Initiatives to Reduce Environmental Impact

We have established a circular operation framework by systematically managing the performance data on the types of industrial waste and the amount of waste generated using the manifest, thereby contributing to reducing indirect GHG emissions.

For equipment with high energy consumption such as air conditioners and boilers, we are implementing capital investments to optimize energy usage to achieve medium- to long-term greenhouse gas reductions. We will work to reduce GHG emissions generated from our business activities through scheduled replacement of equipment to highly efficient models.

We contribute to reducing indirect GHG emissions by supporting the popularization of electric vehicles by, for example, installing EV chargers at some of the Hotel Business sites. In addition, we will gradually change the vehicles we use for business and transportation to ecocars in line with the future expansion of vehicle lineups.

A portion of the heat from 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.

Disposable plastic amenities that originally used to be provided in Hotel Business guestrooms are now available to guests on an as-needed basis, and some of our resort hotels have introduced amenities made of biomass materials, thereby reducing the generation of plastic waste that causes ocean pollution.

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.