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NOW Force for Good Hotels

An affiliation of extraordinary properties committed to sustainability to advance the wellbeing of people and planet,
and take responsibility for their total impacts on communities and the environment. They do more than just sustain,
they replenish, regenerate and respect limits with sustainability* at their core to balance the economics of tourism with the well-being of its natural resources and communities.

NOW Hotel Members are provided with rigorous sustainability solutions with accountability and transparency. These include:

A rigorous Sustainability Programme with Certification
• for credible reporting, analysis, planning and governance to manage risks and measure carbon emissions

NOW Technologies (Traveller Tools to Trust)
• to build on the foundation of a recognized sustainability certification
• to elevate your sustainability communication potential to all stakeholders
• to calculate and offset air and ground travel carbon footprint

NOW Marketing Support
• for extensive promotions to boost engagement
• to help promote direct bookings with no commissions charged

View NOW Hotel Members in NOW Sustainability Tool.

Sustainability Goals

1. Support the Global Goals
2. Aim to be Carbon Zero or better - Carbon Positive – before 2030
3. Make sustainability a policy and Standard Operating Procedure to manage risk, build resilience and save money

Why is NOW vital to a hotel’s recovery and resilience?

NOW makes it easier for hotels to be sustainable and build capacity.
ROI = Save money

NOW elevates communication potential to stakeholders and helps drive direct bookings with no commissions charged.
ROI = Increase revenue

NOW provides a differentiation and strengthens the brand and reputation.
ROI = Customer loyalty, attract talents and be held in high esteem

Why it must be NOW?

The Science
1.5°C (34.7°F) above pre-industrial level is the absolute ‘red line in the sand’ when a series of one-way doors start to close.
Carbon Brief’s analysis for the IPCC’s 2021-2022 Assessment Report revealed that our world will likely exceed 1.5°C (34.7°F) between 2026 and 2042 (central estimate 2030 and 2032). Today, it is 1.2°C (34.16°F). Events are occurring to amplify warming.
2026 is in less than 5 years.

Sustainability
*NOW defines sustainability as wellbeing for our world requiring development and action that takes responsibility for our total impact on the community and the environment, to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The goal is to support the Sustainable Development Goals
and to be Carbon Positive before 2030.

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These resources are for individuals and companies that choose to be part of the solution. They feel a responsibility to drive transformative
change in their development, operations, products and services to deliver on sustainability expectations with accountability and transparency.
They are using the power of business to help solve social and environmental challenges for the wellbeing of our world.

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Spotlight on NOW Hotel Members

Our guests travel to this beautiful location in the heart of the Swiss Alps for its unspoiled flora and fauna, the crystal-clear mountain streams and the majestic glaciers. The vulnerability of this sensitive environment requires us to reflect critically on our business and the affect of our actions.

The Alpina Gstaad has decided to join the NOW Force for Good Alliance, striving to be an active frontrunner in sustainable luxury tourism.

Tim Weiland - General Manager of The Alpina Gstaad, Switzerland

It was clear that NOW would take us on a focused and thorough sustainability journey and we specially like the idea of  striving towards an accreditation for our actions.

It created a lot of work initially and made us think hard about what we did and didn’t do, answer tough questions and commit to the right way forward. We realized the good things we were doing and highlighted the many gaps which we are now rapidly closing. Our young team want their work place to take the right steps to reduce waste and do the right thing for the environment. Guests notice and a few applauded us for our actions.

We are aiming high in all that we do and this includes our sustainability goals. NOW is most definitely proving to be a Force for Good.

Sue Williams - General Manager of Whatley Manor Hotel, Malmesbury, UK

"Sustainability is at the heart of Soneva. Our core purpose is engaging an imaginative "SLOW LIFE". We have incorporated Sustainability into our fabric from the very beginning, when we started in 1995.

We are pleased to team up with NOW to drive sustainability throughout the Industry.

