Our commitments as a company invested in the community and the pl anet
4.1 RESPECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
As a responsible company, we are expanding our businesses with due respect for the planet by reducing our environmental footprint. Our global presence provides us with the opportunity to guide our various businesses towards more environmentally sensitive and sustainable solutions.
4.1.1 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Our environmental strategy is based on a Group-wide environmental footprint study and supported by a management system designed to address the main environmental challenges facing Accor, in terms of both constructing hotels and operating them.
Accor pledges: ̸ to define Group-wide environmental performance improvement objectives, roll them out and track progress towards achieving them using appropriate indicators and environmental management and control systems; ̸ to introduce disciplined environmental management processes by deploying sustainable construction and refurbishment guidelines for new hotel projects.
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS ̸ comply with Group and brand standards, in particular the mandatory «Bronze» actions provided for in our environment policy.
YOU SHOULD NEVER ̸ conceal the current and future effects of the environmental footprint of your business activities and construction projects.
IS THIS RESPONSIBLE?
Situation: an owner approaches Accor to franchise its hotel despite the fact that there are numerous environmental failings and shortcomings in its running and management (no waste management, routine usage of single use plastic products, etc.). Is such a proposal acceptable?
Solution: no, the sustainability of the model and its compliance with Accor standards first need to be assessed.
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