| GPN-fk15 Purchasing Guidelines for |
Hotels and Inns
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| Green Purchasing Network (GPN) |
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| These guidelines cover important environmental issues that should be considered
when selecting and using accommodations such as hotels, inns, and the like.
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| When selecting and using accommodations such as hotels, inns and the like,
the matters listed in the ECO-CHALLENGE Checklist for "Hotels and
Inns" shall be considered in selecting and using the accommodations
that have advanced in the efforts to conserve the environment. |
| ECO-CHALLENGE Checklist for "Hotels and Inns" |
<The
Composition>
The checklist consists of the following five categories.
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<The basic items>
Of the items of
The ECO-CHALLENGE Checklist for gHotels and Innsh the items which are easier to
carry out as first steps shall be selected as the basic items.
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<Allotment
of points>
In principle, one point shall be allotted to each item and two points shall
be allotted to the items fallen under the following cases:
ECases where the item can greatly influence the environment and the efforts
for the protection of the environment can work well.
ECases where the efforts can greatly influence the organization and other
types of efforts.
ECases where the efforts filled with much originality and ideas or the
aggressive capital investment can be thought of as advanced.
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These guidelines are subject to change with changes in social conditions and new findings.
Established Dec 13, 2002 |
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The conditions for hotels and inns to be run in
The ECO-CHALLENGE Database for gHotels and Innsh |
You can visit the database to search hotels and inns addressing the protection of the environment in conformity with these guidelines. (http://www.ecochallenge.jp/)
The conditions for hotels and inns to be run in the database shall be to meet the requirements of at least 10 of the following 14 gbasic itemsh.
(To confirm whether a hotel or an inn can meet the requirements of each item, refer to <The background explanation and judging standards> of The ECO-CHALLENGE Checklist separately attached)
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| Basic items (14
items) |
No. |
| @A hotel or inn shall have its own environmental policies. |
1 |
| @A hotel or inn shall determine the quantities and types of wastes generated
to set concrete targets and plans to reduce and recycle |
9 |
| @A hotel or inn shall grasp the consumption of energy (power, heavy oil,
gas, etc.) and of water to set concrete goals and plans to reduce those
consumptions. |
11 |
| @None of the amenity goods of a hotel or inn shall be doubly wrapped. |
19 |
| @The wastes brought in by users shall be separated and recycled. |
27 |
| @The furniture (beds, chairs, tables, etc) in the guest rooms of a hotel
or inn shall be repaired and reformed so that they can be used for
a longer time. |
28 |
| @Various types of paper (copy paper, newspapers, magazines, corrugated
cardboard, etc.) shall be separated and recycled. |
29 |
| @The three types of plastic PET bottles, drink cans, and glass bins shall
be separated and recycled. |
30 |
| @As for food materials, the prevention of the generation of waste food
resulting from the mistakes of cooking, the effective use of the
rest of the cooked food, the prevention of the dead stock, and other
measures shall be implemented. |
36 |
| @The kitchen wastes and leftover food shall be dehydrated to reduce weight. |
37 |
| @The proactive energy-saving maintenance shall be carried out so that
the machines and devices can work efficiently. |
48 |
| @Incandescent light bulbs inside a hotel or inn shall be replaced with
light-bulb-type fluorescent lamps.(20% or more of light bulbs inside
a hotel or an inn shall be replaced with light-bulb-type fluorescent
lamps.) |
51 |
| The practice of Green Purchasing shall be adopted for the purchase of
the copy paper used in offices and other places. (The rate of environment
conscious products shall be 50% or more.) |
69 |
| @The practice of Green Purchasing shall be adopted for the purchase of
the toilet paper in guest rooms. (The rate of environment conscious
products shall be 80% or more.) |
72 |
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| ¦@gNo.h corresponds to the item number of The ECO-CHALLENGE Checklist. |
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| ECO-CHALLENGE Check List for gHotels and Innsh |
| T. Attitudes for the protection of the environment |
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| PjEfforts at the level of the entire organization |
| No. |
Check Items |
Allotted
Points |
| 1 |
A hotel or inn shall have
its own environmental policies. |
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2 |
| 2 |
None of the amenity goods,
the responsible systems of which are clearly designated, shall be wrapped
doubly. |
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| 3 |
A hotel or inn shall
determine their environmental loads to set targets and plans to reduce those
loads. |
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2 |
| 4 |
A hotel or inn shall
determine the environmental laws and regulations related to their business. |
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| 5 |
A hotel or inn shall
regularly verify their environment management system and the results of their
efforts to make their future activities more effective. |
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2 |
| 6 |
A hotel or inn shall
implement regular courses to train their employees in the protection of the
environment once or more per year. |
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2 |
| 7 |
A hotel or inn shall post
their environmental policies or targets in places where their employees can
easily notice them. Or, all of their employees shall carry their environmental
policies or targets with them. |
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| 8 |
All of the employees of a
hotel or inn shall understand their environmental policies and how they should
act in their duties for the purpose of the protection of the environment. |
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mark:@Basic item |
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| QjEfforts in each area |
| 9 |
[Wastes]
A
hotel or inn shall decide the quantities and types of waste to set concrete
