First sustainability certification with Green Sign for the Hotel Mutterhaus Düsseldorf
The GreenSign Hotel Certification is awarded by the GreenSign Institute from Berlin to create transparency regarding sustainability. It is a certification catalogue recognised by the world-renowned Global Sustainable Tourism Council for determining the level of sustainability of a hotel. In order to receive the GreenSign Hotel certification, the hotel must first complete a comprehensive catalogue of requirements. This catalogue contains more than 130 criteria, which are divided into ten core areas. The assessment programme has a practical structure and is based on high standards such as EMAS, DIN ISO 14001, ISO 26000 and the SDGs. The programme covers environmental sustainability as well as social, cultural and economic aspects. In addition to self-evaluation in a digital tool, it is also mandatory to draw up an environmental programme in which specific development goals are defined. The hotel’s information is first checked by the GreenSign experts. This is followed by an on-site audit, during which all data is scrutinised. Upon completion, the hotel’s sustainability performance as a whole and in the individual core areas is presented transparently based on the degree of conformity. The degree of conformity ranges from a minimum of 50% to a maximum of 100%. The GreenSign sustainability barometer, which every hotel receives after certification, provides a transparent presentation of the respective performance in the individual core areas.
We are proud to have successfully completed the audit after 7 months of preparation and achieved 72%. Within the pillars of sustainability, fields of action with corresponding measures were defined in the hotel, which have been and are being implemented by responsible teams. We have optimised numerous processes and are ambitious to continue developing.
Hotel Manager Markus Mönninghoff would particularly like to thank sales manager and sustainability officer Bettina Reichards and the entire team for their great commitment, which has made this great success possible. We are convinced that we will achieve the goals for 2025 and the continuous improvement and further development of our sustainability performance together.
