BETHESDA, Md.—Marriott International is offering meeting planners at participating Marriott Bonvoy hotels a new Meeting Impact Report following events held in their hotels’ meeting spaces. The report is intended to capture event details, property-specific sustainability practices implemented for the event, and the event’s carbon and water footprints, calculated through established hospitality industry methodologies. Marriott expects the Meeting Impact Report to be available in 11 different languages, based on location.
Powered by a growing demand for sustainable meeting solutions, Marriot is collaborating with South Pole, a carbon asset developer and climate consultancy, to offer meeting and event planners the option to use the South Pole online shop to choose from a range of verified carbon offset projects that can be purchased as part of their event.
“Meetings and events are important business for Marriott. Our customers are eager to participate in sustainability efforts. Connect Responsibly expands ongoing initiatives and strengthens our efforts focused on sustainability in hospitality,” says Tammy Routh, senior vice president of global sales for Marriott International. “We are excited to build on our sustainability reporting capabilities to provide our meetings and events customers with detailed Meeting Impact Reports and offer access to a select portfolio of verified carbon offset projects, through our collaboration with South Pole.”
