NH Hotel Group participated in the work
group responsible for preparing the
methodology known as Hotel Carbon
Measurement Initiative (HCMI), which
was created in collaboration with the
International Tourism Partnership (ITP)
and the World Travel & Tourism Council.
In 2014 NH Hotel Group also calculated
the carbon footprint for its entire portfolio
using this methodology, which is added to
that established in the GHG Protocol on
emissions from external laundry. On this
basis, NH Hotel Group’s carbon footprint
ratio was 7.49 kg of CO
2
per room
occupied in 2014.
COMMITMENT TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS
Environmental sustainability
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Sustain Focus
NH Hotel Group uses the Sustain Focus platform to keep an exhaustive and strict control over the
energy consumption, carbon footprint and water consumption measures. It is an online system to
which most Company hotels have access and which enables the user to report, control, monitor and
trace all the consumptions.
This tool has been designed to be flexible and scalable, is available in five languages and allows
reporting in multiple currencies and magnitudes, converting them automatically into the units used
for corporate reporting. The system facilitates internal comparisons to improve efficiency at hotels.
NH Collection Palacio de Aranjuez
Madrid, Spain
CDP
In 2014, NH Hotel Group reported to Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), an independent, non-
profit organization that analyses the environmental performance of companies and whose
indicators are consulted by multiple stakeholders. The Company has obtained a 97 (A-) score,
within the companies with a greater commitment on climate change and as the best ranked
European hotel chain.
4.76
5.16
1.08
4.55
1.25
7.49
-28.8%
10.53
1.22
2013
2014
Laundry emissions
Indirect emissions
Direct emissions
Laundry emissions fall outside
the scape of the Report’s
external assurance.
