Marriott Worldwide, EcoVadis and several other main world hospitality organizations – Accor, Hilton, IHG Motels & Resorts, Radisson Resort Group, and two world hospitality group buying organizations, Avendra and Entegra – right this moment introduced the launch of the Hospitality Alliance for Accountable Procurement (HARP).
Pushed by members’ dedication to enhance sustainability efficiency, the Alliance will work to speed up sustainable practices by fostering shut collaboration with buying and selling companions to construct transparency and scale optimistic impression throughout their worth chains.
As corporations search to have interaction their worth chain companions of their sustainability efforts, they notice the advanced scope, in addition to frequent challenges, in their very own sector. It’s via partnerships and industry-wide collaboration that the hospitality {industry} can maximize its collective impression. By becoming a member of forces, aligning focus and sharing finest practices, HARP members can obtain optimistic outcomes that pave the best way in direction of Internet Zero targets and a extra sustainable future for all. Richard Eyram, Chief Buyer Officer at EcoVadis
Bringing a standard voice, normal and platform round sustainability for the {industry} worth chain, the HARP initiative addresses core challenges confronted by its collective provider sustainability applications together with:
- Scaling up visibility by strengthening provider engagement charge, beginning with the provider evaluation.
- Accelerating suppliers’ efficiency enchancment curve.
- Enhancing the relevance of these engagements with a deal with the {industry}’s key classes.
To attain all of those targets, HARP has chosen to make the most of EcoVadis’ confirmed sustainability score methodology, scorecards, and enchancment platform. The EcoVadis Sector Initiative options are constructed as an antitrust-compliant community and permit for extra environment friendly provider onboarding, transparency, in addition to collaboration and analytics. Collectively, these capabilities ship HARP visibility throughout the hospitality provide chain’s sustainability efficiency and permit HARP members to align on the highest priorities of their {industry}. This ends in a optimistic message in direction of the provider group and a extra coherent path to allow focused enchancment.
To appreciate this focused enchancment and meet the necessities of the hospitality {industry}, HARP member suppliers can have entry to extra capacity-building and engagement actions, in addition to instruments and finest practices.
Marriott and the seven HARP founding member collectively rated greater than 2,000 suppliers upon the initiative’s founding. HARP plans to additional broaden this quantity to achieve better perception into the sustainability efficiency of its provide chain and drive most enchancment.
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