CHR Webinar: The Evolution of Hotel Sustainability Data: Carbon, Food Waste, and Beyond

This webinar will explore sustainability KPIs for hotels, unveiling the latest results from the 10^th annual Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking Index of Energy, Water, and Carbon Emissions with data provided by over 27,000 hotels from over 40 companies, exploring differences in performance across and within hotel segments and markets, as well as the industrywide pathways of decarbonization.

While these KPIs have solidified over the past decade, other sustainability indicators are arising and gaining importance. The breadth of climate change and biodiversity impacts continue to be better understood, mapped, and quantified.  The webinar will further explore the advent of Scope 3 emissions and the nexus of food waste for both climate action and biodiversity, with an overview of latest initiatives toward the next frontier of sustainability measurement.

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What you’ll learn:

• How to utilize the Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking Index to benchmark performance, and the drivers of emissions
• How CHSB is being used to provide data for Scope 3 emissions calculations across the travel industry.
• How food waste is related to biodiversity impacts and scope 3 carbon emissions
• Latest initiatives on measuring and reducing food waste

Speakers:

• Eric Ricaurte ’01, CEO and Founder, Greenview
• Jeanne Varney, Senior Lecturer, Nolan School of Hotel Administration, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
• Alex Nichols-Vinueza, Program Manager, Food Loss & Waste, World Wildlife Fund – US