Rotana Corporate Sustainability Report 2014

70 The group’s annual KPIS and long term goals set out our commitments and provides a clear framework for driving continuous improvement. We have found that as we increasingly look at our operation through a sustainability lens, it opens up new opportunities for driving innovation, efficiency and cost reduction while further enhancing the standard of our services and products: To drive continuous improvement on our environmental performance, we have set in 2015 annual KPIs for water, energy, waste and materials use. In 2014 we have saved more than 1 M USD on waste management, water and energy bills. A nod to our commitment Al Bustan Rotana, Rotana’s flagship property in Dubai recently made a significant mark by earning the internationally recognised ISO 14001 certification for environmental management systems in line with its advancements in sustainability standards. ISO 14001 is an international standard that provides a set of standardised requirements for environmental management systems. Companies gain certification by implementing policies, procedures and systems that follow and meet ISO standards, which are assessed by a third-party certification body. 19 of our hotels are targetting the ISO 14001 certification in 2015. Through discipline, creativity and new technology, we continue to improve our energy, water and waste performance by improving our environmental programmes on water conservation and reduction, energy conservation, waste management and recycling and food waste reduction programmes. We continue to pursue initiatives and collabourative efforts with property owners, colleagues and guests to develop and implement more initiatives and programmes to further improve our performance. Lighting Our engineering department is always looking for more energy efficient lighting options: CFL, LED, timers, photocells. The ongoing re-lamping exercise started in 2010 has resulted in replacing 65% bulbs to LED lamps in UAE hotels and an average of 45% of total bulbs in all our hotels were changed to LED lamps. Energy optimisation The heating and cooling systems consume the most energy in a building. In addition to the technical process, our engineers understand how to manage cost, safety, efficiency, as well as heat balance and outside climatic conditions: • The variable frequency drives (VFDs) are installed on 41% of our total hotels pumps and on 42% of our hotels air handling units that helps to optimise energy load to the demand of our ventilation systems and pumps Energy Al Salam Rotana, Sudan In 2013, Al Salam Rotana, Sudan replaced more than 1,300 halogen lamps in the hotels to LED lights reducing the energy demand by 86%, 54,100 kw saved in 2013 by changing: • 900 spot light from 50w to LED 7w • 250 bulb from 60w to 8w • 100 spot light from 25w to 4w Despite business growth, we used 9% less water, 4.3% less energy, generate 10.4% less waste, recycled 7.4% more waste in 2014, than we did in 2013 across the group. We are also prioritising responsible sourcing as a standard practice, replaced 23 products to more environmentally friendly products and substituted 83 imported products to locally produced products.