Beyond Doing Less Harm: Embedding Regeneration into Hotel Strategy

As our CEO states in the 2025 Sustainability Report:

Hospitality has the power to regenerate, not just to delight… It is the strategy that shapes every decision, every investment, and every guest experience.

In 2020, we redefined sustainability not as a separate stream of work, but as the core of our brand and the driver of long-term value.

Operationally, this is measurable across departments:

Energy & Maintenance

• 20% reduction in Scope 1 emissions
• 1.6% reduction in combined Scope 1 & 2 emissions
• Transition toward 80% renewable energy by 2030
  Aligned with ISSB S2 climate frameworks and digitally monitored across properties.

Water & Housekeeping

• 11.4% reduction in water per guest night
  Water intensity tracked per guest night to decouple experience from resource pressure.

F&B & Procurement

• 75% local sourcing
• 71% waste diversion rate
• Food waste reduction initiatives and composting pilots

Biodiversity & Guest Experience

• 10,000+ guests engaged in marine and biodiversity conservation
• 550,000 pollinators supported

These indicators are tracked through enterprise-level ESG systems integrated into governance, capital allocation and performance management.

2. Why we consider these practices regenerative

We consider practices regenerative when they strengthen system health rather than simply reduce harm.

Emission reductions address climate transition risk. Local sourcing strengthens Mauritian supply networks. Marine conservation and pollinator programmes contribute to ecosystem resilience.

Our report makes the integration explicit:

We are working toward a future where ESG is embedded into governance, strategy, and enterprise value.

Regeneration, for us, moves from impact minimisation to destination vitality.

3. What would fundamentally change if we centred community agency and place health over growth volume?

If community agency and place health were fully centred, growth would be constrained by ecological capacity, and success measured as much by ecosystem vitality as by occupancy or RevPAR.

Success would be defined through:

• Ecosystem resilience indicators
• Community benefit metrics
• Biodiversity recovery trajectories
• Climate transition alignment

Regeneration, therefore, is not about doing less harm. It is about designing hospitality systems that strengthen the destinations they depend on.