Environmental protection and resource conservation are more important today than ever before. For decades, our society has been anything but economical with the resources at our disposal. Whether water, electricity or people.
Read moreIn the hotel industry, it is not easy to manage the balancing act between an economical use of resources and a flawless hotel experience for our guests.
Three overarching points on our project plan for more sustainability are:
In this blog we would like to share with you some of the results we have already achieved on these points.
In our extensive project plan on the topic of sustainability in our hotels, there are several points that are handled via purchasing. Ideas and decisions are developed and made together.
So far, we have already been able to implement some ideas and thus achieve small successes, which in total already have a great leverage effect on our waste management, for example.
Day after day, our staff are there for our guests. Whether it is with a smile at breakfast, a helping hand with luggage transport or careful but quick room cleaning. The transition between check-in and check-out is fluid and there is hardly any time to take a breath. A 30-minute break comes in handy, because we all know that a full stomach makes you more productive and, above all, happier.
Our colleagues have always been provided with delicious food every day in our canteen "Herzstück". However, our "Herzstück" was getting on in years - it lacked charm. What has changed?
Our Restaurant Hafen Diner has been given a general overhaul and has been shining in new splendour since 4 November. It is no longer a burger restaurant as we know it, but a new staff restaurant and training room. The staff restaurant, or the "Herzstück" (german for: centrepiece) as we like to call it, is a thank-you from the management to each individual staff member. It is a sign of appreciation and a gift for the daily master achievements of the entire team.
From now on, our colleagues can rest here, enjoy their breaks and switch off. Our trainees now also have the great opportunity to use the former "Herzstück" as a training facility and thus optimally prepare for the upcoming framework curricula and exams.
„VALUE CREATION THROUGH APPRECIATION - A TRIBUTE TO THE ENTIRE TEAM OF THE HOTEL HAFEN HAMBURG. MANY THANKS TO ONE EACH OF YOU!”
General Manager Enrico Ungermann
„Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife, are in fact plans to protect man.”
Stewart Udall
...you will have noticed our increased commitment to sustainability.
We host charity concerts at our sister hotel Empire Riverside Hotel, produce our own honey to support local biodiversity and were recently awarded the GreenSign sustainability label.
We have also been supporting local social enterprises such as Hamburger Tafel, St. Pauli Church and CaFée mit Herz for some time.
Sustainability has always been an important topic for us, and we would now like to devote ourselves to it even more.
In a personal exchange, we would now like to share our experiences, learnings and challenges, why our hotels are becoming more sustainable and why this development is so important. We would like to talk about projects that have already been implemented, the reason for this development and, of course, your questions about it.
Throughout the day, our partner companies and associations will offer interesting workshops for our employees.
We would also like to offer these exciting workshops to partners, customers, neighbours and representatives of St. Pauli as well as friends of our hotels.
From the global supply of drinking water to the disposal of waste in the Elbe - our cooperation partners have a colourful cross-section in store that is sure to hold interesting and important things for every participant.
Would you like to attend our Sustainability Day from 5:30 pm at the Empire Riverside Hotel? Would you like to attend our Sustainability Day starting at 17:30? Send us an email at nachhaltigkeit@hotel-hamburg.de and we will notify you if there is still space for you.
After the workshops, we will meet again to exchange ideas over drinks and nibbles and finish the evening together.
We would be very happy if you would join us on this journey.
31.08.2022
Great commitment pays off. Our focus on ecological, economic and social sustainability has proven successful. The Hotel Hafen Hamburg an den Landungsbrücken is now a certified GreenSign hotel and has been awarded Level 4 out of 5 for its progress and milestones achieved in the area of sustainability.
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