Hotel water initiative

During the World Water Week in Stockholm last September, the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®) provided detail on the progress made with its leading global water stewardship programme, as well as a number of other water-related initiatives. In partnership with global water-use experts, Water Footprint Network (WFN), IHG has mapped its global estate of more than 5,000 open properties and the majority of its pipeline hotels against risks related to both water quantity and water quality. For example, thanks to the IHG Green Engage™ system, IHG drive a near 5% reduction in water use per occupied room in water-stressed areas to the end of 2015. The EU water and innovation project demEAUmed, is also addressing these water quantity and quality issues by demonstrating water treatment technologies that are going to contribute to this approach.