our aim has been to make GreenOtels as The keynote speaker was one Reiner This edition of GreenOtels is carrying a collaborative as possible, believing that a Boehme the VP Engineering for IHG Hotels calendar of global dates highlighting diversity of perspectives enriches the work. worldwide who shared a huge mass of data specific areas of concern in the We have reached out to experts, to with all of us and if I have to sum up some of sustainable management of resources. Is professionals and promoters in hospitality as well as companies engaged in sustainable his points, then they would be: it possible for all the stakeholders of development to help make the big shift hospitality to plan and action policies and towards a sustainable future. 1) Hotels must install Flow Meters to events around them? This won’t only Minakshi Agarwal KNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATES measure the amounts of water actually help bring about change internally but Bharat Malkani, E.C. FHRAI utilized by different departments. – and his also create good press and interaction CB Ramkumar, Our Native Village I think some of us might be knowing that the findings were that the kitchen and staff with the local communities. Garish Oberoi, President, FHRAI world demand for fresh water is projected to lockers are the biggest culprits Niranjan Khatri, iSambhav Param Kanampilly, Concept Hospitality exceed supply by 40 percent by 2030, For instance, 22 March is the World Sanjay Sethi, ITC Hotels leaving a third of the global population in 2) Wasteful practices – like thawing frozen Water Day – focusing on exploring Steve Borgia, President, ESOI severely water-stressed areas. The reason foods under running water or housekeeping nature-based solutions to the water behind this is primarily due to the fact that scrubbing basins and bathtubs with faucets challenges we face in the 21st century. ADVISORY PANEL Amitabh Tyagi, The Taj Hotels while the total drinking water accessible on. – Still carries on in most properties. Today, 2.1 billion people live without safe Arun Bahadur, The Oberoi Hotels volume has hardly changed over the past drinking water at home; affecting their Ashish Rakheja, AEON Consultants centuries, the population of the planet has. 3) Indian WCs using 10-14 litres against health, education, and livelihoods. HC Vinayaka, ITC Hotels As a result, in the past 40 years, the water IHG’s standard of 7 litrss – do the math of Sanjeev Saxena, DLF Home Developers Shankareswaran Jayaraj, Reliance available per human has been halved. how much is going down the drain literally. So, wherever you are and whatever you Sunil Relia, JLL Building Operations do on March 22, make it about nature Vikram Choubal, Marriott International And to add to this we have Climate Change 4) Conducting regular water audits. and water. Tell us how much water have CORE COMMITTEE and transformation of weather patterns, with you saved and by doing what. Create an BENGALURU less predictable and more pronounced 5) CEs must learn to talk money instead of event at your property around water and Ajay Nayak, ITC Gardenia manifestations. technologies and processes – conservation send us a picture. Engage with the water Bhaskar Masineni, The Leela Palace measures must strictly be presented with auditors and find out what you could do Jagadish Itagi, The Ritz Carlton Murali Panicker, Taj Bangalore Climate change is to a large extent water financial implications. for the long run. Build a bank of ideas on CHENNAI change. water solutions and share it with the N Ramamoorthy, ITC Grand Chola Hotel In these twenty years that have gone by, fraternity by writing in to us. And, each HYDERABAD Water disasters account for more than 90 some of this I am sure is getting one of you who writes in will be awarded Ashok Hemrajani, Minerva Group DELHI per cent of the natural disasters in the world implemented but barring a very small a GreenOtels certificate for having Anil Kumar, The Imperial S and climate-driven water hazards, water percentage of hoteliers water audits are still contributed to the World Water Day. Neeraj Kaushik, The Claridges R scarcity, and variability pose significant risks not being carried out and flow metres not Rahul Prabhakar, ITC Maurya Rothin Banerjee, Taj Palace E to all economic activity, such as food and installed. Till date, most people think it is the Email me: [email protected] Suman Majumder, Hyatt Regency V energy production, manufacturing and washrooms where water is being wasted the JAIPUR infrastructure development, as well as most and F&B practices continue to M Kannan, Oberoi Rajvilas O Siddhesh Khatu, ITC Rajputana political stability. disregard ecological sensitivities. M Vinay Paliwal, Jai Mahal Palace MUMBAI E Just a month ago I was talking to the global So as the Cape-Town crises loom large and Nilesh Mhatre, JW Marriott Prashant Pawar, Oberoi Hotels & Resorts head of sustainability for IHG on their Water the Eiffel Tower shuts down due to extreme M I Stewardship program for India – and I weather conditions, we too could sit up and Prashant Vaidya, Hotel Sofitel Praveen K Sharma, Renaissance R recalled that 20 years ago in 1997 we had take notice of how vulnerable we are in the Shailesh Kumar, JW Marriott P PERSPECTIVE held a 3-day conference on WATER. Tourism industry to climate change. 2 Vol. 2 ISSUE 2 March 2018 | 3 10 ENVIRONMENTAL STORIES TO CLOSELY LOOK OUT FOR IN 2018 1. Ocean rising degradation have already been officially by disclosing their climate risks. And the Half the world’s corals have been lost to recognized as drivers of migration - a fact insurance company AXA dropped oil sands bleaching; nearly 60 percent of fisheries have that's driven home by the climate-related from its portfolio. 2018 awaits a lot more. been fished to capacity, and experts predict disasters that continue to grab headlines. the oceans will hold more plastic than fish by 9. Progress on International Climate Action 2050. Oceans are rising — literally, in terms of 5. Cities and climate change Trump may have gutted national sea levels — and also on political agendas. A major theme in 2018 will be how the environmental regulations and pledged to Will it be enough to save the seas? world’s cities can take the lead on both pull the United States out of the Paris reducing greenhouse gas emissions and Agreement, but it’s clear that the rest Forty countries have already banned or developing innovative ways to adapt to the of the world is moving forward with climate restricted the use of plastic bags that often changing climate. Landmark moments on action. Who will lead? Watch for action from end up in the water. Last year, the UN this front will be the Resilient Cities Europe, China, and India. appointed a Special Envoy for Oceans, while Conference in Bonn, Germany in April, and countries made 1,400 commitments to ocean the Global Climate Action Summit, to be While China’s emissions and coal use rose protection at the UN Ocean Conference. hosted by San Francisco in September. last year, the country is also the world leader 2018 will be a crucial year for this global in renewable energy investment and will issue. 6. Big cats launch a national carbon market this year. It Over the last century, the world has lost 95 will need to reconcile these two realities to 2. Plastic Pollution percent of its tiger population. In just 20 secure status as a global climate leader. India Building on the momentum of the 2017 UN years, Africa’s lion population has declined by has some of the most ambitious renewable Environment Assembly, a major focus of more than 40 percent. Snow leopards, energy commitments, seeking to install 100 2018 will be minimizing plastic pollution by jaguars, and similar species are also in gigawatts of solar power by 2022. phasing out single-use shopping bags, danger due to habitat loss, poaching, and banning microbeads in cosmetics, and other threats. In 2018, expect to see a major The country has already made significant promoting the use of sustainable alternatives. new push to protect the world’s big cats. progress in expanding its solar capacity. The Global Climate Action Summit in California in 3. Greening The World Of Sports 7. Bad Air Days September and COP24 in Poland in With the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, In November, breathing the air in New Delhi December will be key moments for countries South Korea next month, the World Cup in for a day was the same as smoking 50 to step up further. Russia in June and July, and the Youth cigarettes. The city isn’t the only one with Olympics in Buenos Aires in October 2018 polluted skies—one in nine deaths globally 10.
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