Abu Dhabi-based Rotana recently announced that 16 of its hotels in the
United Arab Emirates, representing 50 percent of the company’s portfolio in the
country, have gained the ISO 14001 environmental management certification.
ISO 14001, an international standard, provides requirements
for environmental management systems. Rotana’s effort to obtain this
distinction at its hotels is part of its long-standing commitment to
environmental sustainability.
Bureau Veritas, a leader in certification services, provided
the third-party audit.
“The social, economic and legal arguments for taking action
on environmental issues are becoming more persuasive and more widely requested
by different stakeholders,” Rotana Chief Operating Officer Guy Hutchinson said. “Rotana hotels around the world are taking various initiatives for the
sake of the environment under our global sustainability platform Rotana Earth.
Now, we have gone one step further by adopting the internationally recognized
ISO 14001 environmental management standard in our hotels, and we are extremely
proud that as many as 16 Rotana hotels in the UAE have successfully implemented
and achieved this certification.”
Rotana said achieving the
certification required support and commitment from its top management, as well
as its employees. Rotana conducted training and workshops with its employees to
make them aware of the requirements and benefits of ISO 14001 certification.
