MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, Sept. 17, 2018 - I kēia lā, i ka lā mua o ka Pollution Prevention Week, Sandals Resorts International (SRI) hoʻolaha i nā 19 Sandals and Beaches Resorts ma nā mokupuni ʻehiku Caribbean - me Jamaica, Bahamas, St. Lucia , Antigua, Grenada, Barbados a me Turks & Caicos - e hoʻopau i ka 21,490,800 mau mea hoʻohana hoʻokahi a me nā mea hoʻouluulu i hoʻohana ʻia ma waena o nā hōkele i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma mua o Nowemapa 1, 2018. E loaʻa nā ʻōpala pepa Eco-friendly ma ke noi.
"Aia ke aloha i ka piko o nā Sandals Resorts a pau kēia aloha i nā moana a me nā kaiāulu a puni lākou," wahi a Adam Stewart, Hope Pelekikena o Sandals Resorts International. “Manaʻo nui mākou i kā mākou kūpaʻa i ka mālama ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu a me ke olakino kanaka i loko o nā mokupuni nani a mākou e pili ana. ʻO ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā ʻōpala plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi a me nā mea hoʻouluulu ʻo ia wale nō ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kā mākou huakaʻi i ke kōkua ʻana i ka hana ʻana i ke kai ʻaʻohe plastik ma ka ʻāina a mākou i kapa ai he home, "wahi āna.
Ua kūpaʻa ʻo Sandals Resorts i ka neʻe ʻana ma mua o ka plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi. Ma o ka hui hou ʻana me Oceanic Global, kahi ʻoihana waiwai ʻole e pili ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hopena i nā pilikia e pili ana i ko mākou moana, ke alakaʻi nei ka ʻoihana i kahi loiloi - ma mua a ma hope o ka hale - e hoʻoholo ai i kahi palapala alanui no ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi ma waena o kāna. hale hookipa. E mālama ʻia ka loiloi e like me nā alakaʻi i hōʻike ʻia i loko o ka pahu hana hoʻomau ʻoihana kikoʻī o Oceanic Global, The Oceanic Standard. Ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o nā ʻōpala plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi a me nā mea hoʻouluulu, e ʻimi ʻo Sandals Resorts International i nā manawa kūpono e hoʻopau i nā plastik ʻē aʻe ma waena o kāna mau hōkele ma ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa 2019.
"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hui pū ʻana me Sandals Resorts International, ʻo ia ka hōʻailona holoʻokoʻa mua e hui pū me kā mākou misionari," wahi a Lea d'Auriol, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Oceanic Global. “He kanahiku pakeneka o ko kākou honua he kai. He mea koʻikoʻi mākou e hana i nā hana e pale ai i kēia waiwai makamae - a ke hoʻouna aku nei ʻo Sandals i ka ʻōlelo i nā ʻoihana me ka nui o nā kahakai he kuleana ko lākou e hana ai, a ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino kai hiki ke kūpono a maikaʻi hoʻi, "ʻo ia. hoʻohui ʻia.
He ʻāpana kēia o ka hoʻoikaika nui e hōʻemi i ka ʻōpala palaka ma ka ʻāina Caribbean, kahi e hoʻopili ai ke Kai Caribbean ma mua o 700 mau mokupuni a me nā kahakai e huki ana ma mua o 30 miliona mau malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ua hoʻokomo mua ʻia ʻo Sandals Resorts i ka hoʻomau kaiapuni. ʻO ka Sandals Foundation, ka lima aloha o Sandals Resorts International, ua hoʻoikaika i nā hana e hōʻemi i ka pollution plastic i ka Caribbean a hoʻonaʻauao i nā kaiāulu e pili ana i ka pōʻino o ka pollution plastic i ke kaiapuni, ke olakino a me ka mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO nā hana hou a ka Sandals Foundation, ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hue wai hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia i nā kula ma ka Caribbean e hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻōmole hoʻopau i waena o nā keiki kula, ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻeke tote hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia i nā hale kūʻai kūʻai a puni ka ʻāina, a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi Solid Waste Reduction Project ma Jamaica's South Coast e hoʻomaʻemaʻe. nā kaiāulu a hoʻonaʻauao i nā kamaʻāina i ka mālama pono ʻana i kā lākou ʻōpala.
"ʻO ka pollution plastic kekahi o nā pilikia kaiapuni nui ma ka Caribbean. Hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Sandals and Beaches Resorts i nā kaiāulu moana, a ua kūpaʻa mākou i ka pale ʻana i ko mākou mau holoholona moana, ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hana mālama pono, a me ke aʻo ʻana i ka hanauna hou i ke koʻikoʻi o ka mālama ʻana i ko lākou kaiāulu, "wahi a Heidi Clarke, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Sandals Foundation.
Ua lōʻihi ka paʻa ʻana o nā Sandals and Beaches Resorts i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ke kaiapuni ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāna ʻoihana koʻikoʻi, e loaʻa ana i kona wahi ʻo ia wale nō ke kaulahao hōkele ma ka honua i hōʻoia ʻia kona mau hōkele a pau e ka EarthCheck benchmarking and certification program, me ʻeiwa mau hōkele e paʻa nei i ka Master Certification. Eia hou, i loko o kona mōʻaukala, ua loaʻa nā Sandals i nā hoʻohanohano hoʻomau e like me ka CHA/AMEX Caribbean Environmental Award no Green Hotel of the Year, ka American Academy of Hospitality Sciences Green Six Star Diamond Award, a me ka PADI Green Star Award. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia hale hoʻokipa kahi Manaʻo Kūlohelohe, Ola a me ka Maluhia i hoʻokō ʻia me ka hoʻokō a me ka mālama ʻana i nā papahana hoʻomau, me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā mea hoʻomehana wai o ka lā, ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i nā kukui a me nā mea hana no ka hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ikehu a me ka hana ʻana, a me ka composting o ʻānai ʻai.
