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Hotel Group Essendi Strengthens ESG Efforts with Collaboration with Workplace Pride

Essendi, a leading hotel owner and operator in Europe, announced a strategic partnership with Workplace Pride, a global nonprofit organization committed to greater LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the workplace, during Pride Amsterdam 2025. The partnership will be officially formalized during the tenth annual INK goes PINK party at INK Hotel Amsterdam, one of Essendi's hotels. With this, Essendi underscores its continued commitment to inclusion and diversity within the hospitality sector in Western Europe.

Essendi (formerly Accor Invest)
The Netherlands
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Palladium Cares Introduces First European Training Centres and New Biodiversity Projects on Second Anniversary

Palladium Cares, the identity that encompasses all of Palladium Hotel Group's Corporate Social Responsibility projects, is celebrating its second anniversary. The company is consolidating its commitment through four pillars of action: Our People, Our Community, Our Planet and Our Company. The final pillar has always been at the centre of everything, but now takes on its own identity, highlighting the integration of sustainability into the corporate structure.

Palladium Hotel Group
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Meliá named Most Sustainable Hotel Company in Europe by TIME and Statista

Meliá Hotels International has been recognized as the most sustainable hotel company in Europe and the second worldwide in the newly released World's 500 Most Sustainable Companies 2025 ranking, published by the prestigious TIME magazine in collaboration with data analytics firm Statista. Meliá is also listed among the top 20 Spanish companies in this global index, which highlights organizations with the strongest commitment and progress in sustainability.

Melia
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Accor and Community Corporate Expand Refugee Hiring Pathways

As the world marks World Refugee Day tomorrow (on 20 June), Accor and Community Corporate are proud to announce a growing partnership dedicated to building more inclusive and human-centred workplaces across Australia. Together, the organisations are transforming lives through employer-led pathways that welcome, support and elevate refugee and migrant talent.

Accor
Australia
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Hilton & Hilton Global Foundation Open Doors of Opportunity for People, Deliver Sustainable Stays and Support Resilient Communities to Advance 2030 Travel with Purpose Goals

In a world where connection and community matter more than ever, Hilton has never been more committed to its founding purpose of spreading the light and warmth of hospitality. For more than 105 years, Hilton has believed that hospitality can – and should – be a force for good. That belief comes to life through Travel with Purpose, Hilton’s strategy to drive positive impact and deliver lasting value to the people, hotels and communities where we all live, work and stay. Travel with Purpose is good for business—enabling Hilton to grow responsibly while creating meaningful change. With the support of the Hilton Global Foundation, Hilton’s philanthropic arm, the hospitality leader is spreading the light and warmth of hospitality by unlocking opportunity for our people, creating more sustainable stays and building the resilience of communities around the world – all while operating at the highest levels of integrity, accountability and transparency.

Hilton
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Tourism Rises to the Ocean Challenge at UNOC3: A Unified Call for a Blue Transformation

At the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), tourism emerged as a major actor in shaping a sustainable and resilient ocean economy. With oceans under unprecedented pressure from climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, stakeholders from across the tourism sector met to launch new partnerships, align financing mechanisms, and scale up initiatives and action to regenerate marine ecosystems and support coastal communities.

UN Tourism
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Climate Costs Are Rising, but Few Companies Have an Adaptation Plan

Companies face rising exposure to the physical impacts of climate change, which comes with big financial costs — potentially $25 trillion by 2050 for the world’s largest companies under a medium climate change scenario (SSP2-4.5), according to analysis by S&P Global Sustainable1. Our data shows that many large companies globally have yet to create climate adaptation plans to build resilience to these hazards: only 35% of companies in our analysis have an adaptation plan.

S&P Global
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Accor Showcases Growth, Innovation & Sustainability at MEETINGS 2025

Accor, the largest hotel operator in New Zealand, returns to MEETINGS 2025 with an expanded portfolio, fresh experiences, and renewed commitments to environmental excellence. With several exciting new openings and standout properties across Aotearoa, Accor continues to shape the future of meetings and events through meaningful design, elevated experiences and responsible hospitality.

Accor
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Building the Sustainable Hospitality of Tomorrow: Insights from Thought Leaders, from Strategy to Actions

In today's ever-evolving hospitality industry, the emphasis on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives has never been more crucial. Recently, a round table discussion with Agnès Roquefort, Global Chief Development Officer, Luxury & Lifestyle, along with thought leaders André Heintz (TK), Vanguelis Panayotis (CEO, MKG Consulting & Hospitality ON) and Alice Vachet (Journalist and Host of L’Empreinte), shed light on how our focus on ESG is shaping our development and relationships with owners, and our commitment to sustainable practices and the tangible solutions for them.

Accor