Hotels Go Net Zero

Project objectives

• Supporting hotels in the introduction and implementation of active climate management

• Gaining insights into hotels' supply chain emissions (Scope 3) and opportunities for targeted reduction

• Raising awareness among hotel management and employees:inside for the topic of climate protection

• Creation of training and learning materials for industry transfer

Hotels Go Net Zero: Measuring hotels' climate footprints & reducing

To achieve the global climate goals of the Paris Agreement, the hotel industry faces the challenge of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 66% by 2030 compared to 2010 levels and achieving net zero emissions by 2050. In order to achieve these ambitious goals, it is essential that hotels accurately measure, analyze and effectively reduce their climate footprint.

The Futouris project "Hotels Go Net Zero" now aims to meet this challenge. In cooperation with a group of pilot hotels selected by the Futouris member companies DERTOUR Group, schauinsland Reisen and Hotelplan Group, as well as the experts from blueContec and myclimate, the project is dedicated to analyzing and reducing the CO₂e emissions caused by hotel operations. This is done using the Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative (HCMI), a recognized standard for measuring emissions in the hotel industry.

Based on a detailed analysis of the data collected, specific goals and measures are developed together with the hotel teams and experts in order to successfully shape the path to climate neutrality. The project pays particular attention to supply chain emissions from Scope 3, which play a significant role in a hotel's overall emissions profile.

The findings are then used to create practical tools and materials such as guidelines and webinars. These will be used to share the knowledge and strategies developed across the industry and thus encourage a large number of other hotels to adopt active climate management.

The "Hotels Go Net Zero" project is a central element of the implementation phase of the industry project Klimabewusst Reisen. By providing expertise, methods and tools, the sub-project supports the hotel industry across Europe in introducing and implementing active climate management, paving the way for achieving net zero emissions in the long term.

Activities in the project

The following activities are planned:

• Kick-off workshops with pilot hotels on the background and objectives of the project, calculation principles and system limits, as well as possible reduction measures

• Data collection: Determination and analysis of CO₂e emissions in the participating hotels

• On-site climate audit in the hotels to identify reduction measures

• Derivation of a "Net Zero" roadmap for participating hotels incl. targets, strategies and measures to reduce emissions. Targets, strategies and measures to reduce emissions

• Implementation and testing of pilot measures, accompanying monitoring of results, adjustment of measures if necessary Adaptation of the measures

• Development of a guide with suitable measures and examples of good practice for use by other players in the industry

• Industry transfer: communication of the project results to the industry, dissemination of the created guide, joint implementation of an online event