EarthCheck
Heritage and CityLife Hotels recognise that we have an important role to play in protecting and enhancing the environment for future generations, and to help secure the long-term sustainability of the tourism industry of New Zealand. To this end the Heritage Hotel group has actively sought to be benchmarked against EarthCheck.
EarthCheck is an independent accreditation company committed to sustainable travel and tourism. Established in 1992, it provides a certification service of businesses’ environmental sustainability. EarthCheck works as an international benchmark for environmental impacts, for example by charting energy consumption, water consumption and waste outputs.
The Heritage Hotel group is committed to creating an environmentally safe working place and as such have been members of EarthCheck since 2002. The group has the largest commitment of hotel inventory EarthCheck benchmarked for sustainability in the country.
This commitment has been reflected in the implementation of a number of power-saving and sustainability initiatives such as:
- Using energy-saving lamps
- Installing water saving devices such as different showerheads throughout the hotel
- Encouraging guests to re-use towels in order to use less water and reduce detergents
- Introducing glass and plastic bottle recycling program
- Using fire extinguishers that are not CFC based
- Using live plants within the hotel
- Ensuring our suppliers deliver as many items as possible in reusable plastic crates
- Encouraging staff to utilise energy efficiently
- Reusing paper where appropriate within each department
As a result of their involvement, Heritage Auckland has saved 44.5% on energy consumption, 38% on electricity consumption and 44% on water consumption since original benchmarking in 2002. All of this directly impacts positively on the environment.
For more information visit the EarthCheck website at http://www.earthcheck.org/.
Downloadable Sustainability Policy:
