Skift Take
Progress has been made on environmental reporting by hotel companies, but major blind spots remain. The asset-light model being pursued by most large hotel companies jars with the need for greater oversight by head office to really track and improve emissions.
The good news: Reporting by hotel companies on their environmental targets and abatement efforts is improving.
The bad news: Still too often hotel companies pick and choose what they report on, and there is, so far, little backlash against those that drag their heels.
Skift Research last week launched its latest report: Progress in Sustainability: Hotel Company Analysis 2023, in which we investigated the environmental performance of the six largest hotel companies through their CDP filings. CDP was formerly known as the Carbon Disc