Sustainability in hotels

Hotels can now identify their sustainability efforts on their hotel details page alongside amenities and health and safety practices. This information only appears for hotels that opt in to self-reporting and have sustainability practices to report.

Learn how to find each hotel's sustainability practices, and how to determine whether they've been certified by an independent organisation for following a rigorous set of standards.

1. On google.com/travel, search for hotels.
2. Select a hotel with an 'eco-certified' label.
3. On the hotel's details page, select the About tab.
4. Scroll down to the 'Sustainability' section.

Not all hotels with sustainability practices are eco-certified. To understand how a hotel is managing their environmental impact, follow these steps:

1. On google.com/travel, search for hotels.
2. Select a hotel that you're interested in.
3. On the hotel's details page, select the About tab.
4. Scroll down to see if there's a 'Sustainability' section. If this section isn't present, visit the hotel's website to see if they follow sustainability practices that they haven't yet reported to Google.

• Sustainability information is provided by the hotel and eco-certifications are provided through Travalyst.
• Google provides hotel owners with a list of tailored sustainability practices based on industry best practices. 
• Hotel owners select what is applicable to their property. This self-reported information is displayed on the hotel's About page. Google does not independently verify their claims.
• For eco-certifications, Google, as part of the Travalyst coalition, receives a list of approved third-party eco-certifications and approved hotels. Hotel owners can't self-certify and Google doesn't independently verify the claims of third-party certification bodies.

Eco-certifications are granted to hotels that meet sustainability criteria designated by a third-party certification agency. Eco-certifications also serve as a signal to help consumers and the broader community know that your hotel is actively working to make a positive environmental impact in the world. Google is a member of the Travalyst coalition, and when a hotel is labelled 'eco-certified' on Google, it means that they've reported earning a certification from an agency that Travalyst has identified as meeting the following standards:

• The agency must use globally recognised and reputed criteria to evaluate the hotel.
• The evaluation must focus on environmental impact from at least these four categories:
  • Energy efficiency
  • Water conservation
  • Waste reduction
  • Sustainable sourcing
• The agency must conduct an on-site audit to verify the hotel's sustainability practices, or use an independent third party to do so.

Please visit Travalyst.org for a full list of eco-certifications. Each has comprehensive and rigorous sustainability criteria that aim to reduce a hotel's carbon footprint. This list is updated and reviewed periodically.

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