Over the past decade, the hospitality industry has embraced the ESG agenda – setting targets, establishing standards, and committing to more sustainable ways of designing, building and operating hotels. But as the conversation evolves, an important question remains: are we still driving meaningful progress, or simply meeting expectations?

At this year’s ESG focus, we examine the equation shaping the future of responsible hospitality:

Ambition + Action + Accountability = Change

From design decisions and material choices to investment strategies and day-to-day operations, how can the built environment sector ensure ESG remains a driver of innovation rather than fatigue?

Will the next few years be business as usual or do we need to strive for new challenges to keep on improving?

Who will drive this change? And how can we all benefit from it - investors, owners, operators and the guest?

Bringing together architects, developers, investors and operators, this session will challenge assumptions and explore whether meaningful ESG outcomes and commercial realities can truly align.

Because if the industry wants change, the equation needs to add up.

Session 1:

In conversation with Arche Hospitality’s Jonathan Braun and Head of Innovation & Sustainability at Hansgrohe, Steffen Erath.

Session 2:

Panel discussion with:

• Wiktoria Kopycka - Associate Design Director, Interiors, OBMI

• Nadira Lalji - Founder, Inhabit Hotels & Director, Precis Advisory

• Ellie Macpherson - Director, Atellior

• More to be announced

Tickets:
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