(TITC) – With the growth of the tourism industry around the world, the new trends of tourism direct to Responsible Tourism and Meaningful Tourism which need ‘everything Green’ and the increasing demand for ‘everything Asian’, the introduction of an ASEAN Green Hotel Standard that defines an ASEAN standard while being respectful of sustainable resources consumption has been drafted for ASEAN Standards.
The ASEAN Green Hotel Standard fosters sustainable tourism through the adoption of the Environmentally-friendly and Energy Conservation.; compiling, adapting and creating the tools and training to engage in ASEAN Green Hotel practices.
At the heart of this ASEAN Green Hotel Standard is the minimum requirement that any hotel business should aspire to reach in order to protect and sustain the ASEAN’s natural and cultural resources while ensuring tourism meets its potential as a tool for conservation and poverty alleviation.
This Standard deals with the following essential elements of professional Green Hotel operations: Environmental plan, Green product, Human Resource and environmental management.
Major Criteria and Requirements
Standards for ensuring local guide quality and expertise
Promotion of environmental activities in order to encourage the involvement of hotel staff, clients and suppliers to participate in environmental management practices.
Existence of plan for raising staff to be aware of environment i.e. training.
Existence of environmental management plan for hotel operation.
Existence of monitoring program for environmental management of hotels.
Use of green products
Encouragement for the use of local products for hotel operation i.e. food and handicrafts.
Encouragement for the use of environmentally friendly products.
Collaboration with the community local organizations
Existence of plans/activities to help improve quality of life of the community.
Existence of awareness rising programs for local community on environmental protection.
Creation of activities in promoting culture and traditional performance and local ways of life.
Creation of job opportunity for local community.
Human resource development
Provision of training programs for operation and management staff on environmental management.
Solid waste management
Introduction of waste management techniques e.g. waste reduction, reuse, recycling, waste separation and composting.
Encouragement of the involvement of hotel staff in waste reduction, reuse, recycling, waste separation and composting programme.
Encouragement of the involvement of hotel Guest in reuse, recycling, waste separation.
Energy efficiency
Introduction of energy saving techniques and / or energy saving technology and equipment for hotel to reduce energy consumption.
Installation of meters/equipment to monitor energy consumption.
Water efficiency and water quality
Introduction of water saving techniques and / or use of water saving technology and equipment to reduce water consumption.
Regular maintenance for water saving equipment.
Encouragement of the involvement of hotel Guest in water saving.
Ensure the quality of water used in the hotel.
Air quality management (indoor and outdoor)
Designation of smoking and non-smoking area.
Regular monitoring and maintenance for equipment and hotel facilities to ensure the air quality i.e. air conditioning.
Noise pollution control
Existence of noise control program from hotel operation.
Waste water treatment and management
The use of mechanisms to prevent water contamination and reduce waste water generation.
Promotion of the use of recyclable/grey water in operation i.e. watering trees.
Encouragement for an appropriate use of wastewater treatment.
Toxic and chemical substance disposal management
Provision of clear signs for toxic substance.
Appropriate hazardous waste disposal management.
Regular inspection, cleaning and maintenance for storage in order to avoid leakage of gas or toxic chemical substance.
