InterCon now 'Green Globe Benchmarked'
InterContinental Manila has achieved the prestigious Green Globe Benchmarked Bronze status under the globally recognized Benchmarking Program.
The program recognizes the hotel’s commitment to operating to the world’s highest environmental standard.
In achieving the Benchmarked Bronze status, InterContinental Manila is committed to benchmarking its energy and water consumption, total waste production and community commitment along with implementing an integrated environmental and social policy.
In particular, InterContinental Manila has achieved best practice results in community commitment and pesticide products.
These measures will result in efficient practices and cost-savings that will keep InterContinental Manila on the path to securing a sustainable future for the environment.
Green Globe is the worldwide benchmarking, certification and performance improvement system assisting international organizations in attaining sustainability.
It provides a certification system that responds directly to major environmental problems, including climate change, waste reduction, and non-renewable resource management.
InterContinental Manila, which holds the enviable record of being the longest operating international chain hotel in the country, implements sound environmental practices in its design, development and operation.
It encourages the development and integration of sustainable technologies and endeavors to reduce energy and water consumption by re-using and recycling these resources wherever practical.
For the successful implementation of these measures, InterContinental Manila engages its customers, staff, owners, suppliers and contractors in its efforts to protect the environment by providing the necessary training and resources.
It monitors, records and benchmarks its environmental performance on a regular basis. Business decisions are made taking into account these commitments.
All hotel stakeholders are kept abreast of environmental policies, practices and programs.
