For the NH Hotel Group, environmental sustainability drives innovation, seeking to surprise our guests as well as achieving efficiencies in the use of natural resources, particularly water and energy. In our responsible commitment to the Planet, we work to minimise our impact on Climate Change, increase the efficiency of resources and develop more sustainable services. All this minimises our environmental footprint with responsible consumption of natural resources.
The Company’s environmental strategy is driven by NH ROOM4 Planet, which defines the roadmap for complying with the commitments acquired in the fight against climate change and progress towards decarbonisation, efficient management and responsible consumption of resources and the circular economy, and developing more sustainable products, but also involving employees, suppliers, shareholders and customers as key players in achieving them.
In order to formalise the extension of these commitments to the entire operation and NH Hotel Group’s decision making process, in 2020, at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 29 July, the new Environmental and Energy Policy was approved.
At NH Hotel Group the fight against climate change is a fundamental strategic value. This is way the Company was the first Spanish hotelier to establish targets for reducing emissions, scientifically validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) last year. Therefore, NH Hotel Group formalised its commitment to reduce its carbon emissions by 20% throughout its value chain up to 2030, preventing the emission of more than 70,000 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere. This objective marks NH Hotel Group’s roadmap towards a significant reduction in its activity’s carbon footprint in the coming years, aligned with the purpose set in the Paris Agreement, and join the efforts that are being made globally towards the transition to a low carbon economy.