A CALL FOR MORE hotel groups and individual hotels and venues to take part in an industry-wide initiative to benchmark carbon emissions for their properties has been made by Inntel, a venue and travel solutions provider.
The scheme, run by Carepar (launched by the Hotel Carbon Index Company), allows meetings and events organisers, as well as individual travellers, to better understand the emissions produced from their hotel or venue usage. A number of Inntel clients, including BT, the Law Society, Lloyds TSB and SAS Software, have asked for their carbon emissions to be measured.
Douglas O'Neill, Inntel's managing director says: "The impact on the environment when attending events is becoming an increasingly important factor for businesses. Carepar allows us to provide an emission rating for every booking our clients make, which is an effective way to measure an individual's carbon footprint and encourage clients to work towards ways of minimising it."