Zero Carbon residential seminar

Martin's Hotels offsets the carbon emissions of residential seminars organised in its hotels,
making them carbon neutral

In line with its global sustainable development programme ‘Tomorrow needs today’, Martin’s Hotels guarantees the carbon neutrality of all the residential seminars organised in its 10 hotels.

Indeed, the hotel group has pinpointed four aspects as obvious targets for its sustainable development actions: clients, staff, fair & humanitarian actions and, finally, the planet. It is doing its bit for the planet by setting itself a line of conduct: calculating and reducing the carbon emissions of all the hotels, restaurants, of the spa and offices.

Clearly, certain emissions are inevitable.

This situation has prompted Martin’s Hotels to support carbon-offsetting schemes for those carbon emissions that cannot be reduced further at the current point in time, such as those of the residential seminars organised in its hotels (700 rooms and 70 meeting rooms catering for between 10 and 1000 participants).

The carbon emissions of all the residential seminars are financially offset thanks to the creation of clean energies in emerging and developing countries (e.g. waste collection and biogas production in Tanzania).

In short, Martin’s Hotels cancels out the carbon emissions that it cannot reduce, despite its continuous environmental improvement efforts (Environmental Management System) and the measures it takes to limit the impact of its guests’ activities on the climate (Eco Voucher).

This carbon offsetting is carried out by CO2logic, a supervised Belgian agency duly recognised for its expertise and the quality of the projects in which the funds are invested.  To find out more, click here.

This new approach allows companies to reduce their environmental footprint, to make a strong gesture and to trigger a debate among its staff.

Sign up for sustainable development by organising a residential seminar at Martin’s Hotels