How about an eco-friendly vacation at a ‘Green Key’ hotel?

By KenAug 17th, 2009

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Yoshimizu: Creative Commons. Some Rights Reserved. Photo by Zemoko

A previous greenz article ‘Bring on Summer Vacation! But what really is eco-tourism?’ gave an introduction to just what ecologically sound tourism is. Now allow us to propose ecologically sound hotels as a chic way to spend your vacation.
So, how can one find one of these ‘eco-hotels’?

Enter ‘Green Key’, the international eco label for tourism facilities.

Green Key is an international label showing that a hotel, restaurant, or other tourism facility complies with it’s eco standards. It begun in 1994 with the backing of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency as a way of accrediting Danish hotels with eco-labels, and has now spread to cover over 820 facilities in 14 countries, including three facilities in Japan. Hotels recognized by Green Key cover all areas of the spectrum; from small-scale privately operated hostels to luxury hotels such as the Marriot Copenhagen, Raddison Blu Ambassador, and Sheraton Stockholm Hotel & Towers.
To obtain the Green Key, facilities must fulfill a minimum of 80 out of 94 requirements in a variety of criteria such as reduction of energy consumption and waste, and use of organic products. Criteria cover not only physical aspects of the facility, but also management, communication, and other aspects that aim to encourage environmental awareness among staff, patrons, and suppliers. Accreditation is valid for one year only, meaning that facilities must continue their environmental efforts in order to keep their Green Key.

The Myojinkan in Nagano, Japan, was the first facility in Asia to be accredited in May 2009, followed by the Hotel Rich & Garden Sakata in Yamagata, and the Yoshimizu Inn in Tokyo, introduced in the clip below as the one of the UK Daily Telegraph’s top five most popular hotels in Tokyo. Each facility took between 1-3 years to obtain the Green Key, however real reduction of environmental impact can been seen, such as a 10% reduction in water use by changing showerheads, and a 50% reduction in waste over three years by sorting recyclables from waste were achieved by the Hotel Rich & Garden Sakata.

As revealed in the greenz article ‘Eco’? ‘Green’? Beware of Misleading ‘Greenwashing’ the definition of ‘eco’ is not always as clear as it should be. With this in mind, Green Key provides patrons with a subjective standard by which to choose environmentally friendly hotels. Why not spend a few days in a Green Key hotel this summer, and take the time to think about the world we live in?

This article has been translated from the original Japanese post

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