Better Hospitality
Initiative
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)?

Join our webinar on 25 June 2025 following up on the Better Hospitality Initiative

Previous 2024 Programme

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

get an easy overview of tools and approaches to ensure your business’s competitiveness by
- lowering energy costs and dependence,
- growing your MICE or B2B business,
- attracting or keeping a motivated workforce (employer branding), and
- acquiring sustainability-related financing.
learn from your peers and best practice examples.
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).
receive a Certificate of Completion from The UN Global Compact Leading Local Networks for Sustainable Tourism (if you participate in at least 3 sessions).