Responsible Business - Let's take responsibility

Environmentally - friendly Spa, Belgium Lodging
Taking responsibility for the environment and local community has been an important part of Rezidor's broader commitment to sustainable development for many years. In 2001, this commitment was fortified and placed within the scope of a program called Responsible Business (RB). Each hotel has a unique RB Action Plan covering areas such as community outreach, environmental improvement, employee well-being and health and safety. To read more about the RB program, please go to http://www.responsiblebusiness.rezidor.com/.

Rezidor hotels, including this Spa, Belgium lodging, are engaged with both local charity groups and Rezidor's corporate international charity organization, the World Childhood Foundation. The mission of Childhood is to defend the rights of the child and to promote better living conditions for vulnerable and exploited children at risk all over the world.

Responsible Business Activities and Achievements of this Hotel in Spa, Belgium:

• Recycling programs for cans, wine corks and paper
• St-Nicolas afternoon with gifts for orphans
• Papers are printed recto-verso
• Stop-smoking program in place for employees
• Low-energy bulbs in all rooms
• Decrease of 15% in consumption of energy (2008 compared to 2007)
• Decrease of 4.8% in consumption of water per room and night (2008 compared to 2007)
• Decrease of 17% in consumption of garbage per guest (2008 compared to 2007)
• Soup served by employees of the hotel at the Resto du cœur
• Profits from Easter egg sale donated to Childhood
• Forest clean up in the spring
• Car wash service proposed to clients with profits donated to Childhood
• Employee blood-donation drives
• Second hand trade for Childhood
• Collection of clothes for Terre Association
• Hotel employees annually run 20 km in Brussels for Childhood