Results
Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas Delivers Sustainability Results
The results are in and Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas has every reason to be delighted with its combined sustainability figures gathered from all properties in 2019. Meaningful and measurable, the figures are based on energy and water consumption, solid waste and waste diversion, indicating that their industry-leading sustainability vision is flourishing.
Initiated in 2012, and led by the group’s Vice President of Sustainability Jeff Smith, individual properties monitor and measure their environmental efforts. All of the group’s hotels and resorts contribute to Cornell University’s Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking program, which compares their performance against a global dataset of their peers.
In 2019, Six Senses sustainability data reveals that as a group:
Over the past 16 years, Six Senses has been bottling its own still and sparkling drinking water. By establishing on-site filtration and bottling facilities, each resort eliminates the transportation impacts and use of plastic water bottles. Six Senses drinking water has proved a taste-test winner with guests also.
Each Six Senses resort and hotel features an Earth Lab, which promotes sustainable living in inspirational and innovative ways. The space is used to host workshops that empower guests and community members to learn about and connect more closely with the natural world.
Sustainability Funds
Sustainability Funds are managed at each Six Senses property with sales added directly from house-bottled water and popular stuffed animal mascots that reflect each location. Sponsored projects in 2019 totaled USD 626,641.
This means:
- 1,084,680 people gained access to improved medical care
- 105,099 people gained access to clean drinking water and sanitation
- 19,974 kilograms of trash was collected voluntarily by our Hosts – enough to fill enough to fill 3 garbage trucks!
- 1,719 hours of teaching was directly conducted or supported by us
- We provided access to education and skill training to 14,057 students
- We engaged with 3,079 people to raise awareness and educate about sustainable tourism
- 10,334 endangered sea turtles hatched on our beaches
- 3,234 coral fragments were successfully planted
- 6 critically endangered and 50 endangered/ vulnerable species protected
- 280 ghost nets collected
On announcing the figures, Chief Executive Officer Neil Jacobs of Six Sense Hotels Resorts Spas, said, "We're not just passionate about sustainability; we want to lead the industry. Through the environmental performance of our resorts and hotels, through preserving the natural and cultural heritage around us, and through enhancing social and economic benefits to local communities. It's motivating for everyone in the company that we can demonstrate our commitment to sustainability in this way."