Hospitality And Hospitality Case Study

Green Practices in Hospitality Industry
Global warming has been rising gradually. Countries and many specific areas on our planet are suffering from climate change. Animals have become extinct, deforestation happens everywhere, water is being polluted by industries and lastly many people are living in lacking of everyday essentials. If this action continues, our next generation might not have access to natural sources as much as we do now. According to an article on climate change, “Sustainability requires a fundamental shift in thinking, values, ambitions and action by not only the general population but also by business leaders and educational establishments.” (Chen. et al., 2013, P.349). Hotel and Food businesses are the two famous big industry

As we know, anything convenient always creates a bad impact to our planet. To illustrate, hotels and restaurant tend to use single use paper and dining ware, in order to provide faster services and save the money to hire or buy dishwasher. Referring to Manakota and Jauhari (2007) “Although customers worry about ecological problems, they are oftentimes not ready to change their lifestyles …” (Hays & Ozretic-Dosen, 2014, Pp. 89, Para 2). The idea of green innovation has ethically met human agreement. Unfortunately, not many of us are ready to change our way to get through everyday life. From one to ten, maybe three of us choose to bring our own mug to a coffee shop in the morning, the other seven chose to go barehanded and order a cup of coffee which served with paper cup and throw it in garbage afterwards. Continuing from the quotes mentioned before, “…this makes them averse to ecologically responsible decisions - they are not ready to sacrifice comfort, accept lower quality or pay a higher price for services with a green touch” (Hays & Ozretic-Dosen, 2014, Pp.89, Para 2). Green washing has been mentioned a lot in hospitality industry, but not many of them are doing exactly what they had promised. Is it safe to use something that has been recycle for more than twice? How do people make sure that they have done a perfect