Royal Park Hotels will take on a part of the responsibility for realizing the SDGs, and while solving problems,
We are undertaking a variety of initiatives to gain the trust of society, users, and business partners.
We are introducing environmentally friendly plant-based biodegradable* drinking straws to replace the roughly 280,000 plastic straws (straight) that we consume per year.
We are sequentially replacing guest room amenities (※1) with Eco Amenity Series products provided by SHINTOWORLD.
This environmentally friendly series uses mixed chaff and recycled plastics as materials, and adopts paper packaging. Among the items introduced, the hairbrush, shower cap and toothbrush are certified for the Biomass Mark 40 (※2).
Aiming to reduce waste and promote recycling, we will introduce mineral water in 100% recycled plastic bottles*.
The environmentally friendly bottles are made from plastic bottles collected as general waste and processed into recyclable plastics, with the aim of encouraging the recycling of plastic bottles.
As a hotel chain, we support fair trade initiatives that aim to continuously purchase raw materials and products from developing countries at fair prices and improve the lives and independence of producers and workers in developing countries. We are introducing trade certified Coffee.
We are participating in the Fry to Fly Project, a project aimed at realizing a decarbonized society through domestic resource circulation.
The Fry to Fly Project helps individuals, local governments, and companies promote resource circulation in Japan by providing used cooking oil, which is used as raw material for SAF (sustainable aviation fuel), and is generated in everyday places such as homes and restaurants. It provides a place where you can participate directly.
We are entrusted with the management of Kyoto Onsho, a lodging facility that utilizes a Kyoto townhouse.
``Kyo no Onsho'' is a Kyoto townhouse preservation and utilization project developed by Wacoal Corporation. Concerned that Kyoto-machiya houses, which symbolize Kyoto City's historic townscape, are being demolished one after another due to aging and lack of successors, we decided on April 2018 as a project to pass on Kyoto-machiya houses to the next generation and preserve them for the future. It started in May.
We invited local elementary school students to the hotel and introduced them to the sustainable activities carried out at the hotel. We hold events where children can have fun while deepening their understanding of the SDGs.
In addition, hotel staff participates in environmental beautification activities in the surrounding area and actively carries out cleanup activities around the hotel. While deepening our ties with local people, we will continue to contribute to making Nihonbashi a place where people can continue to live.
At buffets, it is difficult to provide the right amount of food to guests, and leftover food is often thrown away. By using a double inner buffet with smaller utensils, you can prevent large amounts of waste and reduce waste without compromising the appearance.
Yokohama Royal Park Hotel has been certified by Supreme, a top certified business, under the Yokohama City SDGs Certification System "Y-SDGs" established by Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. (as of July 29, 2022)
This is the first achievement for a hotel in Yokohama city and follows last year's top certification, `` Superior.'' In particular, the SDGs "Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth," "Goal 12: Responsible Production, Consumption," and "Goal 16: Peace and Justice for All" received high praise.
In addition, we have launched an "SDGs Committee" chaired by general manager Oshiro, and will strive to further strengthen SDGs initiatives and raise the awareness of staff working at the hotel.
In addition to group efforts, Yokohama Royal Park Hotel also has its own initiatives.
We make effective use of unsold hotel-made bread and dishes collected from Coffret, a delicatessen and lounge on the first floor, before the expiration date in order to prevent food loss due to expiry or other reasons. Also, fresh flowers that have been purchased but not used for the decoration of lobbies, restaurants and banquet rooms are collected and reworked into small bouquets to be sold at Coffret.
In some guest rooms, we have installed eco-Amenities products that use 40% less plastic, and we are cooperating with L'Occitane's collection of Amenities bottles. In addition, with the renovation of the regular floor that began in January 2022, the high-quality furniture that has been in use since the facility opened in 1993 will be repaired and reused instead of being disposed of. In addition, we are working to reduce waste by donating unnecessary Blanket to the Green Down Project.
We collect water discharged from kitchens in the hotel and in restaurants housed in the Yokohama Landmark Tower and purify it at a water reclamation facility for use in flushing toilets.
The aim of these efforts is to reduce the amount of drainage water discharged to ease the burden on the sewerage system while also promoting the effective use of water resources.
“The Royal Park Canvas - Sapporo Odori Park”, which opened on October 1, 2021, is a sustainable lifestyle hotel that “experiences Hokkaido” based on local production for local consumption.
This is Japan's first high-rise hybrid wooden hotel, and the hotel uses Hokkaido wood for the interior of the guest rooms as well as the lobby space, making it a hotel where you can feel Hokkaido not only in the food but also in the space itself.
In order to enjoy Sapporo, which is famous as a city of jazz, all guest rooms are equipped with Record Player and wooden speakers, and some of Amenities (Toothbrush , shavers, Hairbrush etc.) are made from rice husk. We have items that are easy to use.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a set of 17 goals and 169 targets described in the document titled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” which was unanimously adopted in September 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly. The SDGs are international goals intended to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) formulated in 2001 and to be achieved by 2030 while fulfilling the pledge to “leave no one behind.”
