Sustainability with room service

At first glance there is a bewildering number of ecological hotel certification schemes on the market: Czysta Turystyka is awarded by the Environmental Partnership Foundation; there is also Green Globe, which has accredited over 158 hotels in Europe, including the Mövenpick Hotel in Prague; there are also two schemes both named Green Key: Green Key Global is based in the United States but currently has few registered hotels in Europe (and none in the CEE region), while Green Key run by the Foundation for Environmental Education is one of the more dominant schemes for this region. This is only the beginning of a long, long list. And to add to this plethora of labels the hotel chains themselves will often create their own ecological schemes, such as Planet 21 (Accor) and Green Engage (InterContinental Hotels Group). When it comes to LEED or BREEAM certification, although both schemes have numerous hotels registered in their home markets, few hotels have been registered in the CEE r