Hospitality Sustainability Solutions
Cayuga Members Neel Inamdar and Anne Loehr offer consulting services in sustainability to the hospitality industries through their company, Hospitality Sustainability Solutions (HSS). Their combined 40 years of experience in the hospitality, ecotourism and leadership-development fields make them uniquely qualified to help hotels, resorts, golf courses and restaurants become more eco-friendly and sustainable (or “green”) through a systematic consulting process.
Based in Washington, DC and founded in 1991, HSS offers new and existing properties a full range of services designed to assist with the development of an integrated sustainability strategy. Their team works with leading scientists and academics, taking their cutting-edge green developments and translating them into practical, sustainable business solutions. HSS also provides ongoing coaching support, to ensure their clients’ goals and objectives are attained.
Hospitality Sustainability Solutions’ services include:
- Providing sustainability assessments for hospitality operations and supply chains
- Developing sustainability strategies based on organizational structure and mission
- Assisting with implementation and organizational roll out with hands-on training and coaching
- Implementing recycling and organic waste management programs
- Developing sustainability marketing and communication strategies
- Providing team management and development
For more information, please visit their site at: www.sustainabilitydna.com
Sustainability Reporting and Sustainability Analytics
Through his company, Greenview Sustainability, Cayuga Member Eric Ricaurte offers services in Sustainability Reporting for hospitality companies, providing advisory services, content development, measurement and tracking, and application level checks for producing reports that adhere to GRI G3 Guidelines. Reporting is also customizable for stakeholder needs to integrate with other certifications, guidelines or criteria such as the GSTC and AHLA Green Guidelines.
Eric also offers sustainability analytical services for measuring environmental impact and the performance of environmental initiatives as relating to Energy, Waste, and Water. An example is Waste Analytics, which are advanced reports designed to help operators understand and integrate data from their waste stream to financial and operational performance indicators.
Integrating the latest trends in greenhouse gas emissions measurement with the language of the hospitality industry, Eric can integrate sustainability metrics of carbon and water footprinting to property owners and operators with figures such as occupancy, ADR, and average check. This type of data is increasingly vital in the world’s discussion of environmental liability, as well as addressing guests’ consciousness of their impacts generated through travel.
Monthly reports are generated, providing operations-driven information, and can be customized for individual properties, portfolio comparisons, and industry benchmark comparison.
For more information, please visit their site at www.greenviewsustainability.com.
Sustainable Practices for the Sports Industry
Cayuga Member Steve Sewell, President of Professional Golf Resources (PGR), through his association with Dr. Anita R. Bahe and her venture. Evolution SE, LLC, brings a new level of sustainability consultation and focus to the sports industry. Evolution SE is a science-based and bottom-line focused consultancy providing diverse sustainability strategies to developers, investors and property management clients world-wide. Evolution Sports is a unique specialty division of the company aiming to inspire and facilitate broader health and well-being through the application of sustainable principles and practices in the realm of sport and sports enterprise. Steve and Anita combine their understanding of sports and the environment to deliver specialized services to this growing industry.
Sport inevitably involves some degree of land use, utilization of buildings and facilities, and product procurement. For each of these categories, Evolution Sports can provide the appropriate assessment of alternatives aimed to minimize environmental impacts while improving economic performance and bringing social benefits. Evolution Sports expands on capabilities specific to environmental and sustainability concerns by introducing a unique understanding of and passion for sports and sports enterprise. Though Steve remains very focused on golf facilities and operations in his role with Evolution Sports, sustainable principals and practices for a wide range of sports are available through this association. For more information please contact Steve at 910-638-5945 or by email at stevesewell.progolfres@yahoo.com.
