Ua haʻi ʻo Laurent A. Voivenel, Hope Pelekikena Nui, Operations and Development no ka Middle East, Africa a me India, Swiss-Belhotel International, i kēia lā ma ka Arabian Travel Market (ATM) e pili ana i ka pono koʻikoʻi e hōʻemi i ka wāwae carbon ma waena o ka ʻoihana. Ke komo nei ʻo Laurent i kahi kūkākūkā papa ma ka 'ATM Inspiration Theatre', ua hoʻoikaika ʻo Laurent i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka ikehu me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai hou.
Wahi a kahi hōʻike a ka United Nations World Tourism Organization UNWTO, ʻO kaʻoihana hōkele no ka 1% o nā kalapona kalapona makahiki honua aʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi holoʻokoʻa he 8% carbon emissions a ua hoʻonohonohoʻia kēia e hoʻonui i ka uluʻana o ka noi. No laila, pono e hoʻemi ka ʻoihana hōkele i kāna mau kalapona e 66% ma 2030 a me 90% ma 2050 e noho i loko o ka paepae 2˚C i ʻae ʻia ma COP21.
No laila, pehea e hiki ai i ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ke hōʻemi maikaʻi i ka hoʻokuʻu kalapona o ka ʻoihana?
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Laurent, "Ua helu ʻia he 30% o ka hoʻoiho kalapona makahiki honua mai nā hale ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu. Ma ke ʻano he hana mua, he mea nui ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā manaʻo hoʻolālā noʻonoʻo no ka pono o ka ikehu ma nā hale hōkele no nā mea hou a me nā mea i loaʻa. ʻO ka ikehu hou kahi hanana honua a ke hoʻomaka nei ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana PV solar i ka Middle East. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke alakaʻi i nā pōmaikaʻi nui no ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa.
Nui nā ala e hiki ai i ka hōkele ke hōʻemi nui i kāna hāʻawi ʻana i nā hoʻokuʻu kalapona. ʻO ka maʻamau i ʻae ʻia no ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa 31.1kg CO2 i kēlā me kēia lumi pō. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Laurent, "Ke hana nei mākou i ka hana ʻana i nā waiwai Swiss-Belhotel International i loko o ko mākou ʻāina 'carbon neutral' ma ke kau ʻana i nā pahuhopu kikoʻī a me ka hoʻokō ʻana a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka pono o ka wai, mālama i ka ikehu, hana hou a me nā hana kuleana ʻē aʻe. Ua hāʻawi ʻia kēlā me kēia hōkele i kahi pahuhopu maoli i kēlā me kēia makahiki e hoʻopukapuka i ka pono o ka ikehu a me nā ʻano hana ʻē aʻe i mea e hōʻemi ai i ka hoʻoiho kalapona. Ke hoʻokō ʻia nei ka hōʻike ʻana i ke kaiapuni a me ka loiloi ʻana i ka holomua o ka papahana. Ma ke ʻano o kēia hana, ua ʻike ʻia kahi poʻokela kaiapuni ma kēlā me kēia hōkele nona ke kuleana no ka hoʻoulu ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i ke kākoʻo mai nā limahana a me nā malihini no ka papahana.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Wahi a kahi hōʻike a ka United Nations World Tourism Organization UNWTO, the hotel industry accounts for 1% of global annual carbon emissions while tourism as a whole accounts for 8% carbon emissions and this is set to increase as the demand continues to grow.
- Voivenel, Senior Vice President, Operations and Development for the Middle East, Africa and India, Swiss-Belhotel International, spoke today at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) on the critical need to reduce the carbon footprint across the industry.
- As part of this initiative an environmental champion has been identified at each hotel who is responsible for mobilizing and monitoring support from other staff members and guests for the program.