targets and plan to reduce and recycle them. |
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| 10 |
A
hotel or inn shall explain their waste-controlling policies to waste disposal
companies. In addition, they shall request those companies to recycle or treat
their wastes appropriately, and shall check the treatment methods adopted by
those companies. |
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| 11 |
[Energies
/ Resources]
A
hotel or inn shall grasp their consumption of energy (electric power, heavy oil,
gas, etc.) and of water to set concrete goals and plans to reduce those
consumptions. |
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| 12 |
[Green
Purchasing]
Having
their policies for the practice of Green Purchasing, a hotel or inn shall set
concrete goals and plans to reduce the purchased amounts and increase the
purchase of environmentally conscious products. |
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| 13 |
[Chemical
substances]
Determining
the usages of chemical substances such as detergents and chemicals and the
quantities of environment-polluting substances emitted into the air, water and
soil, a hotel or inn shall set concrete targets and plans to reduce those usages
and prevent environmental pollution. |
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| RjInformation disclosure and environmental communication |
| 14 |
[Information
disclosure]
A
hotel or inn shall actively disclose and provide environmental information in
their pamphlets and on web sites. |
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| 15 |
[For
users]
The
information on environmental policies and activities of a hotel or inn shall be
provided somewhere users can easily notice it. (The reception hall, guestrooms,
etc.) |
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| 16 |
[For
users]
In
order to make their activities more effective, a hotel or an inn shall have a
system to gather feedback on the various kinds of matters including the
environmental issues from their customers. |
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| 17 |
[For
suppliers]
A
hotel or inn shall explain their efforts for the protection of the environment
to their suppliers to obtain their understandings and cooperation. (The
implementation of explanatory meetings, etc.) |
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| SjEMS certified by the third party (Open-ended matters) |
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| TjOther matters (Open-ended) |
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| U. Reduction of wastes / Recycling |
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| PjRoom service |
| No. |
Check Items |
Allotted
Points |
| 18 |
A hotel or inn shall
appropriately control and reduce the varieties of their free amenity goods that
are individually packaged. |
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| 19 |
None of the amenity goods of
a hotel or inn shall be doubly wrapped. |
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1 |
| 20 |
A hotel or inn shall
appropriately control the quantity of each piece of their amenity goods. |
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1 |
| 21 |
A hotel or inn shall replace
the individual packages of shampoo and rinse with dispensers and bottles. |
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1 |
| 22 |
A hotel or inn shall adopt
slippers that are not disposable and can be used for a longer period. |
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1 |
| 23 |
When a guest does not use
their amenity goods, a hotel or an inn shall provide another guest with them,
depending on the condition of such amenity goods. |
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1 |
| 24 |
The messages asking their
guests about the necessity of the replacement of towels and the like shall be
displayed. |
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1 |
| 25 |
A hotel or inn shall
encourage their guests to bring their own teeth brushes and shavers. |
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| 26 |
Cakes of solid soap used by
guests of a hotel or inn shall be reused in the backyard and other places. Or,
such soap shall be recycled to produce oils and fats. |
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| 27 |
The wastes brought in by
users shall be separated and recycled. |
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| 28 |
The furniture (beds, chairs,
tables, etc) in the guest rooms of a hotel or inn shall be repaired and reformed
so that they can be used for a longer time. |
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| QjThe space for administration, the space for common use, stores, etc. |
| 29 |
Various types of paper (copy
paper, newspapers, magazines, corrugated cardboard, etc.) shall be separated and
recycled. |
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| 30 |
The three types of plastic
PET bottles, drink cans, and glass bins shall be separated and recycled. |
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| 31 |
Fluorescent lamps shall be
appropriately separated and treated. |
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| 32 |
Electric batteries shall be
appropriately separated and treated. |
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| 33 |
The waste refrigerators and
air conditioners shall be appropriately disposed of via the route where
chlorofluorocarbons can be collected. |
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| 34 |
A hotel or inn shall
encourage their office clerks to use both sides of sheets of paper for copying
and other purposes. |
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| 35 |
A hotel or inn shall
encourage the staff of the stores inside their facilities to wrap goods
simply. |
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| RjOther matters (Open-ended) |
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| V. Food-and-drink-related matters |
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| PjRecycling waste food |
| No. |
Check Items |
Allotted
Points |
| 36 |
As for food materials, the
prevention of the generation of waste food resulting from mistakes of cooking,
effective use of the rest of the cooked food, prevention of the dead stock, and
other measures shall be implemented. |
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| 37 |
The kitchen wastes and
leftover food shall be dehydrated to reduce weight. |
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| 38 |
The kitchen wastes and
leftover food shall be recycled as resources (compost, fertilizers, etc.).
