Green Globe Certified Bastion Hotels Group

Green Globe member Bastion Hotels Group received its first certification in 2015. Currently 30 hotels are certified with a new property joining the growing list in 2020 – The Bastion Hotel Arnhem. There are plans for Bastion Hotel Nijmegen to open in mid 2021 after a rebuild and Green Globe re-certification is expected to take place then.

Bastion Hotels adhere to a Sustainability Management Plan that encompasses key areas of sustainable management and operations including water, energy and waste management, and social and environmental awareness. Green Globe Certification has provided the necessary guidelines for implementation of an effective green strategy that can be rolled out at individual properties over a specific timeframe.

Best Practices at Bastion Hotels

Best practices at current certified properties have focussed on conserving energy more efficiently, reducing the use of single-use plastics and decreasing carbon emissions.

The Bastion Hotels Group has paid extra attention to energy saving measures in the last two years. In 2019 and 2020 additional LED lights and motion sensors were installed at several properties.

The head office of Bastion Hotels is aware of the amount of plastic used across all hotels. In 2019-2020 in efforts to reduce plastic waste, all plastic spoons were replaced with wooden alternatives in take away lunch boxes. This initiative is in line with legislation adopted in The Netherlands to ban disposable plastic products from July 2021.

To minimize environmental impacts, green electricity was utilized at all Bastion Hotels in the period from January 2019 to December 2020. This is a major contribution toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions as the properties are located in four distinct regions of The Netherlands - Amsterdam Region, Rotterdam Region, and the Northern and Southern Regions of The Netherlands.

For further information please see www.bastionhotels.com. The Bastion Hotels Group’s Sustainability Management Plan 2020-2021 can be viewed here.

The following Bastion properties have successfully achieved their Green Globe Certification and Re-Certification.
• Bastion Hotel Almere
• Bastion Hotel Amsterdam Airport
• Bastion Hotel Amsterdam Amstel
• Bastion Hotel Amsterdam Noord
• Bastion Hotel Amsterdam Zuidwest
• Bastion Hotel Apeldoorn Het Loo
• Bastion Hotel Barendrecht
• Bastion Hotel Breda
• Bastion Hotel Brielle Europoort
• Bastion Hotel Bussum Hilversum
• Bastion Hotel Den Haag Rijswijk
• Bastion Hotel Dordrecht Papendrecht
• Bastion Hotel Eindhoven
• Bastion Hotel Geleen
• Bastion Hotel Groningen
• Bastion Hotel Heerlen
• Bastion Hotel Leeuwarden
• Bastion Hotel Leiden Oegstgeest
• Bastion Hotel Leiden Voorschoten
• Bastion Hotel Maastricht Centrum
• Bastion Hotel Roosendaal
• Bastion Hotel Rotterdam Alexander
• Bastion Hotel Rotterdam Zuid
• Bastion Hotel Schiphol Hoofddorp
• Bastion Hotel Tilburg
• Bastion Hotel Utrecht
• Bastion Hotel Vlaardingen
• Bastion Hotel Zaandam
• Bastion Hotel Zoetermeer
• Best Western Hotel Amsterdam Airport

During the Festive Season on the 7th of December 2020, Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo staff and the hotel’s Green Team worked in collaboration with the MIR Association (MIR means “Peace” in Serbo-Croatian) once again to organize free dinners for 250 people in need. The association works in the local area to help underprivileged people through running multiple initiatives including SAMU Soup in Nice and providing medical aid. SAMU is the ambulance service in France. Samu stands for "Service d’aide médicale d’urgente" or Emergency Helping medical services.

Over three days, volunteers at Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo prepared a tasty and nutritious menu in the Vistamar restaurant kitchen consisting of sandwiches, warm dishes (rice and vegetables with Marengo lamb), fruit salad, bottles of soda and bread. Finally, at 7 PM all volunteers gathered to distribute the meals on the streets of Nice. The hotel hopes to run similar charitable events in future when approval is given by authorities to safely do so.

Toy drive

Each year Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo actively participates in a large toy drive organised by the Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer Group. The collected toys are distributed to local associations such as Restos du Coeur. Last year, the toy drive was carried out for Soleil Royal, an association created in order to help people after the devastating disaster of the Storm Alex in October 2020. The storm brought severe winds and torrential rain to a number of villages north of Nice causing widespread damage from resulting floods and landslides.

No Finish Line 2020

Even though 2020 was a difficult year, Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo employees joined forces on behalf of its community to participate in the No Finish Line charity race/walk that is held to support underprivileged and sick children each year. All Monaco residents are invited to either walk or run the 1400 metre circuit which is open 24 hours for eight days.

From November 14th to 22nd last year, 22 team members from the hotel took part in the week long race where they were sponsored 1, 50€ for each 1km covered. A grand total of 1 102 euros was collected. The 735 kilometres completed represents 12% of total kilometres travelled by Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer employees.

Contact

Agathe Concas
Press Relations and Institutional Partnerships Assistant
Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer
MONACO
T. +377 98 06 64 14
E: presse@sbm.mc
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