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CEO Sustainability Series | Interview with Garth Simmons, Chief Executive Officer, Accor Southeast Asia, Japan & South Korea

As part of the our Sustainable Business initiative, the French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore presents a leadership interview series where we invite CEOs and key executives to discuss crucial management qualities that drive successful sustainable transformation.

What has your company’s sustainability journey been like so far?

Accor was the first hospitality group to implement a sustainability policy in 1974 with the strong conviction that the environment is vital to tourism. This policy evolved into the group’s Planet 21 programme in 2012, outlining 21 commitments under six pillars covering social, environmental and community involvement. Fast forward to 2021, this was the year Accor accelerated its journey towards sustainability with game changing environmental initiatives such as committing to and acting as the first major international hotel group to achieve net zero by 2050, eradicating all single-use plastics in our properties, and collaborating with our peers with the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Glasgow Declaration.