<Levels of
implementation>
- Almost all the kitchen wastes and leftovers generated in the facilities
(80% or more) ¨
- A part of the kitchen wastes and leftovers generated in the facilities
(20% or more) ¨
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| 39 |
A hotel or inn shall
effectively recycle the spent waste cooking oil as a fuel or as soap. |
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| 40 |
A hotel or inn shall encourage their suppliers to use returnable boxes
to deliver products. |
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| 41 |
A hotel or inn shall reduce
containers and wrapping. |
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| 42 |
A hotel or inn shall ask
their suppliers to use returnable containers. |
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| QjThe purchase of food materials |
| *If they have carried out
the following items, the guidelines can be applied to the restaurants that are
the tenants of a hotel or inn. |
| 43 |
A hotel or inn shall
actively purchase organic produce and processed products and produce cultivated
with little or no usage of agricultural chemicals and chemical fertilizers. |
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| 44 |
Depending on the
geographical condition, a hotel or inn shall try to prioritize food materials
from the nearest location or seasonal food materials. |
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| 45 |
A hotel or inn shall make
efforts to identify the data of food materials, such as cultivating methods,
growing methods and origin. |
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| RjOther matters (Open-ended) |
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| W. Minimizing the consumption of energy and water |
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| PjGeneral matters concerning energy |
| No. |
Check Items |
Allotted
Points |
| 46 |
A hotel or inn shall
introduce devices to use the waste heat of boilers, micro-gas turbines,
cogeneration machines, fuel batteries, and other equipment to improve energy
efficiency. |
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| 47 |
A hotel or inn shall make use of natural energies. (Hot-water supply by
the heat of the sun, electricity generated by the sunlight, electricity
generated by wind, geothermal power, etc.) |
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| 48 |
Proactive energy-saving
maintenance shall be carried out so that the machines and devices can work
efficiently. |
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| 49 |
A hotel or inn shall
efficiently divide the facility into sections so that they can control the
independent energy consumption of each section. |
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| 50 |
The guestrooms of a hotel or
inn shall have devices to make use of the keys to control the power consumption
in case of the absence of their guests. |
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| QjLighting equipment |
| 51 |
Incandescent light bulbs
inside a hotel or inn shall be replaced with light-bulb-type fluorescent
lamps.
<Levels of
replacement >
- 80% or more of the incandescent light bulbs have been replaced with light-bulb-type
fluorescent lamps.¨
- A part (20% or more) of the incandescent light bulbs have been replaced
with light-bulb-type fluorescent lamps. ¨
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| 52 |
A hotel or inn shall
introduce Hf inverters with high-energy efficiency as instruments of fluorescent
lamps.
<Levels of
introduction>
- Hf inverters have been introduced for 80% or more of the fluorescent lamps.
- Hf inverters have
been introduced for a part (20% or more) of the fluorescent
lamps.
