週五，Green Lodging News 發表了一篇關於 AHLA 新推出的“負責任的住宿”倡議的文章，該倡議見證了各大酒店公司圍繞能源、水、廢物和採購等核心領域的環境可持續性優先事項聯合起來。通過 Responsible Stay，AHLA 及其成員將繼續加強環境計劃、教育和資源，為客人提供“負責任的住宿”、保護地球的未來並支持全國各地的社區。

Green Lodging News: AHLA’s Launch of Responsible Stay Reflects Industry’s Big Push Toward Environmental Impact Reduction

• Reducing our industry’s environmental impact takes teamwork and making best practices easily available so that those who are not as far along the green path can copy and improve upon what has been done. That is the message behind the announcement this past week by AHLA to launch Responsible Stay, an industry-wide commitment to make meetings, events, and guest experiences in America’s hotels more environmentally and socially responsible. (See article on Green Lodging News.)

• The Responsible Stay website details the program’s principles and areas of focus, provides examples of what more than 20 companies are doing, features company success snapshots, and provides access to resources one can download—posters and table tents, for example. I learned a lot from the site and will use it down the road as I generate content for Green Lodging News. Be sure to check out the Responsible Stay site.

• In a nutshell, Responsible Stay is focused on prioritizing hotels’ environmental sustainability efforts in four key areas:

• Energy efficiency: optimizing energy efficiency through operational improvements and adoption of clean energy technologies;

• Waste reduction: investing in waste reduction programs and new, innovative alternatives to reduce, reuse and recycle waste across properties;

• Water conservation: ensuring the reduction of water usage by implementing water-efficient practices in core areas like laundry, food and beverage, and landscaping; and

• 負責任的採購實踐：負責任地採購併優先考慮供應鏈的可持續性，以防止有害的環境和社會影響。

• “The hotel industry has shown a longstanding commitment to sustainability, and many of our member companies have been on the leading edge of these efforts. We’re thrilled that the industry is committed to this critical issue that will shape how we travel for years to come,” said Chip Rogers, President, and CEO of AHLA. “The launch of Responsible Stay is the next step of our industry’s sustainability journey, and we are uniting as an industry to provide a responsible stay for our employees, guests, communities and our planet.”

• As our industry’s leading hotel association, it is critical for AHLA to take a leadership role when it comes to corporate social responsibility. Responsible Stay builds on the following efforts already undertaken by AHLA:

• AHLA 的可持續發展委員會由行業領導者組成，代表住宿業進行交流、教育和倡導，以展示環境努力並提升環境的可持續性和恢復力。

• AHLA 與可持續酒店聯盟的新合作夥伴關係致力於擴大、合作和支持酒店可持續發展計劃和解決方案。

• AHLA 與世界野生動物基金會和酒店廚房計劃的長期合作夥伴關係，該計劃使用創新策略讓員工、合作夥伴和客人參與遏製酒店廚房的食物浪費；

• AHLA’s ongoing partnership with the Department of Energy Better Buildings Initiative highlights energy efficiency and drives leadership in energy innovation in the hospitality sector by accelerating investment and sharing successful best practices; and

• AHLA’s newly formed research initiative with GreenView helps quantify and benchmark sustainability practices across the hotel industry in the United States, which will allow for better insights, best-practice development and sustainability progress tracking over time.

• Kudos to AHLA and all Responsible Stay’s supporters for contributing to this new program and website. In the article posted on my site you can read many comments from our industry’s leading executives about the launch of Responsible Stay. In those comments you will learn some interesting facts. For example, did you know more than 200 of Highgate Hotels’ properties are powered by 100 percent renewable energy? Or, that Host Hotels & Resorts is aiming to be a net positive company by 2050?