Sustainability
Case study
Our efforts toward a sustainable future
Environment
Management of Industrial Waste Performance
For proper management of waste, we use manifest vouchers to compile annual performance data on the types of industrial waste and the amount of waste generated. Annual leakage of fluorocarbons, a type of greenhouse gas, is also tabulated and reported to each local government. Through these efforts, we are helping to reduce GHG emissions.
Switch to Energy-Efficient Equipment
Air conditioning equipment and heating equipment such as boilers at our business sites consume large amounts of energy. As part of our efforts to reduce GHG emissions, we are systematically replacing our air conditioning and heating with high-efficiency equipment.
Support for Promotion of EVs (electric vehicles) and Other Eco-Cars
We are striving to reduce environmental impact by supporting the popularization of electric vehicles, for instance by installing EV chargers at some of the Hotel Group’s business sites. In addition, we will gradually transition the vehicles we use for business and transportation to eco-cars with lower environmental impact, in line with the future expansion of our vehicle lineup.
Secondary Use of Heat From Hot Springs
A portion of the discharged hot spring water is used for secondary purposes such as preventing road surface icing (road heating) and melting snow on roofs in winter, making effective use of water resources and thermal energy.
Review of Amenity Offerings
Disposable plastic toothbrushes and hairbrushes that used to be provided in guestrooms are now available to guests on an as-needed basis, and some of our resort hotels have introduced amenities made of decarbonized materials, thereby reducing the generation of plastic waste that causes ocean pollution.
Utilizes materials of natural origin
By changing the hanger material installed in hotel rooms to a new material that contains at least 50% inorganic substances such as calcium carbonate (limestone), we are reducing the amount of petroleum-derived plastic used and emitted during raw material procurement and disposal. This reduces the amount of greenhouse gases generated.
Cease Routine Changing of Linens (WECO Cleaning for Consecutive Nights)
As part of our eco-friendly hospitality, we offer guests staying for consecutive nights a No Cleaning & Sheet Changing Required Card and encourage them to cooperate in the WECO Cleaning for Consecutive Nights program, which aims to reduce water used for laundry.
Installation of Water-Saving Equipment
To make effective use of precious water resources, we are installing water-efficient facilities and equipment. For example, as showers and toilets are among the highest water-consuming equipment at our business sites, we are reducing water usage by adopting water-saving showerheads and toilets.
Reduction and Recycling of Food Waste
At our buffet restaurants, we not only control stock and consumption volume but exchange information with on-site staff regarding effective ingredient usage, development of menus that use inventory effectively, and efforts toward zero inventory at suppliers, all in an effort to reduce total food waste. Furthermore, to help build a circular economy, we have begun working with partner companies to collect used cooking oil and recycle it into biodiesel fuel and medicinal hand soap.
Providing Healthy Meals
At Dormy Senior, to help each resident stay active for life, we serve meals that consider health and nutritional balance made with primarily Japanese ingredients, such as linseed oil, which is believed to be effective in stimulating brain function, with meals handmade daily in the kitchens at each facility. For student and employee dormitories as well, we provide healthy meals with good nutritional balance that incorporate seasonal ingredients, centered on home-style cooking that residents won’t tire of. We are also working on menus themed around beauty and health for women in their teens and twenties at Dormy Lei, our women-only dormitory.
Fostering Professionalism Through the Dominista Challenge
In our Hotel Business, we have implemented the Dominista Challenge work experience program for junior and senior high school students since 2019 as a learning opportunity to experience the fun and pleasure of working at a hotel. In this program, students learn about the duties and roles of reception and other departments as well as ways to make stays more pleasant as part of career training to foster professionalism.
Feedback From Participants in the Dormy Inn PREMIUM Shimonoseki Work Experience Program
This felt like my first step toward thinking about my future. I realized how important cooperation among employees is, with everyone working together to run the hotel, and how much responsibility is required, since even small mistakes could cause big problems.
After trying it firsthand, I found it difficult to be both careful and fast. Thank you for this rare opportunity. It was fun.
2nd year high school student, female
Feedback From School Lecture Attendees
Through the lecture, I learned about the allure and sense of reward of being a hotelier. I understood that a hotelier’s greatest role is to listen carefully to guest circumstances and propose the optimal solution. I discovered that skills such as listening without being dismissive and the ability to make proposals in consultation with guests can be developed in everyday life at school and home, so I would like to acquire these skills while still in high school.
1st year high school student, female