Articles tagged “ESG”

Short-Term Rentals

Hostelworld Launches Framework For Sustainability Certification For Its Hostels

The company claims this is a one-of-a-kind certification program for hostels.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 2 months ago

Hostelworld Launches Framework For Sustainability Certification For Its Hostels

Hotels

Marriott on Track For Emissions Goal – but Trending in Wrong Direction

Marriott’s environmental data shows that the company is working hard to reduce its carbon footprint, but more needs to be done to hit 2030 targets.

Wouter Geerts | 7 months ago

Marriott on Track For Emissions Goal – but Trending in Wrong Direction

Hotels

Hotel Execs Face New Reporting Challenge. Here’s What They Need to Know.

What's keeping hotel executives up at night these days? For some, it's looming reporting requirements for sustainability.

Sean O'Neill | 9 months ago

Hotel Execs Face New Reporting Challenge. Here’s What They Need to Know.

Short-Term Rentals

a&o Hostels Idea: Take ‘Dirty, Ugly’ Buildings, Make Them Sustainable

a&o is part of the hospitality industry that honors refuse, repurpose, reduce as the new slogan in achieving its net-zero goal. And giving new life to old buildings on the way.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 11 months ago

a&o Hostels Idea: Take ‘Dirty, Ugly’ Buildings, Make Them Sustainable

Tourism

A Short History of the Travel Industry’s Sustainability Efforts

Although many travel companies are vocal about environmental issues, there's often been an enormous disconnect between their words and actions. Here's a look at how Skift has covered the industry's successes and failures in sustainability.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

A Short History of the Travel Industry’s Sustainability Efforts

Hotels

Soul Community Planet Hotels Seeks Profit in Holistic Hospitality

We like how this new hotel brand is testing rare concepts. It suggests a rate but lets guests haggle if they feel underwhelmed. It ties guest stays to specific, if minor, environmental and community fixes. And it opposes the trendy asset-light model.

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

Soul Community Planet Hotels Seeks Profit in Holistic Hospitality

Hotels

Full Video: Accor Deputy CEO at Skift Future of Lodging Forum 2023

Accor is focused on setting itself apart by offering more than just a place to stay. Jean-Jacques Morin, a top Accor executive, discussed that and more at the Skift Future of Lodging Forum.

Justin Dawes | 1 year ago

Full Video: Accor Deputy CEO at Skift Future of Lodging Forum 2023

Hotels

Choice Hotels Boosts Environmental Reporting But Overlooks Key Pieces

Choice Hotels is late to the ESG party, but it's now started to formally report some data. All in all an important first step, but we hope there’s more to come.

Wouter Geerts | 1 year ago

Choice Hotels Boosts Environmental Reporting But Overlooks Key Pieces

News Blog

CitizenM Secures $500 Million Loan Contingent on Sustainability Goals

CitizenM raised $500 million (€480 million) from HSBC UK, HSBC Continental Europe, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., and Aareal Bank with a sustainability-linked loan, becoming one of the first European hospitality companies to adopt such financing arrangements. The new funding incorporates specific environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals as part of the push for greener travel. For CitizenM,…

Sherry Sun | 1 year ago

Hotels

Hotel Companies Show Progress on Greener Emissions Accountability: New Skift Research

We've covered the environmental performance of hotel companies before, but that research was due an update. Much has happened in the world, and — probably unrelated — hotel companies have become better at setting emission reduction targets and reporting of current performance. Let's continue that trend.

Wouter Geerts | 1 year ago

Hotel Companies Show Progress on Greener Emissions Accountability: New Skift Research