Accor has agreed to participate in HRS' Green Stay
Initiative, launched in March, making it the first global hotel company to do
so, HRS announced Wednesday.
Under the partnership, Accor hotels will share their
on-property sustainability enhancements with HRS, including performance metrics
on energy – including carbon emissions – water and waste. HRS then uses a
proprietary algorithm to generate a sustainability score that travel managers
can consider when making hotel sourcing decisions. Clients can also turn on an
icon in online booking displays to enable their travellers to see the preferred
green hotels in their programmes.
"Dozens of corporations have already indicated in their
hotel [requests for proposals] that metrics on energy, water and waste are
required for consideration," said HRS CEO Tobias Ragge in a statement.
"The need for automation to efficiently deliver such data from hotels to
procurement leaders and travellers is vital in today's corporate lodging
landscape."
HRS already has calculated Green Stay scores for some Accor
properties and plans to eventually include "all brands in all countries",
according to an HRS spokesperson. As of mid-October, hotels in 62 countries are
participating in Green Stay, according to HRS.