WASTE & CIRCULARITY
We understand the importance of a waste management approach that starts with a focus on reducing the generation of waste, and elevates circular economy principles where possible.
Our Approach
Hyatt provides its properties with guidance materials that focus on waste reduction, while also advancing diversion options such as recycling and composting, or 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 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.
- Food waste prevention is the most impactful step. Working with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) Hyatt contributed to the creation of training materials for the industry, available at HotelKitchen.org.
- When possible, hotels seek to donate excess food, and otherwise work toward implementing composting streams.
- Innovation is important to making progress. For example, Grand Hyatt Singapore achieved results through the PLEDGE™ on Food Waste Certification, saving 10,000 kg of food and rescuing 21,000 meals - a carbon reduction equivalent of 27,000 kg- between March-December 2021.
- In order to contribute to broader impact, Hyatt joined the call-to-action to advance a U.S. Food Loss and Waste Action Plan.
Reducing Single-Use Plastics
Hyatt is committed to reducing single-use plastics through various efforts across properties. For example, we are currently focused on transitioning to large-format bathroom amenities at properties across the globe. Additionally, we are working to increase hotels that make 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 bottled water.
