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The group’s energy use was cut by 11.9%, saving 558m mega joules of energy, while water consumption was reduced by 24.8%, resulting in a saving of 1.8 billion litres of water. And impressively, Taj has almost halved the amount of waste its hotels produce, with a 49.3% reduction equating to 11.4m litres of waste.
At present, 77 of the Taj Group hotels are enrolled in the EarthCheck programme. The green initiatives implemented include the installation of wind turbine generators and green plant walls at its hotels.
Taj is one of the first hotel groups in the world to have bagged the Gold status for 50 of its hotels after having completed a minimum of five years of continuous benchmarking through the EarthCheck programme.
“The Taj Earth sustainability programme, which is accredited by the globally recognised certification for environmental excellence in the hospitality industry, EarthCheck, is an initiative which reiterates the company’s conscious efforts towards sustainability and is aligned with the Tata ethos of keeping communities at the heart of doing business,” stated Rakhee Lalvani, Taj Hotels’ Assistant Vice President of Public Relations.
Source: travelnewsdigest.in