NE BUSINESS BUREAU
CHENNAI, APR 22
A pioneer of Indian hospitality and South Asia’s largest hospitality company, Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) from the House of Tatas, continues to reinforce its commitment towards adopting and strengthening it sustainable business practices.
According to a release, the company phasing out single-use plastic, reduction in carbon footprint, water conservation and utilization of renewable sources of energy to extensive community engagement, IHCL will continue to drive responsible tourism at every step.
The Company marked the occasion of Earth Day on Thursday (April 22, 2021) with a milestone achievement of 47 of its hotels achieving EarthCheck Platinum Certification, representing 11 continuous years of social and environmental impact by ensuring sustainable tourism management practices. With this, a total of 78 EarthCheck certified IHCL hotels have generated significant savings since 2008 by:
- Reducing water consumption by approximately 3,000,000 kilolitres
- Reducing greenhouse emissions including approximately 232,000,000 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e)
- Saving approximately 1,202,000,000 mega joules of energy
- Reducing waste sent to landfill by 17,000 cubic metres
The Company has further strengthened its endeavor to phase out single-use plastics from across its hotels, in addition to introducing bottling plants that will replace all plastic water bottles with reusable glass bottles at 15 hotels across the globe, which can result in eliminating 0.2 million kilograms of plastic. Currently, 27 hotels are powered by renewable energy, an initiative that has been further strengthened by IHCL’s recent partnership with Tata Power to provide energy from Green Source to its key hotels in Mumbai.
In its pursuit towards excellence and creating benchmark in the tourism industry, IHCL will continue to pioneer sustainable practices for a greener future, the release said.
For more information on IHCL’s sustainable initiatives, please visit: IHCL Sustainability Report
