22/04/2018 | Our Earth Day commitment to cut our carbon emissions intensity by 50%

At Premier Inn, we take our responsibility to both people and our planet seriously. From everyday efficiencies to bold new innovations, we will always look for ways to reduce, reuse and recycle the resources we use.

To mark Earth Day, we are making an industry-leading sustainability commitment which will see carbon emissions intensity cut in half by 2025 and by as much as 88% by 2050. This is all part of a wider Whitbread initiative which has set a science-based carbon target (SBT).

For us and all the Whitbread brands, we will aim to:

• Move towards zero gas in all new-build Premier Inn hotels
• Move towards green gas across Premier Inn hotels
• Maintain our commitment to use renewable energy in the UK and in international operations where possible
• Invest in efficient appliances to reduce gas consumption
• Reduce emissions from company car fleets and distribution vehicles by moving to more electric, hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles
• Install solar panels to support the use of renewable energy across our estate

Whitbread’s award-winning environmental strategy* has already made significant efforts to cut carbon by improving efficiency wherever it can. All UK owned and operated sites use 100% renewable electricity and have invested in energy efficient equipment including LED lights and heat recovery in Premier Inn hotel bathrooms. What’s more, 113 of our hotels use solar panels to generate electricity on site and we have switched 100,000 standard lightbulbs with LED lamps saving 10,000 tonnes of carbon.