Green Globe International Inc (GGII)

[DogWalker]

Where is this information of a lawsuit...not finding any. For a failing company, how is GGII still gaining marketshare within the Green Industry...I don't quite understand what's going on with this board.


Oct 17, 2011

LOS ANGELES, California - Conservatorium Hotel Amsterdam, the new luxury lifestyle hotel in Amsterdam, has entered the Green Globe Certification Program – the travel and tourism industries' worldwide label for sustainable management and operations. Green Globe is a worldwide organization that certifies its members according to internationally-accepted sustainability criteria. Conservatorium Hotel has been independently audited and awarded certification to the Green Globe Standard for Sustainable Travel and Tourism, marking a first for an Amsterdam hotel.

Jeroen Sirag, Director of Sales and Marketing, commented: "Conservatorium Hotel Amsterdam occupies a heritage site incredibly rich with history. We wanted to sign up for a sustainability program that has a global approach to ensure that both our development and management are making a minimal negative impact on the environment around us.”

Conservatorium Hotel Amsterdam has integrated important sustainable practices from the beginning of the building’s redevelopment. The hotel uses a thermal energy storage system and reuses water from its swimming pool in the grounds’ sprinkler system, for example. The approach continues in the hotel’s Food & Beverage department where, together with Executive Chef Schilo Van Coevorden, the hotel aims to promote local organic ingredients and prohibit the use of ingredients from endangered species of food such as blue fin tuna.

Guests will also play a role; they will be offered options to compensate for the CO2 emission of their traveling, decide the frequency of towel and linen change, and will also be able to choose allergy-free rooms. In addition, guests will gain access to the Conservatorium Hotel’s unique “human library” – a vast bank of local knowledge that each member of staff will be trained to share with guests, thereby preserving and promoting local practice and culture.

Madelon Boom, General Manager, said of the initiative: "Today it is our responsibility to work and look after our environment in every way we can. In the future, guests will look more to what hotels do in terms of sustainability, and with this in mind, we have decided to focus on this from the start and to train our staff regularly. We do this to add a competitive element to our offer but moreover because we appreciate the environment in which we are located and want to do something positive to protect it.”

The Green Globe certification project at the Conservatorium Hotel Amsterdam was managed by Duurzame Hotels Nederland, specialist in sustainable business for the hotel industry. Sarah Jenny, General Manager, said about the collaboration: "We have assisted around one hundred hotels in various certification processes, and that is why it's impressive to see how this project was embraced with great enthusiasm by Conservatorium Hotel Amsterdam. Their willingness to be truly sustainable is remarkable."

http://www.eturbonews.com/25839/first-amsterdam-hotel-receives-green-globe-certification