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Anton Medbo
Brysen Barnette
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Elite Stora Hotellet decided to replace all of their plates with small ones to reduce food waste. They also replaced their bathrooms with water saving faucets. By implementing these changes, the hotel involves all guests in their sustainability work by encouraging them to contribute to more responsible consumption and sustainable use of resources.
Elite Stora Hotellet is a company that is leading in innovation with their outlook on the environment. The company is finding simple solutions to common issues that arise in the hospitality industry. Their course of action has inspired other companies to follow in their footsteps. Elite Stora Hotellet embodies sustainability and continues to make an impact on the environment.
"We have goals for every year. My job as being responsible for our sustainability work is to delegate these goals to employees that work with tasks more directly connected to the specific goals," said Carl-Henrik Nilsson, hotel manager.
The team is inspired to continuously make improvements in their departments and to reach their goals and continue their innovation and sustainable journey.
The changes Elite Stora Hotellet has made including changing faucets, recycling, donating clothes, collecting bottle caps, installing light saving mode and replacing plates have had a significant impact on their waste and footprint on the environment. They continue to reduce their waste and energy with these efforts. In the future they will be able to continue to reduce their global footprint as they continue to be innovative.
Their efforts have had a positive impact on their business financially as well as in their community and society as a whole. Elite Stora Hotellet has gained many large company customers which value the hotel's environmentally friendly approach which sets them apart and gives them a competitive advantage. Furthermore, maintaining their Green Key certification has given the hotel credibility within sustainability.
The innovations that Elite Stora Hotellet has implemented in their business continuously contribute to a better environment and help decrease their ecological footprint. Something that stands out in connection to these innovations is the way they affect the guests staying at the hotel. Sustainability is proven to be of high importance to many individuals in the society and Elite Stora Hotellet, being able to communicate the work they do, attracts guests that value this philosophy. Hotel guests receive plenty of information on the process of change that the hotel has gone through in order to offer a great experience where the environment is in the spotlight. The guests at Elite Stora Hotellet are constantly influenced to make eco-friendly choices in their usage of resources and limiting food waste. This has the potential to influence their actions when they leave the hotel to implement the same methods in their everyday lives.
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Carl-Henrik Nilsson, Hotel Manager
Elite Stora Hotellet has become one of the most famous hotels outside of Stockholm with 135 hotel rooms, a banquet hall and a restaurant called Bishop Arms. Elite Stora Hotellet is owned by Elite Hotels