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| 53 |
A hotel or inn shall
construct their facilities in such a way that the inside can be well lighted by
daylight. Using the devices to respectively control the switches of the lights
by the windows, a hotel or inn shall promote the use of daylight. |
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| 54 |
A hotel or inn shall make
use of illumination sensors, switching on lights only in the darkness, and timer
functions and human sensors. |
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| RjAir-conditioning-related matters |
| Common matters for the
facilities |
| 55 |
In order to improve the
insulation and the air-conditioning efficiency, a hotel or inn shall adopt
double-door exits and rotating doors. |
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| 56 |
A hotel or inn shall adopt
double-glazed windows and insulating sashes to improve the insulation inside
their facilities. |
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| 57 |
A hotel or inn shall set
their voluntary standards for the setting of the temperature inside a guestroom
to control the air conditioning. |
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| Guestrooms |
| 58 |
The air conditioning of each
guestroom shall be able to be controlled independently. |
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| 59 |
The guestrooms shall have
inside curtains, blinds, or screen doors and paper screens. |
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| 60 |
The outside air shall be
able to flow into the inside of a guestroom in some way.
Ex. The windows of a
guestroom can be opened and closed. |
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| SjMinimizing the consumption of water |
| 61 |
[Common matters for the
facilities]
A hotel or inn shall adopt
water-saving-type devices, such as water-saving taps, water-saving showerheads,
and water-saving sensors, for toilets, showers, and the water supply. |
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| 62 |
A hotel or inn shall use and
purify the sewage. |
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| 63 |
A hotel or inn shall make
use of rainwater.
Ex. The installation of the
reservoirs for rainwater |
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| TjOther matters (Open-ended) |
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| X. Green Purchasing / Chemical@substances / Others |
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| PjGreen Purchasing |
| No. |
Check Items |
Allotted
Points |
Offices and other places
* for products that have
been already used, the rates of environmentally conscious products shall be 50%
or more. |
| 64 |
Pamphlets, briefing business
activities, and envelopes |
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| 65 |
Uniforms of employees |
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| 66 |
Automobiles |
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| 67 |
Air conditioners |
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| 68 |
Stationery/Office supplies |
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| 69 |
Copy paper |
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| 70 |
Office equipment (Personal
computers, Copy machines, Printers, etc.) |
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| 71 |
Office furniture |
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Guestrooms
* for the products that have
been already used, the rates of environmentally conscious products shall be 80%
or more. |
| 72 |
Toilet paper in guestrooms |
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| 73 |
Tissue paper in guestrooms |
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| 74 |
Note pad and envelopes in
guestrooms |
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1 |
| 75 |
Pens and other writing
materials in guestrooms |
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| 76 |
Refrigerators in
guestrooms |
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| 77 |
Television sets in
guestrooms |
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| 78 |
Furniture, interior,
bedclothes, linens, and wallpaper in guestrooms |
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| Suppliers and
Delivery |
| 79 |
A hotel or inn shall ask
their suppliers to present and deliver environmentally conscious products. |
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| 80 |
A hotel or inn shall ask
their suppliers to implement prevention of idling at stops and use
environmentally conscious vehicles to deliver products. |
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| 81 |
A hotel or inn shall
negotiate with their suppliers on loading efficiency, delivery time, delivery
route, and other matters to realize efficient delivery. |
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| 82 |
A hotel or inn shall use
pamphlets and other materials to encourage users to use public transportation
and shuttle buses. |
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| QjChemical substances and others |
| 83 |
A hotel or inn shall reduce
the usage of detergents to gradually replace existing detergents with
environmentally conscious ones. |
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| 84 |
A hotel or inn shall reduce
the usage of chemical fertilizers for weeding and the usage of insecticides for
the extermination of harmful insects to gradually replace existing chemical
fertilizers and insecticides with environmentally conscious materials. |
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| 85 |
A hotel or inn shall use
cleaning agents such as low VOC (volatile organic compounds), which cannot
pollute the inside air, to clean their guestrooms and other places. |
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| 86 |
A hotel or inn shall plant
their rooftop with trees. |
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| 87 |
A hotel or inn shall enhance
the permeability of their premises by implementing some measures including
paving outside parking lots in a way where the permeability of those lots can be
enhanced. |
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| 88 |
A hotel or an inn shall
reserve rainwater by planting their premises with trees or implementing other
measures. |
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| 89 |
A hotel or an inn shall
carry out eco-activities (cleaning, conservation of nature, etc.) for their
neighboring areas. Or, they shall actively participate in activities organized
by the municipality or community organizations. (A hotel or inn shall encourage
their employees to participate in such activities.) |
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