TRAVEL NEWS: NH HOTEL GROUP SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH ACCIONA ENERGÍA FOR THE SUPPLY OF 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY TO ITS HOTELS IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

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Posted: Friday, May 20, 2022 - 00:00
  • The electricity supply agreement has a duration of two years

  • All energy comes from renewable sources and has guarantees of origin

NH Hotel Group has chosen ACCIONA Energy to supply 100% renewable energy for all its hotels in Spain and Portugal until December 2023.

Through this agreement, ACCIONA Energy will supply more than 100GWh/year of renewable electricity to cover the energy needs of the hotel chain in the Iberian Peninsula. With this contract, ACCIONA Energy establishes itself as the strategic partner for the decarbonisation of NH Hotel Group, which will reduce its CO2 emissions by more than 14,000 tonnes per year thanks to the consumption of clean electricity.

This initiative is part of the fight against climate change that the Company includes in its "SBT 2030 Commitment Plan" and that includes the levers of action to meet the objective of reducing its carbon emissions by 20% throughout its value chain. until 2030.

NH Hotel Group thus demonstrates its solid commitment to respecting and preserving the environment in which it carries out its own activity and minimising the environmental impact of its hotels. In Austria, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg and Portugal, the electricity supply of the brand's hotels comes from renewable energy generation sources. The consumption of renewable or green energy is available in all the hotels in these countries, which account for 62% of the total electrical energy consumed by the hotels in the NH portfolio.

As a result of its commitment to the sustainable development of its activity, the hotel chain carries out numerous initiatives to help curb climate change. Thanks to alliances like this and the consumption of green electricity, NH Hotel Group has reduced the tonnes of CO2 in scope 2 by 91% and by 61% in scopes 1+2 and has saved nearly 30,000 tonnes of CO2, equivalent to 31% of the carbon footprint (scopes 1 + 2) of the entire company, according to data from the Southern Europe business unit at the end of 2021.

 

About NH Hotel Group

NH Hotel Group (www.nhhotelgroup.com) is a consolidated multinational operator and one of the benchmark urban hotel companies in Europe and America, where it operates more than 350 hotels. Since 2019, the Company has been working together with Minor Hotels to integrate their commercial hotel brands under the same corporate umbrella with a presence in more than 50 countries around the world. Together they organize a portfolio of more than 500 hotels under eight brands: NH Hotels , NH Collection , nhow , Tivoli , Anantara , Avani , Elewana and Oaks , which complete a wide and diverse spectrum of hotel proposals connected to the needs and desires of the global travelers today.

Corporate website: www.nhhotelgroup.com Social media: www.nh-hotels.com/social-media  

About ACCIONA Energy

ACCIONA Energy is the largest 100% renewable energy company with no fossil legacy in the world. It has 11.2GW of renewables and commercial operations in 20 countries. With more than 30 years of experience, ACCIONA Energy offers a wide portfolio of tailored energy solutions so that its corporate and institutional clients can meet their decarbonisation goals. ACCIONA Energy is governed by the most demanding environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) criteria. ACCIONA SA, a leading global company in the provision of regenerative solutions for a decarbonized economy, is a reference shareholder of ACCIONA Energy.  

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