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NAU Hotels & Resorts Group - Sustainability Policy
The NAU Hotels & Resorts Group defends and cares for the sustainability of its activities. The quest to minimise its environmental impact in a planned and objective manner is an integral and transversal requirement of the NAU Group's activities.
The environmental management of the NAU Hotels & Resorts Group’s hotels and golf courses is guided by the following main goals:
COMMITTED TO THE FUTURE Waste
1) Ensure the sustainable management of waste through the following actions:
- Provide training to their employees on waste management;
- Reduce the amount of waste produced; I. Eliminate chemical product packaging, replacing it with automatic dosing systems;
- Increase the amount of waste that can be recycled (plastic, metal, paper, cardboard, organic kitchen waste, organic agro-forestry waste, used soap, cork stoppers, coffee capsules, used cooking oil, light bulbs, waste electrical and electronic equipment, batteries, construction and demolition waste, etc.);
- Appropriate disposal, using licensed operators, of all non-recyclable waste (unsorted waste and rubbish).
II. Prioritise the purchase of larger volume packaging wherever possible;
III. Replacement of plastic with biodegradable materials;
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT Water Resources
2. Ensure the proper management of water resources as follows:
- Use water resources with the least possible environmental impact, such as reusing wastewater and capturing rainwater for golf course irrigation;
- Manage irrigation needs based on on-site weather stations, watering only as required according to the recorded rainfall and humidity;
- Record, analyse and control consumption;
- Raise awareness among customers of the environmental benefits of reducing consumption;
- Show staff how to act in the event of water losses or abnormal consumption;
- Install systems that will reduce water consumption. These will include sensors and flow reducers on taps, drip irrigation or the use of sprinklers.
CONSUMPTION CONTROL Energy Resources
3. Ensure the proper management of energy resources, by taking the following steps:
- Conduct energy audits;
- Use renewable energy sources;
- Record, analyse and control consumption;
- Raise awareness among customers of the environmental benefits of reducing consumption;
- Show staff what to do in the event of abnormal energy consumption being detected;
- Install systems that will help reduce consumption. This will include installing motion sensor lights, HVAC stop sensors with open windows, LED bulbs, consumer units in accommodation units, movement detection sensors and LED televisions;
- Make electric car charging stations available for customer at all units.
CARING FOR NATURE Recycling for Cork Oak Plantation
4. Contribute towards planting native and productive forest species by sending cork stoppers to recycling, with the proceeds going towards the planting of cork oaks as part of the Common Forest Programme.
