InterContinental Hong Kong's General Manager Claus Pedersen is delighted to announce that the hotel has just achieved Platinum Certification from EarthCheck.  InterContinental Hong Kong is the first hotel in Hong Kong and the first IHG property globally to achieve this prestigious certification.

This award follows ten years of continuous EarthCheck certification (inclusive of five consecutive years with Gold Certification).  

EarthCheck is the world's leading scientific benchmarking certification and advisory group for travel and tourism. Since 1987, it has helped businesses, communities and governments to deliver clean, safe, prosperous and healthy destinations for travellers to visit, live, work and play.

The EarthCheck Certified programme shows participating organisations how to measure, organise and report their environmental and social management processes across the organisation. The programme requires that businesses measure, monitor and make ongoing improvements in the key performance areas.

IHG Green Engage™

The Green Engage system is IHG's group-wide, online sustainability programme.
It helps our hotels to manage and report their use of energy, carbon, water and waste, and minimise their overall utility costs and environmental impact. The system recommends over 200 Green Solutions that are action items hotels can implement on property to build and operate sustainable hotels.

InterContinental Hong Kong focuses on the following environmental initiatives:

Green Purchasing
We purchase food from reliable sources with FSMS Standards and from local organic vendors. We also purchase recycled & recyclable products and select vendors who have attained Environmental Certificates and implemented sustainability policies.

Waste Recycling & Reduction
The total weight of waste recycled from our hotel from 2013-2017 was over 2,000,000kg. Recycled waste includes glass bottles, cardboard, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, food waste & even used cooking oil and coffee grinds. We also participate in the FoodLink Foundation, with selected food items donated to help provide nutritious and healthy meals to those in need.

Energy Savings
We have conducted a comprehensive retro-commissioning exercise, a systematic investigation process for optimising the operation & maintenance of building equipment and systems.  Other energy projects include LED lamps, heat pump, and heat recovery system and the use of solar control film.  As a result, the electricity consumption per occupied room was reduced over 11% between 2013- 2017.

About InterContinental Hong Kong:

Internationally acclaimed as one of the world's top hotels for business and leisure, the Forbes Travel Guide Five-star InterContinental Hong Kong is prized for its unrivalled views of Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong Island. Whether you're gazing over the skyline from the infinity spa pools, contemplating the horizon from the Club InterContinental Lounge or landmark-spotting from your suite, all of Hong Kong is literally at your feet.

The hotel is also renowned for its luxurious accommodation, impeccable service and world-class restaurants which include two celebrity chef restaurants – the 1-Michelin star Rech by Alain Ducasse and NOBU InterContinental Hong Kong, plus the 2-Michelin star Yan Toh Heen, THE STEAK HOUSE winebar + grill and Harbourside, popular for its elaborate international buffets. All of the hotel's restaurants and the stunning Lobby Lounge showcase spectacular harbourviews.

InterContinental Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Tel: +852 2721 1211 / Fax: +852 2739-4546 / E-mail: hongkong@ihg.com

www.hongkong-ic.intercontinental.com / www.intercontinental.com

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For further press information, please contact:
Carole L Klein, Executive Director of PR & Communications
InterContinental Hong Kong
Tel: + 852 2313 2335 / Fax: + 852 2721 5964
E-mail: carole.klein@ihg.com