Better Hospitality
Initiative 2024
Enabling and supporting decision-makers for sustainable business
Are you a decision-makers working in or with the hospitality sector? Are you interested in ensuring your business’ competitiveness by improving, measuring, and communicating on sustainability, in particular lower CO2 emissions (decarbonization)?
If you are, then you should benefit from the online sessions of the Better Hospitality Initiative between April and June 2024.
Who we are
The BHI is carried out by a group of networks of the UN Global Compact: the Leading Local Networks for Sustainable Tourism.
We collaborate with renowned organizations such as EarthCheck, Expedia Group, the International Finance Corporation and EDGE, myclimate, NOW, the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, and the World Travel & Tourism Council. Each BHI online session – called “Tool Time” – is carried out with one or two of these partners.
What’s in for you
Each BHI Tool Time – an online session of 90 minutes – includes a short presentation, best-practice examples, and peer-to-peer discussions. By participating in one or several BHI Tool Times you will
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get an easy overview of tools and approaches to ensure your business’s competitiveness by
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lowering energy costs and dependence,
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growing your MICE or B2B business,
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attracting or keeping a motivated workforce (employer branding), and
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acquiring sustainability-related financing.
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learn from your peers and best practice examples.
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be able to win the Better Hospitality Award (BHA) and receive support to develop or implement a sustainability project or strategy (if you participate in at least 3 sessions).
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receive a Certificate of Completion from The UN Global Compact Leading Local Networks for Sustainable Tourism (if you participate in at least 3 sessions).
Programme Overview
Join as many online sessions (90 minutes) as you want to learn and discuss with experts and your peers
The dates of the BHI Tool Times can be subject to change.
Registration & participation
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Sign up once and participate in as many BHI Tool Times as you want.
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A registration can cover up to two people, i.e. two representatives of your hotel/company can join the meetings and access the BHI learning & sharing platform.
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If you can’t participate in a BHI Tool Time, you can watch the recording afterwards on the BHI learning & sharing platform.
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Participation fee: free for UN Global Compact participants, USD 60 for non-participants.
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In order to foster diversity and interaction, there can only be up to 20 registrations per country.
BETTER HOSPITALITY INITIATIVE
Enabling and supporting decision-makers for sustainable business
20 available spaces per country – sign up now to reserve your spot
The UN Global Compact Leading Local Networks for Sustainable Tourism
A message by Antonio Hautle, Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein
The BHI Market Movers
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Local Partners
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