Mövenpick Hotel Zürich Regensdorf

Boosting Sustainable Tourism Through Certification

EUROPEAN GOOD PRACTICE COLLECTION 2021

NOMINATION FORM

Please send until 6^th August 2021 to (herbert.hamele@ecotrans.de / cc diego.nunez@ecotrans.de)

NOMINATING CERTIFICATE

Green Globe

Contact Person:

bcox@greenglobe.com

NOMINATED BUSINESS

Mövenpick Hotel Zürich Regensdorf

Internet contact

www.movenpick.com

Size of business (if known)

Medium (from 50 to 249)

Category

Serviced accommodation

Country

Switzerland

Destination, with related protected area(s)

Contact Person at the nominated business

Ute.Dirks@movenpick.com

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS

according to following SDGs on Tourism4SDGs.org:

Please indicate very briefly their exemplary or innovative actions and measurable achievements (including quantified results if known)

SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

The tourism sector needs to adopt sustainable consumption and production (SCP) modes, accelerating the shift towards sustainability. Tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for tourism including for energy, water, waste, biodiversity and job creation will result in enhanced economic, social and environmental outcomes.

 To prevent food wastage, Mövenpick Hotel Zürich Regensdorf has joined the Too Good To Go food waste program that takes unsold food from hotel restaurants and offers it as discounted meals and tasty treats via an app to the public. Profits are distributed to help people in need.

Also, in the spring and summer of 2020, the hotel rescued more than 800 kilos of food and donated it to the church community and other community members in need. These efforts were greatly appreciated with the uncertainty arising from the pandemic.

In addition, the hotel achieved a reduction of 90% in waste volume due to the replacement of plastic packaged products with those contained in more environmentally friendly wrappings. Furthermore, most sweetened drinks in PET bottles were eliminated and replaced with healthier locally sourced mineral water from the Furttal Valley.

SDG 13 - Climate Action

Tourism contributes to and is affected by climate change. Tourism stakeholders should play a leading role in the global response to climate change. By reducing its carbon footprint, in the transport and accommodation sector, tourism can benefit from low carbon growth and help tackle one of the most pressing challenges of our time.

Year on year, Mövenpick Hotel Zürich Regensdorf adheres to an energy reduction strategy with a saving of 4.5% in heating energy made in 2019/20.

SDG 14 – Life below Water

Coastal and maritime tourism rely on healthy marine ecosystems. Tourism development must be a part of Integrated Coastal Zone Management in order to help conserve and preserve fragile marine ecosystems and serve as a vehicle to promote a blue economy, contributing to the sustainable use of marine resources.

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SDG 15 – Life on Land

Rich biodiversity and natural heritage are often the main reasons why tourists visit a destination. Tourism can play a major role if sustainably managed in fragile zones, not only in conserving and preserving biodiversity, but also in generating revenue as an alternative livelihood to local communities.

SDG 8 - Decent work and Economic Growth

Tourism, as services trade, is one of the top four export earners globally, currently providing one in ten jobs worldwide. Decent work opportunities in tourism, particularly for youth and women, and policies that favour better diversification through tourism value chains can enhance tourism positive socio-economic impacts.

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SDG 17 - Partnership for the Goals

Due to its cross-sectoral nature, tourism has the ability to strengthen private/public partnerships and engage multiple stakeholders – international, national, regional and local – to work together to achieve the SDGs and other common goals. Public policy and innovative financing are at the core for achieving the 2030 Agenda.

In April and May 2020, as part of its CSR initiatives, Mövenpick Hotel Zürich Regensdorf donated 650 kilograms of food and beverages to the Schweizer Tafel foundation. Donated groceries included fruit and vegetables, cheese, coffee cream, Mövenpick chocolate, Mövenpick jam, honey and potato chips.

Hotel team members also joined forces to assist 25 people living in poverty by organising fundraising projects to collect money for food, drinks and essential hygiene products.

 Mövenpick Hotel Zürich Regensdorf participates in ongoing Shine Projects, an environmental and community engagement program initiated by Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts. This year the hotel contributed CHF 1500.00 toward the sponsorship of the Cure Childhood Cancer Run. Also, just last weekend, on the Second of December, a fundraising event was held for the Theodora Children’s Charity, an organization that was founded to help sick and disabled children requiring hospitalization for extended periods of time. Thirty-five children were invited to the hotel to bake cookies and other fun tasty treats with all proceeds donated to Theodora.

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