ASEAN Green Hotel Standard Guideline
| Major Criteria | Requirements – Hotels | Indication of practices / achievements | Supporting Documents/ Documents | ||
| 1. Environmental policy and actions for hotel operation | 1.1 Promotion of environmental activities in order to encourage the involvement of hotel staff, clients and suppliers to participate in environmental management practices. | List of environment activities / programs implemented in connection with the encouragement of staff / clients / suppliers to participate | – Registration of participation – Photo records of activities – Activity report | ||
| 1.2 Existence of plan for raising staff to be aware of environment i.e. training. | Environmental awareness rising plan(s) | ||||
| 1.3 Existence of environmental management plan for hotel operation. | Hotel environmental management plan implemented | – Proved of achievements / accomplishments | |||
| 1.4 Existence of monitoring program for environmental management of hotels. | Measurement of programs / activity compliments | ||||
| 2. Use of Green products | 2.1 Encouragement for the use of local products for hotel operation i.e. food and handicrafts. | Purchasing criteria of local product support and promotion | – evidence of hotel policy that encourage the use of local products -contract between hotel and the local community | ||
| 2.2 Encouragement for the use of environmentally friendly products. | Green procurement criteria in use | Evidence of implementations When/ by whom these criteria were created and used evidence of activities implemented When /where / by whom they were held | |||
| 3 .Collaboration with the community and local organizations | 3.1 Existence of plans/ activities to help improve quality of life of the community. | List of community quality of life improvement | |||
| 3.2 Existence of awareness rising programs for local community on environmental protection. | Environmental protection awareness programs/ activities implemented in community by hotel / hotel staff | When / where / by whom these programs were held | |||
| 4. Human resource development | 4.1 Provision of training programs for operation and management staff on environmental management. | Environmental management training programs / activities created implemented by hotel for staff in the past years (1-2 years) | Supporting Evidence | ||
| 5. Solid waste management | 5.1 Introduction of waste management techniques e.g. waste reduction, reuse, recycling, waste separation and composting. | Waste handling and management training programs/ /activities implemented in the past years for staff | Supporting Evidence | ||
| 5.2 Encouragement of the involvement of hotel staff in waste reduction, reuse, recycling, waste separation and composting programme. | Programs / activities encouraging involvement of hotel staff in waste handling and management in the past years | Supporting Evidence | |||
| 5.3 Encouragement of the involvement of hotel Guest in reuse, recycling, waste separation | Programs/ activities encouraging guest involvements in waste handling, management and minimization in the past years | Supporting Evidence | |||
| 6. Energy efficiency | 6.1 Introduction of energy saving techniques and / or energy saving technology and equipment for hotel to reduce energy consumption. | Installation and use of energy efficient technologies and techniques in hotel in the past years. | – Supporting Evidence – Photo/documents/in vestment reports – Registration of participations | ||
| 6.2 Installation of meters/equipment to monitor energy consumption. | Installation of power and energy consumption metering technologies | – investment report/ photos/ documents – energy reports checks | |||
| 6.3 Encouragement of the involvement of hotel Guest in energy saving | Invitation and encouragement messages to promote hotel guest in energy efficiency in hotel | – supporting evidences – checks | |||
| 7. Water efficiency and water quality | 7.1 Introduction of water saving techniques and / or use of water saving technology and equipment to reduce water consumption. | Installation and use of water efficient technologies and practices in hotel in the past years. | Supporting evidences | ||
| 7.2 Regular maintenance for water saving equipment. | Maintenance reports of engineering team on water efficient technologies. | – Supporting evidences – Photos/comparative cost saving achievement | |||
| 7.3 Encouragement of the involvement of hotel Guest in water saving. | Promotional media/ practices for hotel guests on water efficiency involvements | – Supporting evidences | |||
| 7.4 Ensure the quality of water used in the hotel | water quality testing | – test result | |||
| 8. Air quality management (indoor and outdoor) | 8.1 Designation of smoking and non smoking area. | Photo of smoking and non smoking areas designated in hotel | – Checks – Supporting evidences | ||
| 8.2 Regular monitoring and maintenance for equipment and hotel facilities to ensure the air quality i.e. air conditioning. | Maintenance report of air conditioning/ventilating technologies to ensure good air quality in hotel | – supporting evidences | |||
| 9. Noise pollution control | 9.1 Existence of noise control program from hotel operation. | Program activities implemented in hotel to ensure noise control in hotel | supporting evidences | ||
| 10. Waste water treatment and management (water quality) | 10.1 The use of mechanisms to prevent water contamination and reduce waste water generation. | Program implementation on minimization of water contamination and pollution prevention in hotel in the past years | supporting evidences | ||
| 10.2 Promotion of the use of recyclable/grey water in operation i.e. watering trees. | Proves of hotel’s promotion to reuse water and use of treated water in hotel | supporting evidences | |||
| 10.3 Encouragement for an appropriate use of wastewater treatment. | Implementation of waste water treatment in hotel | – supporting evidences (photos, regular monitoring reports, manual, certification, procurement receipt) – checks | |||
| 11. Toxic and chemical substance disposal management | 11.1 Provision of clear signs for toxic substance. | Clear and understandable indications of storage and use of chemicals in hotel | – supporting evident – photos regular checking of the hotel – inspection report – checks | ||
| 11.2 Appropriate hazardous waste disposal management. | Hazardous waste handling and disposal practices in hotel-training of staffs on the hazardous waste management handling | – reports/EIA/Proves – checks – manual | |||
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