Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa has renewed its Green Globe certification, demonstrating the resorts commitment to environmental conservation. Green Globe recently re certified Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa with the resort achieving a high compliance score of 86%.
General Manager of Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa Mr.Pravin
Kumar said "Environmental preservation and sustainability was not just an idea
created during the resorts operational years. Ever since the resorts early
design phases, the dedicated commitment to environmental preservation and sustainability
has very much been and continues to be a culture. While we provide guests with
a barefoot luxury holidays experience, we also acknowledge that our presence
leaves a footprint. We will continue our green efforts and strive to sustain
and preserve this place that we call home."
Management and staff
members adhere to a comprehensive Sustainability Management Plan. Water and
energy consumption, monitored daily and monthly, have met predicted targets and
reduction goals for 2020 have already been set. A solar panel on one of the
buggies has been trialled at the resort and it is hoped that solar powered
buggies will be launched on a larger scale in coming years.
Park Hyatt Maldives
Hadahaa ensures that Maldivian culture us represented throughout the resort.
Locally made beads and fabric have been incorporated in to Do Not Disturb signs
on doors and tasty Maldivian short eats are provided for snacks. Fun facts
about the island are promoted in all rooms via an IPad compendium that can access
information about Maldivian culture and environmental knowledge such as the
formation of the atolls.
Locally employed team
members who can best showcase and explain daily life on an island act as guides
for guests when visiting other neighboring islands. Furthermore, the resort
plans to train local residents as dive instructors in the future, which will
provide viable livelihoods for those in the wider community.
Waste management in the
Maldives has been challenge in the past and the resort keeps an up-to-date
record of where all waste goes and how much is recycled. Park Hyatt Maldives
Hadahaa recycles approximately 50 per cent of its waste. Almost all glass and
used oil is recycled. Plastics are sent to an international non-profit
organisation, which collects and re-cycles plastic waste that can be used in
products such as branded sports apparel and shoes.
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