We work to reduce waste generated at hotels, including food waste and single-use items, and increase recycling and composting. Hyatt contributed to the development of the Hotel Waste Measurement Methodology. With this new methodology, we are taking steps to enable reporting against our 2030 food waste reduction goal, which aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12.3.
Our Approach
Hyatt provides its properties with guidance materials that focus on waste reduction, while also advancing diversion options, such as recycling and composting, and identifying donation opportunities. Hyatt is particularly focused on preventing food waste and reducing single-use items.
Waste data tends to be more challenging to consistently measure when compared to other types of environmental data at hotels. Due to the common data gaps across the industry, Hyatt, along with other leading hotel companies, collaborated with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to publish the Hotel Waste Measurement Methodology in late 2021 to provide guidance for measuring and reporting data that would enable a consistent approach across the industry.
Reducing Food Waste
We are working toward a 2030 goal to reduce food waste per square meter by 50% compared to 2019 across managed hotels.
In 2022, seven Hyatt hotels in Asia-Pacific, including Grand Hyatt Seoul (South Korea) and Hyatt Regency Beijing Wangjing (China), conducted food-waste prevention pilots. The detailed tracking exercises and in-depth training resulted in an estimated 36% reduction in food waste during the three-month engagement period and will expand to additional hotels in 2023.
Additionally, Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay’s (Florida) hotel kitchens worked with the Tampa Zoo and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay to donate 1,500 lbs. of food scraps that are appropriate for animals (watermelon rinds, pineapple leaves, and broccoli stems), with a target of 6,000+ lbs. in 2023.
Reducing Single-Use Plastics
Hyatt hotels are comitted to reducing single-use plastics through various efforts across properties. For example, hotels are currently focused on transitioning to large-format bathroom amenities at properties across the globe. Additionally, hotels are working to make more hydration stations available to guests. Several properties like Park Hyatt Hyderabad and Andaz Costa Rica Resort at Peninsula Papagayo even bottle water in reusable containers as a way to replace single-use bottles of water.
