Environmental Management System
Environmental management at Martin’s Hotels
An Environmental Management System (EMS) allows any company that is looking to embrace sustainable development to reduce its impact on the planet. Martin’s Hotels has subscribed to this cause.
To set up its EMS, Martin’s Hotels has chosen a coach, RDC Environment, to help it meet the requirements of the European EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) certification.
RDC Environment steers Martin’s Hotels through the various stages:
• environmental analysis of its activities – calculation of the carbon footprint
• compiling the EMS: objectives, resources, responsibilities, procedures, control
• introduction of good practices and action plans by an internal committee
The environmental aspects being tackled by Martin’s Hotels are:
energy, water, soil (prevention of pollution), noise pollution and air quality, risks and security, general aspects (transport, etc.).
In view of the very nature of its activities, and the guest turnaround that these generate, Martin’s Hotels intends to accomplish this aim:
Good practices
Each staff member has received their personalised environmental identity card that lists the good practices specific to their job.
For example:
In the case of a chamber maid:
“I observe the dosage instructions of the cleaning products”
“I switch off the lights in the room and bathroom on my way out”
“I turn off the air conditioning/heating when leaving the room”
…
In the case of a chef:
“I shut the cold storage room and switch off the light”
“I turn off or turn down the temperature of the oven(s) between services”
“I switch off the extractor hoods between services”
…
Applicable to all:
“I consider car pooling or use public transport whenever possible”
“I set the right example to colleagues and customers alike”
“I immediately report any environmental problems/ideas to the department concerned”
Action plans
An action plan has been compiled for each site (hotels, restaurants, spa, offices, etc.).
Here are a few examples:
- Relamping (changing the bulbs in the rooms, corridors, conference rooms, offices, etc.)
- Replacing the fleet of photocopiers with less energy-consuming models
- Introducing sorting in the rooms
- Insulation
|
|
Ongoing in-service training
Training courses are staged for all staff members, covering the global ‘Tomorrow needs today’ sustainable development project, its development and its results.
“Bespoke” training courses
These are organised on demand for a specific department, hotel, or again all of the sites, in response to any environmental issue that comes up.
|
Tomorrow needs today
