Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel is honored to achieve its Green Globe certification, embodying the hotel’s commitment to sustainability and its related social impact.
Green Globe, a global leader in sustainable tourism certification recognizes organizations that demonstrate unwavering dedication to environmental stewardship, social responsibility and sustainable operational practices. Obtaining this certification and prestigious recognition, Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel has become one of the pioneers of sustainability, being the first Marriott Vietnam property in Vietnam and only the third hotel in Vietnam to receive this distinguished certification.
Since 2023 and encompassed by Marriott’s Serve 360 strategy for environmental responsibility, Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel has taken significant steps towards a comprehensive approach to sustainability, including Sustainability Certification, Energy Use Assessment, Energy Reduction, Responsible Sourcing, Waste Reduction and Water Use. Obtaining an impressive compliance score of 80%, Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel becomes Green Globe’s certified member, excelling in the evaluation of its sustainability performance across four major pillars supported by over 365 indicators. The stringent audit covering our key sustainability pillars: Environmental, Socio-cultural, Quality, Health and Safety.
“Sustainability is not just a priority, it is a journey we all need to undertake as responsible citizens to protect the environment and to ensure that the next generation will continue to enjoy what we had” said Julian Wong, General Manager of Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel. “Sustainable practices have become one of our key focus in the last couple of years, we are fully aware of the importance in reducing our carbon footprint as an entity as well as globally. Inspired by Marriott’s sustainability and social impact platform, Serve 360: Doing Good in Every Direction, our hotel efforts lie in the Sustain Responsible Operations coordinate, which encompass initiatives to reduce our global carbon, water, and waste footprints towards net-zero carbon emissions.”
Led by Stephen Wright, Executive Assistant Manager, a Sustainability Action Committee was established in 2023 with the committed participation from all key departments. He adds, “To achieve this accolade, we have driven responsible practices towards sustainability through various initiatives including energy-efficient measures, such as utilizing and harnessing solar driven clean energy and implementing energy-saving practices through energy-efficient lighting, efficient water management system and creating awareness among guests and associates, waste reduction management by implementing recycling programs and minimizing single-use plastics throughout the hotel and committed to integrating practices into our supply chain and partnering with like-minded suppliers. Throughout the process, we foster engagement within our and empower our guests to make environmentally responsible choices during their stay.”
Spearheaded by Chief Engineer, Tan Ling, the engineer team completed the setting up of a total of 120 solar panels in the Main Tower building rooftop and 56 solar panels in the Grand Tower building rooftop that will help to reduce carbon footprint. A heat pump system is being installed to generate hot water, significantly reduce fossil fuel energy usage and re-use cold air emitting from the heat pump system to circulate certain part of the hotel premise. With the descaling project, the cooling tower water consumption is further reduced by 10%, through lowering chemical use and total water consumption. Recycled condensate water from FCU/ AHU for cooling tower cuts 5% of the total water consumption.
At all restaurants and bars, the hotel switched all plastic straws to sustainable alternatives and advocated with a ‘Go Local’ mantra that focuses on using as much of locally sourced products as possible such as ‘cage free egg’ buying from sustainable practices egg farms, Responsible Seafood Sourcing by not using any protected or over fished species, Food waste tracking as well as recycling leftover food from buffets to be used as animal feeds or as fertilizer, etc. All wet bathroom amenities are changed from single-use bath amenities to branded residential pump bottles secured by the side of the shower cubicles. All dry bathroom amenities including comb, toothbrush, etc.. together with wrappings have been replaced with sustainable, biodegradable and non-plastic items. All meeting spaces and Sheraton Club Lounge are being supplied and replaced with water dispensers, detox water jugs instead of single use plastic bottles.
To a new height, the hotel is committed to creating positive and sustainable impact with the removal of in-room single use plastic water bottles and replace them with a proven and scientifically tested reverse osmosis filtered water dispenser system for your water consumption. This project can prevent 350,000 non-degradable single use plastic water bottles from going to the landfills and therefore harming the environment each year. Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel is a dynamic company in community engagement. This includes the strategic partnership with Operation Smile and local charities where the property provides financial and in-kind support.
As the sustainable hotel operator, Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel goes above and beyond its commitment to sustainability by inviting guests to join them on a journey towards responsible travel, contributing to a more sustainable planet.