BETHESDA, MD.—MDO, the world’s fastest-growing hotel performance management platform, continues to shine the spotlight on hotel owners and operators dedicated to reducing their environmental footprint. This Earth Day, MDO celebrated the 15 operators comprising more than 1,500 hotels who have qualified for MDO Sustainability Certification by verifying a paperless night audit process to save substantial natural resources. Companies such as Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Commonwealth Hotels, Remington Hotels and McNeill Hotel Company have all adopted a paperless night audit process. Going paperless has enabled the night audit teams to move critical financial documents into a secure, digital environment for storage...

NEW YORK—Designtex presents Drop 20, better known as The Wild Bunch, a collection of textiles and wallcoverings that places “performance luxury” center stage. Luxurious fabric constructions such as fil coupé and chenille, are not usually associated with performance attributes. But these elegantly designed textiles are also cleverly engineered to withstand robust cleaning and disinfecting. The yarns are intentionally engineered with performance in mind and are designed to release stains when cleaned. The playful wallcoverings take inspiration from the digital age and are printed in Designtex’s Surface Imaging facility in Portland, Maine. Performance Luxury Textiles Trouvaille, meaning “lucky find”, has a carefully planned geometric...

AMSTERDAM—CWT launched a new meetings and events (M&E) carbon footprint calculator. Combining travel, hotel stays, meeting space and food & beverage carbon consumption information for corporate events, it provides detailed environmental impact insights to both CWT event planners and clients alike, enabling more sustainable choices for global events aimed at audiences of 200 up to 50,000. The CWT M&E carbon calculator analyzes and reports on individual and collective delegate carbon emission and waste data for the entire event lifecycle, from planning to completion. It maps emission data against each individual customer’s own carbon benchmarks for current and future events. The calculator’s...

CHICAGO—Leading supply chain visibility provider FourKites announced several new enhancements to its Sustainability Hub, which are designed to provide customers with greater ability to track, analyze and report on the environmental impact of their supply chain logistics operations. Introduced last March, Sustainability Hub offers granular emissions tracking, industry benchmarks, analytics and scenario modeling to help customers meet sustainability goals. These insights are powered by FourKites’ network of more than 1,200 customers and 490,000 carriers, tracking over 3 million daily shipments across 220 countries and territories. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, organizations’ supply chains often account for more than 90 percent of their greenhouse gas...

BENTON HARBOR, MICH.—Whirlpool Corp. published its 2022 Sustainability Report, highlighting the company’s enduring commitment to environmental sustainability, social responsibility, corporate governance initiatives, and progress in meeting its sustainability and Inclusion and Diversity goals. “Whirlpool Corporation has established a series of goals and commitments that shape our approach to environmental stewardship, employee and community support and product sustainability,” said Marc Bitzer, Chairman and CEO of Whirlpool Corp. “The progress made against these commitments is a testament to the work of every single Whirlpool employee, because we all have a role to play in improving life at home for our consumers.” The 2022...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Elior North America, one of the nation’s leading foodservice operators in contract catering and hospitality services, has launched its first-ever social and environmental responsibility report. The Doing Good Annual Report is designed to inform the company’s stakeholders, including clients, team members and the public, about its ambitions and progress toward its social and environmental responsibility mission of Doing Good. “We are at the infancy of our sustainability journey as a company, so it’s a priority for us to establish transparency, credibility and accountability with our stakeholders about where we are and where we aim to go,” said Olivier Poirot,...

MIAMI—ABCO Cleaning Products, a leading provider of sustainable cleaning tools, has provided five tips for becoming more sustainable and socially responsible this Earth Day. “While Earth Day is just 24 hours, implementing sustainability practices should be something business leaders and facility managers strive for every day of the year,” said Carlos Albir Jr., Director of Operations, ABCO Cleaning Products. Five sustainability practices business leaders should consider incorporating this Earth Day include: Prioritize green cleaning. A truly sustainable cleaning program can help reduce an organization’s overall carbon footprint. Organizations like GreenSeal, Ecologo and FSC have vigorous standards for sustainability, so look to...

AMSTERDAM—CEOs of 10 leading Dutch companies committed to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 with the support of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). EVBox has committed to setting near-term Science Based Targets to align with SBTi’s Corporate Net Zero Standard. By doing so, the company aims to align with the most ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement and to what science shows is necessary to reduce the impacts of climate change. The 10 committing companies are determined to set emission reduction targets for the short- and long-term targets, aiming to achieve net-zero emissions of greenhouse gas emissions throughout their...

LINCOLNSHIRE, ILL.—LG Electronics has been singled out as the only supplier of commercial displays recognized for environmental sustainability excellence in the foremost third-party assessment of suppliers to the U.S. hospitality industry and, for the first time, other vertical markets. As the MindClick Sustainability Assessment Program (MSAP) was expanded significantly to encompass many more brands of leading hotels and resorts, LG Electronics received the highest possible rating for the eighth consecutive year. For the first time, evaluations of the production and life cycle impacts of products also extended beyond hospitality, with MindClick naming LG a “Leader” in display products for other...

FORTVILLE, IND.—Holloway House, Inc., the maker of the Quick Shinefamily of floor care products, announced that it has eliminated per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) from its Quick Shine Multi-Surface Floor Finish and Quick Shine Hardwood Floor Luster. PFAS or “forever chemicals” have been thought to be a vital component in floor care products. In the past, it has been accepted that water-based coatings could not perform successfully without the presence of these chemicals. “It has been a long-time desire and goal to remove these forever chemicals from our floor care formulas,” said Chris Eck, President of Holloway House, Inc. “By...