The moment you really take your own climate policy seriously, then you should at least restrict the availability of all those promotional materials, where the only thing they try to do is to promote and normalize these high-carbon lifestyles. Burning fossil fuels is one of the key drivers of climate change, with transport, including cars, aviation and shipping, accounting for about a quarter of global emissions.
The University of California Irvine's new healthcare campus has a long list of innovative features, from its combined inpatient-outpatient surgical suite to its outdoor chemotherapy infusion terrace to an entire floor dedicated to staff only. The one thing it doesn't have is a gas line.
An ecologically-friendly hotel never hurts, either; having a sense that one is minimizing one's impact on the environment is a plus for many travelers, whether they're on the road for business or personal reasons. In an article for Hotels, Tatiana Valenzuela explored the case of GHL Hoteles, a hospitality company based in Colombia with locations in 10 countries across Latin America.Valenzuela's article cites the head of HR for GHL Hoteles, Sandra Zapata, who stated that the company has a goal of being carbon-neutral by 2035. To that end, the company's carbon footprint dropped by 6.18% over the course of 2024.
