Rotana Corporate Sustainability Report 2014

75 Beach Rotana, UAE The hotel installed a composting machine with a capacity of 270 kg maximum. The main waste streams are kitchen food waste and garden waste. The machine has a capacity of 270 kg of input of food waste, which gives around 2.7 kg of compost after 24 hour process. The reduction percentage of food waste is 85-90%. Till May 2014, Beach Rotana reduced around 5-10% of waste being sent for disposal, givining it a reduction of 40% of the total quantity of segregated food waste. We also installed in waste management room located outside the receiving area of Beach Rotana. Waste * Unit 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total weight of non-hazardous waste sent to landfill Tonnes 9,505 11,054 12,620 11,887 Kg general waste per guests night kg 3.61 4.25 3.39 3.04 Total weight of recyclable waste diverted from landfill Tonnes 160 745 800 846 Total weight of recycled waste increased % 78.52 6.88 5.39 * UAE hotels waste only The hospitality business involves usage of perishable products like grocery, meat, fish, poultry, vegetables, fruits, milk and milk products, to a large extent. More than 70% of the total material consumption is attributed to these perishable products. Such products have a low-shelf life and hence have to be stored at optimum levels in order to reduce wastage. In our hotels we consume a significant number of papers, printer cartridges, check out folios, guest folios, beside rooms amenities, key cards, laundry bags, slippers, housekeeping, laundry and stewarding activities that involve usage of solid and liquid chemicals. Forestry that is managed poorly has catastrophic environmental and socio-economic impacts. Uncontrolled deforestation in the paper and timber industry supply chain is a significant global issue. We realise the potential environmental impacts of our material footprint and have deployed initiatives to measure, monitor and optimise consumption. We currently have forms placed on our portal to be filled online and we are continuously focussing on identifying administrative and control processes to redesign and enhance the efficiency with the development of technology e-procedures implementation to reduce significantly the paper use. We have started to assess the paper we utilise for printing, copying, offices, collateral we buy and to review how we may ensure that our operational needs are not met at the expense of exploiting the world’s forest resources. In line with our Green Office Programme, all of our UAE hotels have shifted to A4 office papers made from post-consumer recycled materials. Materials In 2014, 100% of UAE Rotana hotels had shifted to A4 office papers made from 100% post-consumer recycled materials as part of the Green Office Programme, which is equivalent to 81% of total group A4 paper consumption. We used 49,275 reams, 7.45% less than 2013 with 53,246 reams. Materials consumption Unit 2012 2013 2014 Number of toners/ cartridges used Units 10,861 9,068 8,059 Total A4 reams of papers used Reams 75,000 65,525 60,237 Total weight of A4 papers used * Tonnes 150 131 120 Total A4 sheets used/per guest Sheet/ guest 14.4 7.7 6.6 * Including office A4 papers and letterheads