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Road Map Sets Green Targets for Singapore Hotels – ST

The targets, outlined in the Hotel Sustainability Roadmap launched on Monday, have been set by the Singapore Hotel Association and Singapore Tourism Board


Singapore has ranked third in a global index of financial centres.
Singapore is now ranked as the world's third top financial centres, after Hong Kong was hit by onerous Covid restrictions (which are due to be lifted on Monday). File photo: Reuters.

 

Hotels in Singapore have been urged to recycle food waste and install solar panels and water meters for conservation, among other measures, as part of the industry’s first green plan to meet the larger goals of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, The Straits Times reported.

They should start to track carbon emissions by next year and reduce them by 2030. The targets, outlined in the Hotel Sustainability Roadmap launched on Monday, have been set by the Singapore Hotel Association and Singapore Tourism Board (STB).

 

Read the full report: The Straits Times.

 

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Sean O'Meara

Sean O'Meara is an Editor at Asia Financial. He has been a newspaper man for more than 30 years, working at local, regional and national titles in the UK as a writer, sub-editor, page designer and print editor. A football, cricket and rugby fan, he has a particular interest in sports finance.