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Training, informing and involving every staff member
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| The Environment movie, "Together ever more responsible" |
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The Sustainable Development Department has lauched a film on environmental best practices,
presented and narrated by hotel employees. The film was shot in 2004 in some fifteen hotels in
seven countries (France, Britain, the United States, Egypt, Togo, Thailand and Argentina). It
has been distributed to every hotels. It is aimed at all the Accor group's employees. In order
to ensure that the messages which it conveys are accessible to the greatest possible number of
people, the film has been dubbed in eight languages (French, English, Italian, Spanish, Arabic,
Portuguese, Chinese and German) on an international format DVD (NTSC, all zones).
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| Practical Handbook: "In hotels as in the home" |
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Accor is committed to living better while improving
its hotel services, without endangering the planet. To explain
and promote this commitment, the Group's Sustainable Development
Department
has published 100,000 copies in seven languages (French, English,
German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese), a practical
handbook describing "A few simple gestures to preserve the environment".
The handbook, intended for all Accor hotel employees throughout
the world, was disseminated by Hotel Managers at the beginning
of 2002 to make staff members aware of simple actions and gestures
that can help save water, electricity, gas, etc. "In hotels
as in the home".
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| The Poster "In hotels as in the home" |
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The poster
lists the main actions under the various handbook headings. Staff members can post it in the workplace: the kitchen, the laundry room, housekeeping services and technical services. It is also available in 7 languages.
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| "Understanding and managing water, energy and waste... in your hotel" |
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The Sustainable Development Department has published
a new leaflet for hotel managers, entitled "Understanding and
managing water, energy and waste… in your hotel." The leaflet
gives figures regarding energy and water consumption and production
of waste in the various areas of the hotel (kitchen, restaurant,
rooms, etc.).
With this information on the hotel's impact on the environment
and natural resources, the hotel manager and staff will be better
able to strategize their management of it.
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| An explanatory comic book |
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Training is a strategic vector in the process of raising the awareness of all Accor staff members and ensuring their involvement. Generating awareness among the staff is mainly achieved through the Environment Charter and Guide, as well as by other methods including training, comic books, internal newspapers, videos, meetings, etc…
The comic book "Triera bien qui triera le dernier" (He who sorts last, sorts best) is an amusing awareness tool, accessible to everyone. It was produced with the help of comic-strip professionals and published in 40,000 copies. The book was awarded the Prize for Company Communication in 1996 at the International Comic Book Festival in Angoulême.Within the scope of the Company Environment Awards competition organised by PriceWaterHouseCoopers in 1998, Accor was given the "Eco-citizenship Initiative" prize for its comic book. |
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