Uniting Hotels Around Sustainability: Responsible Stay Initiative Gains Support From AHLA Members and Visibility in Washington

April is Earth Month– an ideal time to review the hotel market’s dedication to safeguarding the future of our world by offering a “Responsible Stay” for visitors.

America’s hotels are carrying out sustainability steps and driving the market towards a more ecologically accountable future through the American Hotel & & Lodging Association‘s Responsible Stay effort. Its 4 pillars consist of focusing on energy performance, waste decrease, water preservation, and accountable sourcing. Far, these concepts have actually acquired more than 80 recommendations from AHLA members, state associations, and independent residential or commercial properties.

Last month, we brought market leaders and professionals together for the inaugural Responsible Stay Summit in Washington, D.C. They went over Environmental, Social, and Governance technique; leveraging tactical social effect; and the future of sustainability policies. Through the Responsible Stay effort, AHLA has actually used hoteliers a set of arranging concepts created to supply an accountable stay for visitors, safeguard the future of our world, and assistance neighborhoods throughout the nation. Accountable Stay matches numerous other crucial AHLA ecological sustainability efforts, consisting of:

• AHLA’s tactical collaboration with the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance to enhance, team up on, and assistance hospitality sustainability programs and services;-LRB-
• AHLA’s longstanding collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund on the hotel Kitchen program, which utilizes ingenious techniques to engage personnel, partners, and visitors in suppressing food waste from hotel kitchen areas; and
• AHLA’s continuous collaboration with the Department of Energy Better Buildings Initiative to drive energy effectiveness in the hospitality sector by speeding up financial investment and sharing effective finest practices.

Whether it’s needing using LED lights and low-flow water components or transitioning to bulk features, AHLA members are making crucial contributions to construct on the hotel market’s strong tradition of sustainability.

AHLA is happy to assist our members in their journey to offer workers, visitors, and neighborhoods with an accountable stay. We motivate hoteliers throughout the market to join us by getting the word out about America’s hotel sustainability story, sharing your hotel’s sustainability successes, and backing the Responsible Stay concepts at responsiblestay.org.