Mumbai (TAN): The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) will introduce an effort to cut down overall water intensity by five per cent within the next two years across all its properties.
Australia-based research group specialising in sustainable tourism and research, will carry out a monthly audit to keep a tab on IHCL’s sustainability practices and growth.
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“Our sustainability goals have evolved with the changing world that we live in. At IHCL, it is our constant endeavour to grow responsibly and contribute to preserving the environment in a meaningful way. This year’s goal is in line with our commitment to working towards optimizing water and energy consumption,” Executive Vice President and Global Head – Human Resources, IHCL, P.V. Murthy said.
IHCL has also initiated a Water SMART contest, which requires participating hotels to run a water intensity reduction project for three months. The winning model will thereafter be implemented across all hotels as a best practice.
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Other green initiatives by IHCL include elimination of two million plastic straws from its environment within a year, increasing the renewable energy quotient from 7 per cent to 23 per cent over the last three years, and three of its hotels switching to their own in-house bottling plants from PET bottles.
