Sustainability Report 2022

Our Waste Tracking Methodology

Embracing the Environment

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Waste contributes to climate change, pollutes the environment, and creates conditions for disease to thrive. Given the projections for global waste to grow by 70% by 2050, local waste management systems will face considerable stress. Tourists, who often produce double the waste of locals, exacerbate the problem. In particular, tourism contributes disproportionately to food loss and waste (FLW). Because achieving net-zero is impossible without tackling FLW, there is great potential for the hospitality sector to make a positive impact.

Key Performance Indicator

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reduction in waste to landfill by 2030
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Scope

We define waste as solid and liquid waste excluding water and emissions. We report total waste as the sum of all Group-owned and managed hotels. We also present data from hotels and resorts per occupied room (POR) so that they are comparable even when occupancy varies. Waste data were unverifiable or incomplete for Angsana Corfu, Cassia Phuket and Angsana Teluk Bahang were not included.

Management approach

Monitoring and understanding what waste we produce, where and how much, enables us to target waste reductions through the 5Rs – reduce, refuse, reuse, recycle and remove. We monitor waste production by each outlet and property following the methodology of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Greenview (2021).

We continue to manage and reduce food waste throughout operations. Such efforts are supported by landfill diversion programmes. We donate diverted food waste to local farms to use as feed or compost, and we partner with Scholars of Sustenance, an NGO that rescues and serves surplus food to communities in Thailand and Indonesia.

On the procurement side, we partner with suppliers to reduce waste in production, packaging and food loss during transportation. Involving local residents in community clean-ups mitigates impacts and fosters a sense of ownership for the environment. Finally, we create awareness among our guests, encouraging them to support sustainable tourism and adopt responsible lifestyles at home.

We monitor waste production by each outlet and property following the methodology of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Greenview (2021)*:

  • Reported by municipal collectors, with minimum categories of general/mixed, hazardous and food waste, as well as individual waste types recycled.
  • Self-tracking for properties without municipal waste collection reports:
  • Minimum seven days per month, recording waste and occupancy.
  • Uncompacted waste weighed to nearest kg, or volume estimated based on bin fullness.
  • Weight calculated from volume using conversion factors for each waste type.
  • Data extrapolated based on occupancy on days surveyed to total occupancy of property over month/year.

* hotelkitchen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/HotelWasteMeasurementMethodology_SEP2021_v1.0.-1.pdf

Progress

In 2022:

  • Total waste increased by 63% to 12,296 cubic metres, due to new hotel openings and reopenings, as well as renovations at Angsana Ihuru and Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru. However, increased recycling helped reduce waste production by 1% to 14.2 litres POR for EarthCheck-registered properties and business units.

  • We implemented compulsory waste monitoring and recycling tracking at all properties including those not registered with EarthCheck, to provide a more complete picture of waste production and reduction throughout the Group.
  • We achieved a 32% reduction in single use plastic compared to the 2017 baseline: 5 million less pieces of plastic were used in 2022, a 26.1 million reduction from 2017.
  • 235 community clean-ups removed over 23 tonnes of waste with the support of 6,603 participants worldwide.

Next Steps

We are exploring several possibilities for further waste reduction, such as:

  • Waste recovery through food digestors, composting, and conversion to biodiesel or biochar.

  • Working with suppliers to minimise waste in transportation.
  • Supporting community waste management initiatives.
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