Towards a more sustainable tourism: our CSR plan
“Sustainable tourism has become an essential criteria for our clients: 80% of travellers state that travelling sustainably is important to them. It is the entire hospitality chain of value that we are transforming by engaging our teams, our clients, our partners and investors. Responsible for 11% of carbon emissions in the world, tourism is changing and Louvre Hotels Group wants to actively contribute to this historical transformation.”
Louvre Hotels Group collaborates with the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) as part of the ‘Hotel Sustainability Basics’ initiative. Driven by Jin Jiang International, the aim of this industry-wide effort is to establish sustainable development benchmarks across hotels worldwide. To achieve certification, hotels must meet 12 environmental and social criteria categorised under three pillars: Efficiency, Planet, and People.
We have identified three key areas of focus and effort that are essential to our business sector:
1. Rethink our buildings to reduce their environmental impact, adapt them to climate change, and preserve biodiversity. This commitment notably involves cutting down on waste, energy and water use, and carbon emissions, with approved SBTi (Science Based Targets Initiative).
2. Build CSR awareness among Louvre Hotels Group stakeholders while establishing standards for adoption. Key actions to achieve this include training our staff and improving our suppliers’ sustainable development skills through our partner EcoVadis. We also work with innovative players such as TooGoodToGo to fight against food waste and Solikend to promote charitable donations.
3. Communicate on the Group’s actions via a sustainability report while reinforcing our brands’ commitment through the identification of their own CSR initiatives. Hotels are also encouraged and supported in the development of local initiatives, whether social or environmental.
Louvre Hotels Group is also a member of C3D (College of Directors for Sustainable Development).
As part of our commitment to animal welfare, we pledge to use only cage-free eggs by 2025 and to ensure that our chicken meat supply complies with the European Chicken Commitment standards by 2026. Here are the progress of the group on this topic :
