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Outsourcing climate conscience is the easier, but not the right way. Hotels or anyone to truly lower their climate impact, carbon offsetting should be the last, not the first choice. Because they help companies and guests feel "green" without changing habits. Part 3 of our series on the fight against CO2.
External stakeholders are the most underestimated: they influence the reduction of emissions tremendously. Guests, partners and certificates form a triple power package. Sustainability expert Prof Willy Legrand says: It pays to collaborate with these groups. Part 2 of our series on the fight against CO2.
Corporate travellers and meeting organisers like to book "green hotels". HRS has therefore developed a new platform to make it easier for hoteliers to showcase their sustainability measures.
The international hotel industry, alongside aviation, is increasingly becoming a focal point in global climate discourse. How can hotels transform into climate-conscious hosts? What role does carbon offsetting play? Where is the line between sincere climate action and greenwashing? In our mini-series, we team up with the expert Professor Willy Legrand.
On the campaign trail, Trump vowed revenge against people and policies in conflict with the MAGA (Make America Great Again) agenda, which has been detailed in Project 2025, a 922-page tome. Trump allegedly hasn't heard anything about it yet and just carries on.
Despite headlines that many companies are moving away from climate pledges, the true picture looks more hopeful and far more complex. Large and small companies, cities and governments voluntarily enter their environmental data on a platform. Scope 3 is where most of the money is.
This HospitalityInside Think Tank (HITT) in Brussels will be one of the most strategic ever: It shows new paths to the future, to "regenerative hospitality", to the environment and to the locals. Whether and where sustainable hotels are built is no longer decided by investors, but by urban planners and new infrastructures. In the hotel itself, the AI works with the employees and not against them. And clever IT applications reduce the gap between operator and investor.
Over the next 1000 years, global warming could be more severe than previously assumed. A new study has produced long-term climate projections for the first time, considering factors such as the thawing of permafrost as a source of greenhouse gases.
The EU Supply Chain Act, adopted in 2024, is controversial but important for fair trade. Companies are now to be given more time to prepare. The European Parliament has now cleared the way for a postponement.
The happiest people in the world live in Finland. Researchers suspect a connection between the population's closeness to nature and their happiness.