Four Points by Sheraton Sheikh Zayed and Bur Dubai Enhance its Sustainability Initiatives
Both hotels have demonstrated a firm commitment to environmental conservation through the implementation of innovative techniques that significantly reduce waste, energy consumption, and carbon emissions.
Dubai, UAE – 17th July 2024 – Four Points by Sheraton Sheikh Zayed Road and Bur Dubai is proud to announce significant advancements in sustainability efforts. Demonstrating a strong commitment to environmental stewardship, both hotels have implemented innovative practices that significantly reduce waste, energy consumption, and carbon emissions.
Since May 2023, Four Points Sheikh Zayed Road has successfully eliminated food waste disposal in landfills by utilising a state-of-the-art food digester, this initiative alone has reduced CO2 emissions by an impressive 60 tons. Not only focused on food waste, but the hotel has also embraced urban farming with a unique 300 m² rooftop garden which last season, produced 1,950 kg of vegetables, all of which were utilised in the hotel kitchen, ensuring fresh, sustainable, and locally sourced produce for guests, similarly cutting down emissions on importation of food. Additionally, the hotel has replaced traditional electric calorifiers with a solar thermodynamic hot water system, providing guests with the same level of comfort while significantly reducing its carbon footprint. This eco-friendly system ensures hot water is supplied throughout the hotel in an environmentally responsible manner.
Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai’s key sustainability efforts are focused on community initiatives such as hosting clutter-free meetings to reduce waste, facilitating clothes donation drives to support local communities, organising biking events for charity and promoting eco-friendly transportation, and implementing special initiatives during Ramadan to support local and environmental causes. The hotel also supports blood donation drives to help save lives, reuses linen where possible for pillow covers and towels to reduce textile waste, recycles glass and plastic bottles to minimise landfill impact and donates soap bars to non-profit organisations to support hygiene and sanitation efforts. Additionally, the hotel's active participation in yearly Earth Hour events underscores its commitment to a sustainable environment and culture.
In its pursuit of energy efficiency, Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai has upgraded various systems such as the dishwashers across the property’s kitchens and replaced the primary chiller in its building with an energy-efficient model. The chiller upgrade has significantly reduced energy consumption and carbon impact. In the first quarter alone, this high-performance chiller saved the property 67,431 kWh, enhancing both sustainability and operational efficiency. The hotel's new high-efficiency dishwasher marks another milestone in its sustainability journey. This model uses less water per cycle, is extremely energy-efficient, and minimises detergent usage, thereby reducing chemical waste and promoting a greener future.
Four Points by Sheraton is dedicated to providing exceptional guest experiences while prioritising sustainability and environmental responsibility. The efforts at Sheikh Zayed Road and Bur Dubai are part of a broader commitment to reducing environmental impact and fostering a sustainable future for guests and the community and have resulted in both properties winning awards; Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai has earned Green Globe Certification, while Four Points by Sheraton Shiekh Zayed has maintained Gold Certification for 5 consecutive years.
For media enquiries, please email fourpointsbysheraton@houseofcomms.com
About Four Points
Four Points by Sheraton, part of Marriott International, Inc., includes nearly 300 hotels in more than 40 countries and territories. At Four Points, travel is reinvented and guests can find the timeless style and comfort they’re looking for with genuine service and everything that matters most, all around the world. Four Points hotels can be found in big urban centers, by the airport, near the beach, and in the suburbs. Each hotel offers a familiar place with an authentic sense of the local, and friendly genuine service where guests can relax and unwind, watch local sports, and enjoy the brand’s Best Brews program. To learn more, visit us online and stay connected to Four Points on Facebook. Four Points is proud to participate in Marriott Bonvoy, the new name of Marriott’s travel program replacing Marriott Rewards®, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards®, and Starwood Preferred Guest® (SPG). The program offers members an extraordinary portfolio of global brands, experiences on Marriott Bonvoy Moments and unparalleled benefits including earning points toward free hotel stays and nights toward Elite status recognition. To enroll for free or for more information about the program, visit MarriottBonvoy.com.
About Marriott International
Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) is based in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and encompasses a portfolio of more than 7,000 properties under 30 leading brands spanning 131 countries and territories. Marriott operates and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts all around the world. The company now offers one travel program, Marriott Bonvoy™, replacing Marriott Rewards®, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards®, and Starwood Preferred Guest®(SPG). For more information, please visit our website at www.marriott.com, and for the latest company news, visit www.marriottnewscenter.com. In addition, connect with us on Facebook and @MarriottIntl on Twitter and Instagram.
