Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands has been certified to the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) industry criteria for hotels and accommodations, becoming the largest hotel in Singapore to earn the accolade. The certification bears testament to the integrated resort’s continued efforts in implementing innovative sustainable solutions that marry world-class hospitality with sustainability.
Marina Bay Sands’ achievement of the GSTC certification is in line with the Singapore Tourism Board and Singapore Hotel Association’s Hotel Sustainability Roadmap of March 2022 which set out the aim for 60% of the hotel room stock in Singapore to attain internationally recognised hotel sustainability certification by 2025.
The integrated resort has annual performance goals in Energy, Waste, Water, Resource Management, Sustainable Procurement, Biodiversity and has an ambitious global commitment to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), pledging to reduce Las Vegas Sands Corp’s greenhouse gas emissions 17.5% by 2025.
The GSTC Industry Criteria for Hotels aims to promote the best sustainable tourism practices around four main themes: effective sustainability management, minimising environmental impact, maximising social and economic benefits for the local community, and enhancing cultural heritage.
Ms Jeannie Lim, assistant chief executive, policy and planning group, Singapore Tourism Board, said: “We congratulate Marina Bay Sands on this significant achievement. Their efforts support our goal to become one of the world’s most sustainable urban destinations, guided by the Singapore Green Plan 2030. We also hope that their example will inspire other hotels to strive toward similar goals in line with the Hotel Sustainability Roadmap.”
Having reduced its carbon footprint by over 50% since 2012, Marina Bay Sands also surpasses the roadmap’s ambition for hotels in Singapore to commence tracking of emissions by 2023 and reduce emissions by 2030.
GSTC is an independent organisation that manages global sustainable standards and represents a diverse and global membership, including governments, leading travel companies, hotels, tour operators, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and communities.
