Managing, measuring and reporting of waste footprint in the hospitality sector

Published on July 5, 2022

The report, commissioned by the United Nations Environmental Programme, is held in the background of acceleration of climate commitments such as the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism which is building on the initial efforts of Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency and operates as an initiative under the One Planet Sustainable Tourism Programme. The report also builds on multi-stakeholder initiatives tackling waste as the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative or the Hotel Waste Measurement Methodology.

This report set out to map how large hotel groups manage, measure, and report waste performance and efforts to identify trends, challenges, and opportunities for improved management and greater accountability for waste impacts.