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Hotel sustainability · Our core business

Sustainability is business. Make it your competitive advantage.

We understand hotel operations, profitability, guest expectations and investor priorities. We turn sustainability into measurable operational savings, legal compliance and credible market positioning.

No nonsense. No unnecessary investment. Just results.

A doorman and a receptionist welcome a guest with a suitcase at the entrance of a city hotel at dusk.

What you get from us

  • Baseline your numbers first
  • Quick wins no investment
  • CAPEX case with payback
  • Proof audited results

We are hoteliers

You run the hotel. We take care of sustainability.

You were trained to run a successful hospitality business, not to become an expert in carbon accounting, waste recovery, EU legislation or certification criteria.

We know hotels are commercial organisations. You have budgets, payroll, demanding guests, owners and investors to satisfy. We respect that.

Our job is to make sustainability work for your business, not to create another burden for your management team.

Sustainability is not a logo on the façade of your hotel. Sustainability is what you do, and it must be demonstrated by continuous improvement and by working only with verified and trusted companies.

Andrés von Fellenberg van der Molen, Director and Senior Lead Auditor

Our method

First understand. Then improve. Only then invest.

We do not recommend spending money until we understand your operational baseline and the financial consequences of each decision.

  • 01 Understand
  • 02 Optimise
  • 03 Invest
  • 04 Verify
  • 05 Communicate
  1. Establish your baselineWe measure energy, water, waste, governance, compliance, costs and operational performance per occupied room and per guest night, and compare them with hotels like yours.
  2. Optimise what you already haveBetter controls, procedures, staff practices and resource management. The savings that need no investment always come first.
  3. Build the CAPEX business caseEach investment option with its expected savings, payback period and operational risk, in a format your owners and lenders can approve.
  4. Implement and verifyWe deliver the agreed actions with your team, train the people who keep them running and audit the results against the baseline.
  5. Protect your reputationCertification readiness and evidence-based claims that stand up to guests, tour operators, auditors and investors.

What we take off your desk

Everything sustainability asks of a hotel, in one partner.

Baselines and benchmarks

Your consumption and costs per occupied room and guest night, compared with similar hotels.

No-CAPEX optimisation

Settings, schedules, procedures and staff habits that cut energy, water and waste costs without investment.

CAPEX evaluation

Business cases for equipment and building upgrades, with savings, payback and risk.

Implementation

We carry out the agreed actions with your engineering, housekeeping and F&B teams.

Outsourced management

We run your sustainability programme for you, with periodic internal audits and reporting.

Work with us your way

You decide how involved we become.

From a single conversation to complete outsourced management. Our involvement adapts to your team’s capacity and your business objectives.

  • Just advise me — I need an expert opinion.
  • Show me the way — my team will implement.
  • Work with us — we deliver it together.
  • Do it for us — you manage the project.
  • Keep us on track — periodic internal audits.
  • Manage our sustainability — ongoing support.

Questions hoteliers ask us

Straight answers, before you spend anything.

If your question is not here, ask the director directly. He will personally respond.

What is a green hotel?

A hotel that puts sustainability at the centre of its operations and can prove it. New hotels can build it in from the design stage, with technologies for energy saving, water conservation and waste management.

Existing hotels get there by upgrading their practices, controls and suppliers. An older hotel can be just as green, as long as it works within a framework that shows its progress.

Where do we start?

With the baseline. Before anyone recommends an investment, we measure where your hotel stands and what each decision would cost or save.

Can my hotel be greenwashing if it is already certified?

Yes. A certificate only protects you if the programme is accredited and the audit is carried out by competent, independent auditors. If your suppliers make claims you cannot prove, those claims become yours.

We check both. See audits and compliance.

How long does an implementation take?

It depends on the standard or scheme and on where you start. A hotel that already controls its suppliers and its energy, water and waste data usually needs three to six months. Starting from scratch, seven to twelve months is realistic.

What does it cost?

It depends on the size of the hotel and on how involved you want us to be. We usually start with an internal audit or a baseline, so that everything after it is priced on facts. We quote after a short call.

Do we have to renew a certification every year?

Most programmes audit every year, and continuous improvement has to be shown with evidence. If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it, so we recommend setting aside a yearly budget for the programme and its audit.

The Green Partner promise

You focus on hospitality. We make sustainability work behind the scenes.

Tell us where your hotel stands. We will tell you where the savings are, and what they are worth.

Install the app

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  1. 1. Tap ShareThe square with an arrow. In Safari it is in the toolbar or inside the ••• menu; in Chrome, next to the address bar.
  2. 2. Choose “Add to Home Screen”Scroll down the menu if you do not see it.
  3. 3. Tap “Add”Green Partner appears on your home screen and opens like any other app.

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