2024

Certificate number: BHO 036/2022 RTI

The Biosphere Certified badge is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It guarantees that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.

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Certificate number: BHO 036/2022 RTI

The Biosphere Certified badge is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It guarantees that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.

Go to InterContinental Barcelona

Sustainability efforts

Did you know that InterContinental Barcelona has committed to the following sustainable actions? Learn more below:

The global sustainability of InterContinental Barcelona

Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals entails certain difficulties, but InterContinental Barcelona has done it, and with flying colors.

They implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.
They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.

Attributes

Food and beverages

Km0

Local gastronomy

Eco and Environment

Less Plastic

Recycling

Environmental project

Eco articles

Climate Change

Reduced Carbon Footprint

Think Global, Act Local

Positive Local Impact

Sustainability areas

Environment and Climate Change

Society and Culture

Local development

Environment and Climate Change

The sustainability of the processes of catchment, supply, sanitation and treatment of the resource is guaranteed in the following way:

They carry out campaigns to inform and raise awareness about cleanliness and the responsible use of water.
They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.

The company contributes to ensuring and promoting universal access to clean, smart and modern energy services:

They adopt energy efficiency measures in their facilities.

The entity implements sustainable consumption and production patterns, for example:

They promote the 3Rs in their facilities and production models: reduce, recycle and reuse.
They apply responsible production and consumption criteria.
They adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.

As a global response to climate change, the entity carries out actions such as:

They measure and offset the carbon footprint of their activity.

To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:

They collaborate to prevent pollution of the seas, oceans and rivers.

As a strategy and measures relating to the prevention of negative impacts, from this entity:

They provide information on the natural resources of the territory.
They act to reduce the impacts of their activity on biodiversity.

Society and Culture

In order to promote inclusive economic development, from this entity:

They promote social-economic growth in their environment.
They collaborate with programs and social projects in their environment.

To promote healthy activities and prevent health risks:

They apply safety and risk prevention measures.
They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
They implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.

To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:

They care about training their staff.
They participate in the development of educational projects of other entities.

Through sustainability, the role of women in companies can be strengthened. That's why InterContinental Barcelona is committed to revising its organizational structure. Read on to find out how:

To become a powerful tool for women's empowerment, from this entity:

They control and evaluate their measures of empowerment and equality.
They adopt labor measures for gender equality.
They promote labor empowerment in their work systems.

The constant urbanization of environments can generate long-term problems, such as forgetting the memory of the community. To avoid these mistakes and meet these challenges, InterContinental Barcelona has decided to:

To work to avoid the pernicious effects of overcrowding, from this entity:

They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.
Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
They provide information and access to accessible and more sustainable transport.
They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.

Democracy is necessary for sustainable development, so we must recognize the efforts of this entity to work on actions such as:

To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:

They make known their commitments, good practices and sustainable efforts.
They use indicators to measure their sustainable progress.
They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.
They apply policies against all forms of corruption and exploitation
They use indicators to measure quality
They care about knowing and improving the satisfaction of their customers.

Governance and Economy

To ensure a responsible consumption model, actions are carried out, such as:

They prioritize and publicize products from local agriculture and KM0.
They take measures to prevent food waste.

The creation of decent and productive employment is one of the fundamental pillars of economic and sustainable growth, which is why InterContinental Barcelona has decided to work along these lines.

In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:

They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
Encourage innovation and continuous improvement among their employees.
They facilitate work-life balance and the employment of less favored groups.

We all have to put ourselves at the service of the communities, and to this end, in this entity:

Adopt resilience measures in the face of eventualities and disasters.

To incorporate equality criteria, in this entity:

Facilitate universal accessibility for their customers and workers.
They apply social integration, non-discriminatory and inclusive policies.

It is necessary to build alliances for sustainability. To this end:

They collaborate with academic institutions in favor of sustainable development.