Climate Action

Taking on a global issue together

Being a global company, we accept our responsibility to help tackle climate change by conserving and safeguarding natural and cultural heritage.

Our focus is on addressing resource efficiency and use, promoting responsible travel, greening and reforestation, and supporting local capacity development and resilience to change.

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Earth Hour

Each year, our properties join the Earth Hour movement by turning off non-essential lights for one hour.

We also offer guest experiences with a strong sustainability message, such as the eco-market at Angsana Teluk Bahang, Banyan Tree Huangshan's WeChat environmental quiz, and monthly full moon Earth Hour in the Maldives.

Energy & Emissions

We ensure that all our properties exceed industry baseline standards for production of low CO2 emissions, while educating and raising awareness of the linkage between harmful emissions and climate change, as well as the impacts they have on both the environment and all living beings.

Water

We commit to reducing water consumption rates through improved efficiency, adoption of new practices or technology, and awareness programmes to encourage behavioural change and promote environmental sensitivity and best practice.

Food Waste

To promote sustainable food choices, we implement company-wide initiatives such as food diversion programmes, compost sites, Meat-Free days and organic gardens and farms.

Our food waste goals are 30% reduction and 50% diversion from landfill by 2025, with 50% reduction and 100% diversion by 2030.

Plastic

Since our 2018 pledge to cut down on single-use plastic, we have tracked 31 categories of plastic, achieving a reduction rate of 53%.

Our property in Vietnam added a water bottling plant in 2021, eliminating 360,000 plastic bottles annually, joining our properties in Bintan and the Maldives in bottling locally.

General Waste

Since 2022, we have implemented compulsory waste monitoring and recycling tracking at all properties including those not registered with EarthCheck.

Currently, recycling initiatives at 21 properties engage over 2,200 participants to recycle, donate or transform waste into art to raise awareness of best practice and reduce waste to landfill.

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Tree Planting

Greening Communities launched in 2007 to raise awareness about climate change.

Since then, our properties have planted half a million trees, sequestering approximately 183,568 tons of CO2 through greening projects in Mexico’s Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, and reforestation efforts in Borneo’s Sebangau National Park, among others.

ORI9IN Farm

ORI9IN, the first gourmet organic farm in Chiang Mai, champions local procurement and sustainably sourced food.

By partnering with a network of restaurants, chefs and hotels to focus on import substitution and reduce carbon footprint, ORI9IN and its on-site restaurant Waiting for May provide a roadmap for a sustainable future.

Organic Farms

To date, 13 of our properties operate organic gardens and farms.

At Banyan Tree Lăng Cô and Angsana Lăng Cô in Vietnam, an organic vegetable garden, animal farm, and worm farm act as an organic farming model for local farmers. Banyan Tree Tamouda Bay also recycles frying oil into biodiesel.

Cleaning Communities

Collaborative community clean-ups to remediate and cleanse natural systems help drive a shift towards sustainable consumption, as well as protect biodiversity threatened by plastic waste.

Each property conducts a minimum of four clean-ups annually, in their local community. We also support International Coastal Cleanup and World Cleanup Day every September.

Impact Snapshot
  • 183,568 Tons of carbon sequestered since 2007
  • 5,150 Trees planted in Mexico’s Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve in 2021
  • 280.7 Tons of food diverted from landfill in 2021
  • 74 Energy conservation initiatives launched since 2021
  • 5.02 Million kWh (worth US$1.26m) saved in 2021
  • 36 Water conservation initiatives saved 329 million litres of water in 2021
  • 541 Million litres of water was recycled or recaptured in 2021
  • 21.1 Tons of waste removed by 6,054 participants in 202 clean-ups in 2021
  • 279 Tons of waste collected by 111,999 people since 2017