Hotels give travelers a tool to tell them how green they’re behaving

- Jun 19, 2012 10:55 am

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The initiative makes it easier for business travelers in particular report back their carbon footprints to home office in order to help companies monitor their environmental impact.

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A group of leading hotel companies have launched a new tool designed to standardise measurement and reporting of the hospitality sector’s carbon impact.

The International Tourism Partnership (ITP) and the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) have collaborated with 23 global hospitality firms to produce a method of calculating the footprint of hotel stays and meetings.