Latest news and insights from various sources relating to UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Select Green Hotels launched in September 2021, on World Tourism Day. To be listed on the site, properties are vetted for their environmentally friendly use of materials and resources, social commitment, and the preservation of nature and culture of the respective region.
2022 shows one of the steepest growths in improvement across almost all metrics, raising the bar for destinations that will benchmark in 2023.
High-level event brings together almost 300 global experts, travel industry and policy leaders to outline solutions to decarbonize business travel aligned with Paris Climate Goals.
Sebastian Ebel, CEO of TUI Group delivers remarks on sustainability at World Travel Market London. Destination Co-Lab Rhodes starts roll out of strategy to make Rhodes a blueprint model for sustainable tourism transformation.
Participants in the Norwegian collaboration will strive towards reducing emissions from shipping by 50% by 2030, in line with the Norway’s national climate goals. This comes in addition to the current target of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to reduce CO2 emissions from global shipping by at least 40% by 2030 and 70% by 2050.
Today, environmental sustainability is a focus of interest for aviation. The airline industry is ambitiously committed to net zero emissions by 2050. Therefore, airlines and other industry players must have the right tools to support this goal towards a carbon-neutral industry.
This partnership will see the two organisations build on their previous collaborative work developing the Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative (HCMI) – which enables hotels to measure the carbon footprint of stays, meetings and events.
This partnership combines the Alliance’s sector-specific expertise and reach in the hospitality industry with GTTP’s educational expertise and infrastructure in countries worldwide to enable both organisations to further enhance the positive potential of the hospitality sector.
Group partners with World Fuel Services for first bunkering of lower carbon fuel, a vital step in its Destination Net Zero decarbonization strategy.
To remain up to date amidst a changing landscape of climate action, HCMI has been reviewed and improved based on user feedback and research by Cornell University’s Center for Hospitality Research.
