AccorHotels pledges to offset carbon footprint of all overnight hotel stays in Ile-de-France during conference
AccorHotels, an official partner of the 21st International Conference on Climate Change (COP 21), has also announced it will provide training in hospitality professions and the English language for 200 young people from the French department of Seine Saint Denis
AccorHotels Chairman and CEO Sébastien Bazin explained: “COP 21 is a key event for all the world’s leaders and for civil society players like us who have long been committed to sustainable development. As a leader in sustainable hospitality present in over 90 countries, the success of COP 21 is close to our hearts.
“This is why AccorHotels has made both a professional pledge to train 200 young people, and an environmental pledge to offset the carbon emissions generated during the conference by all the overnight stays in all the hotels in Ile de France in both our establishments and our rivals’ hotels. This initiative echoes our commitment to fight global warming through our Plant for the Planet reforestation program.
“At our last Annual General Meeting, AccorHotels’ shareholders supported the planting of 10 million trees by 2021. Following on from that initiative, with this new powerful gesture, we want to assume our leadership in the sector on these issues.”
AccorHotels has also promised to3 provide training in hospitality professions and the English language for 200 young people from the French department of Seine Saint Denis.
These students, with qualifications ranging from vocational training diplomas to Master’s degrees, will be greeters at the main welcome stations and welcome the delegations present throughout the conference. These training courses will draw on the experience of Académie AccorHotels, which has 18 campuses worldwide and trains over 120,000 employees a year.
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