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Check in to your hotel and check out your carbon - 28 May 2012 - News

Hotel operator Accor has created a calculator designed to help corporate events organisers track the carbon impact of conferences, based on the number of participants, the number of nights they stay, and even what type of food is served. The company says the interactive Carbon Optimizer allows customers to choose menus and tailor events based on their carbon footprint, encouraging them to adopt more responsible choices. FURTHER READING Firms urged to share alternatives to hazardous chemicals Accenture: Businesses racing to keep up with demand for green products A number of hotel chains offer customers the chance to offset the carbon impact of events, but Accor claims to have taken a more granular approach to measuring the footprint of an event based on the embedded as well as direct emissions of a conference. Using the data in Accor's environmental footprint report, publis...

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@CarbonBill » 30 May '12, 10pm
New tool allows businesses to calculate carbon footprint of events, right down to the impact of catering choices [link]
@Accorhotels » 29 May '12, 6pm
RT @CarbonNeutralCo: A great initiative from @Accorhotels - Check in to your hotel and check out your carbon [link] via @businessgreen
@judylaine » 29 May '12, 5pm
RT @s_mckinley: A game-changer? RT @meetingchange: Carbon optimizer calculator introduced by @Accorhotels [link] #hsmai #gmic #csr
@s_mckinley » 29 May '12, 3pm
A game-changer? RT @meetingchange: Carbon optimizer calculator introduced by @Accorhotels [link] #hsmai #gmic #csr
@meetingchange » 29 May '12, 1am
Carbon optimizer calculator introduced by @Accorhotels [link] Hotel sustainability survey stats too #gmic
@CarbonNeutralCo » 28 May '12, 4pm
A great initiative from @Accorhotels - Check in to your hotel and check out your carbon [link] via @businessgreen
@Cececheong » 28 May '12, 10am
Accor reveals carbon calc of hotel use [link] But wud u feel a tad guilty 4 holding a conference? Reverse psychology?
@TheTrendIsBlue » 28 May '12, 9am
New tool from @AccorhotelsAPAC allows businesses to calculate #carbon #footprint of Hotel activities [link]
@mojitomarketing » 28 May '12, 9am
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@WillN_BG » 28 May '12, 8am
Great tool developed by @Accorhotels lets events organisers track carbon down to what meal they've ordered [link]
@FBCS_BC » 28 May '12, 5am
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@EarthAdapt » 28 May '12, 4am
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@lindsymiles » 28 May '12, 3am
Check in to your hotel and check out your carbon: By BusinessGreen staff Hotel operator Accor has created a calc... [link]
@DigitalPot » 28 May '12, 1am
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@myefficiency » 30 May '12, 7pm
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@IbisPune » 30 May '12, 7am
RT @CarbonNeutralCo: A great initiative from @Accorhotels - Check in to your hotel and check out your carbon [link] via @businessgreen
@FCm_Africa » 29 May '12, 8pm
RT @CarbonNeutralCo: A great initiative from @Accorhotels - Check in to your hotel and check out your carbon [link] via @businessgreen
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