We’re doing this through a series of Conscious Commitments. Think of them like voluntary pledges: they need to be trackable, measurable, and achievable within 1 year. Each relates to one of our ten Conscious Hotel Principles. In the years to come, we’ll roll out further commitments to cover all of our ten conscious principles, but for now, we’re starting with the first.
At our sustainability workshops during Arena* 2024, attending hoteliers identified the priorities that made the most sense to them, and voted on what they wanted the first commitment to be: measure impact data or get green certified by 2025.
You can choose the tools and certifications of your choice, but if the task of collecting impact data or find a suitable certification sounds daunting, don’t worry. We’re here to help you to take concrete actions and implement them, supported by special partner offers and resources. And if you successfully achieve your commitment, we’ll be there to celebrate your hotel’s efforts with marketing exposure at no extra cost to you.
Your hotel will be listed as a ‘Sustainable Hotel” on our Sustainability theme-page (No additional costs).
Your hotel will be included in promotional newsletters and Social Media posts (No additional costs).
Your hotel will be included in an article on our Culture Journal (No additional costs).
Your hotel will be included in Design Hotels Stories and/or other PR and media contexts (No additional costs).
Stijn Oyen, Managing Director of Design Hotels
A SaaS platform for holistic data management, measurement, analysis, and reporting, enabling businesses to track and report their commercial viability and environmental and social impact.
MESH (Marriott Environmental Sustainability Hub) is used globally by Marriott associated hotels as a sustainability tracking tool that accurately reports sustainability efforts.
The leading scientific benchmarking, certification, and advisory group in the travel and tourism space.
The world’s leading certification for sustainable operation and management of travel and tourism, certifying hotels and more to meet the highest sustainability standards.
A voluntary eco-label and the leading standard for excellence in the field of environmental responsibility and sustainable operation within the tourism industry.
The world's most widely used green building rating system. The certification provides a framework for highly efficient and cost-saving green buildings, which offer environmental, social, and governance benefits.
Certifies businesses that meet the highest, verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and legal accountability.
An independent organisation that establishes and manages global standards for sustainable travel and tourism, known as the GSTC Criteria.
Hong Kong, China
Weeva
Lombok, Indonesia
Weeva
Crete, Greece
Weeva
Cape Town, South Africa
Weeva
Istanbul, Turkey
Weeva
Nairobi, Kenya
Weeva
Umbria, Italy
Weeva
Umbria, Italy
B Corp
South Tyrol, Italy
Earth Check
Umbria, Italy
B Corp
Christiane Wassmann, Rastrello
Conscious Collaborations
We invited the owners of two of our B-Corp-certified hotels, Carlota in Quito and Inhabit Hotels in London, to share their takes on the certification process and answer questions from our hoteliers.
Conscious Collaborations
Weeva is a purpose-driven company, actively committed to enabling, educating, and inspiring tourism businesses to measure and manage their own impact in order to operate in a more efficient, profitable and sustainable way.
Conscious Eye on
Zuri Zanzibar proudly supports environmental protection, works with the community, and aims to better the lives of locals.
Conscious Collaborations
With a topic this big and important, it’s hard to know where to start. So, we’ve gone to the experts and asked them for some practical ways hotels can start tackling carbon emissions and energy use. Specifically, what impact can we create within hospitality? And how can we bring guests along on this journey?
While we work to inspire our hotels to meet new environmental and social standards, we also strive to improve ourselves internally, too. Design Hotels will continue to internally track our own impact data. We’ve committed to measure our impact data and partner with Weeva for this. We commit to publish an Impact Report every second year, starting in 2024.
Get in touch
Thank you for being on this journey with us! If you have any feedback or questions, please contact Elin Kann, Director, Sustainability & Culture, at [email protected]
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