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Anantara Hotels & Resorts is expanding its sustainability commitment and introducing the CSR programme "Dollar for Deeds" worldwide. The initiative was already introduced almost ten years ago in selected hotels in Thailand.

Thanks to Dopper, anyone out and about in Berlin will no longer have to resort to water in disposable plastic bottles.

A platinum plaque for a climate-friendly office building: project controller Drees & Sommer is delighted to have been awarded the highest certificate by the DGNB. Recycling management, a green façade and an energy concept made it possible. Hotels can also learn from this.

The implementation of the EU directive into national law is imminent. In future, around 15,000 companies will have to prepare sustainability reports and have them audited. This is to be done by external auditors. There is protest.

When plants, birds or insects visibly and tangibly disappear, alarm bells should ring. Where landslides bury hotels, the story of biodiversity risks has long since begun. In future, company directors will be held accountable for ignoring biodiversity risks. Norms, legislation and expectations are increasing. And investors are loving it!

The (EU) standards and definitions for sustainable hotel properties and  their financing are made in London. Ufi Ibrahim founded the Energy &  Environment Alliance (EEA) in October 2020 in London, which is a pool  of dedicated hotel investors, operators, banks and lawyers today. They  all want to collaborate, they want to protect their assets from  stranding.

According to a study, the combination of a plant-based diet, switching  production as well as CO2 storage in agriculture could produce negative  emissions. One researcher doubts the results.

There have always been economic crises in waves. Now, an experienced  scientist predicts the entire world that states will go bankrupt within  ten years if no immediate action is taken on climate change and the  global economic situation.

a&o has published its first sustainability report. In 2025, they want to be the first emission-free hostel chain in Europe. The report will be published annually in the future.

Best practice concerning sustainability: The privately managed Ringhotel Teutoburger Wald in northern Germany has become nearly entirely self-sufficient when it comes to energy. Through a mixture of photovoltaic, combined heat and power plants, energy storage and intelligent load management, the energy savings alone are enormous. The owners Olaf and Rainer Kerssen know all the details.