Tschuggen Hotel Group becomes climate pioneer
The Swiss Tschuggen Hotel Group is launching a collaboration with the myclimate foundation, making it completely CO2-neutral from this year. In addition, guests will also be made aware of climate protection as part of the myclimate "Cause We Care" initiative.
In 2018, those responsible at the Tschuggen Hotel Group had the CO2 emissions of the entire hotel group calculated for the first time. For this purpose, all areas - heating and cooling, energy consumption, business traffic and employee mobility, food & beverage, materials and waste - were analyzed and evaluated.
As a result, numerous measures were initiated to drastically minimize annual CO2 emissions, primarily in the optimization and innovative modernization of heating and energy systems. In addition, heat exchangers are used for ventilation and wastewater, electricity from alpine hydropower is used, and kitchen waste goes to producers of biogas fuel. In addition, employees are also being sensitized and a large number of small improvements are being implemented to take care of resources.
To offset its unavoidable CO2 emissions, the Arosa-based hotel group has chosen one national and one international project from the myclimate portfolio to support with the offset. On a national level, the Tschuggen Hotel Group will use its offset to renaturalize a raised bog in the Tourbières des Ponts-de-Martel nature reserve near Neuchâtel. Thanks to the carbon offset project, the raised bog can be rewetted, which means that fewer greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere. As a second myclimate project, the Tschuggen Hotel Group has chosen the Virunga Mountain Gorilla Project in the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. There, the distribution and use of efficient cooking stoves sustainably protects the habitat of the last mountain gorillas. With the compensation into the mentioned projects, the Swiss hotel group will be completely climate neutral from 2019.
Guests are also included
As part of the myclimate "Cause We Care" initiative, guests also have the opportunity to actively participate in climate protection. They can now offset their travel to and from the hotel. The offsetting funds also flow into the carbon offset project in Rwanda.
The Swiss hotel group thus proves that active climate protection is possible even with the highest standards.
You can find more information on the site of Tschuggen Hotel Group
