The Hotel Companies Most Friendly to the Environment: New Skift Research

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Carbon reduction is gaining importance for stakeholders, and reporting is getting better amongst the largest hotel companies. Skift Research compares the emissions of six global chains to determine which is best positioned to become carbon neutral over the coming decades, and which are falling behind.
Does the pandemic provide an opportunity for the travel industry to come back better? It’s a question we increasingly hear. Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) criteria have made steady inroads into the hotel industry, and now form part of many hotels’ performance metrics, investor criteria, and business travel procurement.
Many hotel companies have started reducing their emissions, and now more than ever, as tourism is at a low po