Dubai Tourism Extends the Deadline for Hotels to Comply with Sustainability Requirements to 1st July 2021
Dubai Sustainable Tourism’s compliance has a 12-month extension.
- Dubai Sustainable Tourisms 19 Sustainability Requirements and Carbon Calculator aim to advance sustainability performance across the sector
- Under new direction, hotel establishments will benefit from a 12 month extension to ensure they fulfil compliant implementation by 1 July 2021
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Dubai, UAE; 11 August 2020:Dubais Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) has extended the deadline for implementation of the 19 Sustainability Requirements and Carbon Calculator submissions by 12 months. The requirements have been laid out to support the emirates hotel establishments in their compliance with Dubai Tourisms hotel classification system, and the long-term objective of advancing sustainability performance across the sector.
In light of the current situation surrounding the global COVID-19 pandemic, hotels will benefit from an additional 12 month implementation period to finalise their sustainability compliance, a decision that has has been announced by Dubai Tourism to strengthen the foundations for recovery of the hospitality sector. All requirements will now be mandated from 1 July 2021 with the extension also including the postponing of the Carbon Calculator monthly submissions until the same deadline.
The 19 Sustainability Requirements include sustainable management approaches, performance metrics, energy, food and water management plans, guest education, employee training initiatives, the presence of sustainability committees within hotel establishments and corporate social responsibility programmes for local communities. Through improving internal sustainability operations, hotel establishments in turn will enhance the competitiveness of Dubais tourism-linked economy.
Since its inception in January 2017, the Carbon Calculator part of the Tourism Dirham Platform, is a tool that has been measuring the carbon footprint within Dubais hospitality sector. On a monthly basis hotels submit their consumption of 11 carbon emission sources, including; electricity, district cooling, water, waste, fuel for transportation, fuel for generators, fire extinguishers, and liquefied petroleum gas for analysis. This information is aggregated and analysed to provide valuable industry insights on the sectors collective carbon footprint. In addition, by formulating a baseline along with consistent tracking, this information enables hotels to understand their energy, water and waste consumption and further identify successful cost-saving opportunities.
For more information, please visithttps://dst.dubaitourism.ae/
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About Dubais Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism)
With the ultimate vision of positioning Dubai as the worlds leading tourism destination and commercial hub, Dubai Tourisms mission is to increase the awareness of Dubai among global audiences and to attract tourists and inward investment into the emirate. Dubai Tourism is the principal authority for the planning, supervision, development and marketing of Dubais tourism sector. It markets and promotes the Emirates commerce sector, and is responsible for the licensing and classification of all tourism services including hotels, tour operators and travel agents. Brands and departments within the Dubai Tourism portfolio include Dubai Business Events, Dubai Calendar and Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment.
Raj Bhatt
Dubai, United Arab Emirates UAE
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates known for luxury shopping, ultramodern architecture and a lively nightlife scene. A must visit for every one !