Hotel Footprinting tool

Published on December 12, 2022

Hotel Footprinting tool is a global benchmarking tool using data from the Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking index enabling users to estimate relative carbon footprints of hotel stays worldwide. It includes scopes 1,2 and 3. It enables CO2 emissions measurement of hotel stays, which can be used to estimate for Scope 3 business travel, or for Scope 1 and 2 estimates if used by hotels to compare own emissions to regional averages. It supports users to compare carbon footprint of hotel stay in different destinations for Scope 3 reporting and for travel bookers to provide comparable information to clients.

Tool designed by Greenview, leading provider of sustainability programs and data management for the hospitality and tourism sector.

Hotel Footprinting tool is a global benchmarking tool using data from the Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking index enabling users to estimate relative carbon footprints of hotel stays worldwide. It includes scopes 1,2 and 3.This resource has been reviewed as part of the Climate Action in the Tourism Sector: An overview of methodologies and tools to measure greenhouse gas emissions within the framework of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism.