WelcomEnviron, a unique initiative, symbolises ITC-Welcomgroup’s commitment to expand its positive environmental footprint.
This programme propagates environmental issues in the cities where the hotels are located. Each hotel designs its own programme, aimed at creating awareness on environmental preservation among employees as well as focuses on conservation of resources like energy through best practices.
In yet another special initiative, ITC-Welcomgroup has established that by providing an opportunity to work and become self-sufficient, people who are differently abled can significantly contribute to the workplace, families and the community. ITC-Welcomgroup has taken a positive step in this direction by training and employing people who are differently abled
across its hotels and is now sensitising other corporates to include
differently abled people in their employee rolls.
ITC’s exemplary achievements in addressing global environmental
concerns inspires the endeavours of the hotels business in enlarging its positive environmental footprint. ITC’s unique status as the only company
in the world, of its size and diversity, to be ‘Water and Carbon Positive’ as
also ’Solid Waste Recycling Positive’, is augmented by several initiatives of
the ITC-Welcomgroup hotels. ISO 14001 norms have been adopted at most of the chain’s hotels. Rain water harvesting, solar heating, auto power cut-offs in rooms, recycling water for gardens and turning kitchen waste to compost constitute the wide spectrum of environmental initiatives that
ITC’s Hotels business has implemented with great vigour and success, winning many national and international accolades. ITC Sonar, Kolkata is the only carbon positive hotel in the world and the only building to
earn carbon credits through a clean development mechanism project.
The headquarters of ITC’s Hotels business is housed in the ITC Green Centre,
the first largest Green Building in the world with a Leeds Platinum rating. |
