 The World Wildlife Fund announced this week that Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is committing to its Climate Savers Program. Fairmont said they will reduce operational CO2 emissions from its existing hotels by 20 percent below 2006 levels by 2013, while also working on reducing their CO2 emissions through the brand’s new Energy and Carbon Management program. Is this a greenwash or truly something significant?
According to WWF's press release, Fairmont has also committed to:
-Finalize a Green Procurement Policy and Supplier Code of Conduct by the end of 2009;-Educate and encourage its top suppliers (representing approximately 25% of the supply chain) to provide products in accordance with the Green Procurement Policy and Supplier Code of Conduct by the end of 2010;
-Update existing Design and Construction standards to incorporate and reflect LEED standards by the end of 2011;
-Endeavor to include sustainable and LEED-certified hotels across the brand;
-Seek to relocate Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Corporate offices in Toronto Canada to a building with a LEED NC Gold target by 2011.
In more WWF related news...
On Thursday, April 2 at 10:30 a.m. EDT, Pew and WWF will lead a press conference call to preview the first-ever joint Arctic Council/Antarctic Treaty Ministerial Meeting on April 6 and the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting which runs for the following 10 days.
Never before have these groups come together to discuss urgent global issues impacting both the Arctic and Antarctica. These meetings come at a time when the poles are sending critical signals about global warming. Nearly 400 diplomats, polar scientists, government officials and non-governmental organizations from 47 countries and 29 consultative parties will discuss issues including the rapid loss of Arctic and Antarctic ice habitat and the rapid, localized depletion of Antarctic krill, the primary food source for Antarctic whales, seals and penguins.
This call will be recorded as an mp3 and will be posted to www.krillcount.org and http://www.worldwildlife.org/arctic approximately three hours after the call ends.Labels: climate savers program, environmental defense fund, fairmont hotel, world widelife fund |
