A world-first milestone in sustainable and responsible tourism management has been achieved through an eight-year collaboration between EarthCheck, world’s leading scientific benchmarking, certification and advisory group and Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, one of Asia’s largest hotel companies.
Fifty individual hotels in the Taj Group portfolio, ranging from Rambagh Palace, Jaipur to Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites and Residences, london, have been awarded EarthCheck Gold Certification, with data revealing an average 28.6 per cent reduction in energy, water and waste and USD$6,107,585 in savings for the group.
Stewart Moore, EarthCheck founder and CEO said that Taj is the first hotel group in the world to have 50 hotels achieve Gold Certification in the same year, having completed a minimum of five years of continuous benchmarking through EarthCheck Certified.
“Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces has confirmed its position as a true worldwide leader in responsible tourism, and a genuine source of inspiration to the international tourism community,” Moore said.
Rakhee lalvani, associate VP, public relations, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces said, “The Taj EARTH sustainability programme, which is accredited by the globally recognised certification for environmental excellence in the hospitality industry, EarthCheck, is an initiative which reiterates the company’s conscious efforts towards sustainability and is aligned with the Tata ethos of keeping communities at the heart of doing business.”
Since 2008, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces enrolled in EarthCheck Certified and have achieved the following milestone saving achievements: