Responsible Business - Let's take responsibility
Hasselt, Limburg Hotel's Responsible Business Practices in Hasselt
Taking responsibility for the
environment and local community has been an important part of Rezidor's
broader commitment to sustainable development for many years. In 2001,
this commitment was fortified and placed within the scope of a programme
called Responsible Business (RB). Each hotel has a unique RB Action
Plan covering areas such as community outreach, environmental
improvement, employee well-being and health and safety. To read more
about the RB programme, please go to www.responsiblebusiness.rezidor.com.
Our hotels are engaged with both local
charity groups and Rezidor's corporate international charity
organisation, the World Childhood Foundation. The mission of Childhood
is to defend the rights of the child and to promote better living
conditions for vulnerable and exploited children at risk all over the
world.
This Limburg Hotel's Responsible Business Activities and Achievements:
- Hotel was constructed with the use of recyclable materials.
- Optimization of the hotel's energy consuming equipment.
- Dedicated Responsible Business coordinator that oversees all
activities and follows up on a daily basis.
- Investment in 2008 to change all the traditional light bulbs to energy efficient bulbs.
- Involvement with the local community throughout the year, including visits to local orphanage during Christmas time.
- Waste sorting system for glass, cardboard, hazardous material and organic waste.
- Responsible Business Training for our staff during introduction training and follow up training to build awareness about the program.
- Work with our suppliers to reduce their amount of waste and to
re-use delivery materials where possible.
- Increase awareness among guests to save water and towels, minimize consumption of energy, etc.
- Money collection activities for the World Childhood Foundation
during September www.childhood.org
- The hotel has adopted its own child in Uganda through
Plan International. This Limburg hotel's staff donate a monthly sum to the child's community to improve the overall circumstances in which he lives and give the community a better future. For more info: www.plan-international.org
