Engaging Our Broader Ecosystems
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DESIGNED, BUILT, AND OPERATED FOR SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE

Across our activities, we continuously raise the bar on sustainability standards to future-proof every property in our network. We design and build hotels to embed sustainability, supporting owners with technical expertise to reduce environmental impact and enhance performance. We manage risk across our supply chain, reinforcing its resilience and that of our suppliers. Our initiatives in decarbonization, waste reduction, and resource efficiency drive competitive advantage and ensure long-term asset value, as we innovate to unearth high-impact solutions for hospitality’s biggest challenges. Together, these areas of focus set the standard for hotel operations that thrive – today and tomorrow.
5%
reduction in water intensity
2025 vs 2024
46%
lower carbon emissions by 2030
Scope 1 & 2 vs 2019
75%
of routine cleaning products eco-certified by 2027
100+
resource-saving innovations tested and shared INDUSTRY-WIDE by 2030

Embedding sustainability across our supply chain is essential to ensuring the resilience of hotel operations. We prioritize partners who share our commitment to a more responsible sourcing ecosystem and work with our suppliers to strengthen their capacity to manage environmental and social risks.
The Accor Responsible Procurement charter ensures that all our suppliers comply with our sustainability principles, while they are also assessed by EcoVadis, a global reference for business sustainability ratings.
Discover how our hotels are implementing innovative strategies to manage supply chain risk and reinforce responsible sourcing.

Decisions made at design stage shape a hotel's performance for decades. We support hotel owners with technical and operational expertise to ensure every new build and transformation embeds sustainability from the ground up – renovation guidelines, technical standards and hands-on guidance that enhance building performance, increase asset value, and reduce both operational costs and environmental impact.
With more than 50 sustainability criteria integrated into our brand standards, and technical requirements aligned with LEED and BREEAM building certifications, we are setting the industry standard for responsible design and development.
Explore some of the hotels leading the way in responsible design and innovative low-carbon solutions.

With 5,800 hotels across 110 countries, the scale of our impact is significant – and so is our opportunity to drive meaningful, measurable change. We manage resource consumption across every dimension of our activity from development to daily operations: managing energy use, preserving water resources, and tackling all forms of waste from renovation materials to food waste.
Our achievements are already tangible and our targets clear, science-based and measurable:
75% of hotels have eliminated at least 90% of identified single-use plastics (end of 2025)
5% reduction in water intensity 2025 vs 2024
10% reduction in energy intensity by 2030 vs 2023
Discover some of the initiatives and innovations reducing our environmental impact.
Each pillar of our sustainability strategy includes one initiative that pushes further, leveraging our scale, expertise, and pioneering spirit to lead the industry and inspire change.
Our Sustainability Innovation Program will scout, test, and scale high-impact innovations to reduce resource consumption and enhance circularity across our network by cutting energy and water use and minimizing waste.
Through comprehensive calls for tenders, the program will identify and assess startups developing the most effective solutions for energy, water, and waste reduction. Selected innovators will pilot their solutions in our hotels. What will work, will get scaled across our network and shared with the broader industry – with a target of 100+ innovations by 2030.
In 2026, the Sustainability Innovation Program’s focus is on water management. Partnering with Water Unite, we have launched a call for tenders from innovators ready to help us find solutions to drive progress in water-saving technologies and strategies.
A single proven solution can have a significant impact on individual hotels – and deployed across thousands of properties, can move the needle for the entire industry.
The challenge is not a lack of innovation but identifying which solutions can perform reliably in real-world conditions. This partnership brings a rigorous, structured approach to sourcing and validating solutions that are ready to scale. By combining Accor's global footprint with our network of innovators and investors, we can accelerate the deployment of practical water solutions where they are needed most.

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