Sonu Shivdasani - Owner
Soneva Kiri in Thailand; Soneva Jani and Soneva Fushi in the Maldives

We are very happy to be collaborating with NOW and starting on our sustainability journey.

As an industry we all need to be making steps to become more sustainable and NOW is an excellent force driving this initiative. The exercise proved very useful in highlighting the areas where we can make positive changes and I am excited to begin our commitment to a sustainable future.

Andrew Coney – General Manager of The Hari, London

Merchants Manor Spa Hotel has proudly become the first hotel in the UK to join a global project to create a sustainable future for us all. The NOW Force for Good Alliance is the first global community that brings hospitality business and the traveller together in one place to make a difference to the environment, the community and the way we travel. It makes the hotels visibly accountable and gives travellers a choice in where they stay that goes beyond simply a sticker on the door.

We have been lucky enough to meet the team behind It Must Be Now in person and found their story so powerful and moving that we signed up on the spot. We have adopted this partnership as central to our goals for the business and really challenge all the hotels to join us in this initiative. If ever there was a time for us all to come together and reduce our impact – It Must Be NOW!

Nick & Sioned Rudlin - Owners, Merchants Manor, Falmoputh, UK

NOW Marketing Alliance Partners

Pride Of Britain

Hospitality brands that move beyond greenwashing to demonstrate how they are minimizing their social and environmental footprint are reaping the rewards in customer loyalty. Fueled by a passionate team of travel industry experts, the NOW Force for Good Alliance is a valuable resource for hotels seeking guidance on how to reduce their carbon footprint and communicate those efforts to travelers who place sustainability at the top of their checklist. Preferred Hotels & Resorts cares about our earth and is committed to fueling a resounding belief in travel, and we are proud to partner with NOW as part of our continuous drive to educate our independent member hotels on how they can enhance their environmental and social contributions and inspire others to take action. Lindsey Ueberroth, CEO, Preferred Hotels and Resorts

India: The Leela Palace New Delhi Netherlands: Grand Hotel Huis Ter Duin Switzerland: The Alpina Gstaad, Hotel Storchen Zurich UK: The Hari London USA: Beechwood Hotel Massachusetts

Pride Of Britain

Pride of Britain Hotels are pleased to have joined NOW Transforming Hospitality GmbH as an alliance partner in recognition of the importance our 50 member hotels attach to protecting the environment. Peter Hancock, Chief Executive, Pride of Britain

UK: Grantley Hall, The Torridon, The Athenaeum Hotel, Whatley Manor

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Message from NOW Chairman & CEOOnno Poortier

NOW Strategic Partners

EarthCheck is extremely excited to be working with the NOW team. We are impressed with their passion to advance sustainability and responsible business practices in the travel and tourism industry and for their commitment to raise the bar on industry reporting standards.

As an industry we need to embrace the need for transformative change. Greenwash and the acceptance of poor environmental and social performance are no longer acceptable. NOW will ask the right questions and provide insights and advice on what best practice really looks like. Tourism desperately needs an open and honest conversation on sustainable business practices. NOW will provide that.

Stewart Moore, Founder & CEO, EarthCheck

NOW is right along the line with our own philosophy and engagements for sustainability & eco-luxury in the hospitality industry. We are also concerned regarding ‘green-wash’, the misuse and manipulation of ‘sustainability’. I believe that our collaboration is a potentially significant and important persuasive tool vis-a-vis colleagues who are either not informed or simply still sitting on the fence.

Frank M. Pfaller, CEO, Hoteliers Guild / CoutureHospitalityConcept

At South Pole, we work to accelerate the transition to a climate-smart economy and society. To do so successfully, we need all sectors on board. NOW is uniting leading hotels and key players in the global travel industry, so signing on as a strategic partner gives us the opportunity to continue driving the sustainable transition of travel – and at a time when the number of global travellers is on the rise, this is more important than ever.

Renat Heuberger, Co-Founder & CEO, South Pole

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