Choice Hotels Boosts Environmental Reporting But Overlooks Key Pieces
Photo Credit: A Woodspring Suites in Washington, one of almost 7,500 Choice hotels. Source: Choice Hotels. Choice Hotels / Choice Hotels
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Choice Hotels is late to the ESG party, but it's now started to formally report some data. All in all an important first step, but we hope there’s more to come.
Choice Hotels International released its 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report earlier this week, but emissions from the vast majority of its properties — franchised hotels — are missing.
It is the first time the company has reported on its environmental and social efforts at this scale. While other hotel companies of Choice's size have done so for many years, the owner of brands like Comfort, Quality Inn, Clarion, and EconoLodge is coming late to the party. It probably didn't have an option as scrutiny of hotel groups intensifies.
The report provides some emissions data for the company, as
