{"id":747,"date":"2021-10-11T09:30:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T09:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/?p=747"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:32:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T09:32:42","slug":"lemon-tree-hotels-ltd-releases-first-report-on-environmental-social-and-governance-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/articles\/747","title":{"rendered":"LEMON TREE HOTELS LTD. RELEASES FIRST REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE PERFORMANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd. today released its FY21 Sustainability Report that outlines its current\u00a0Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives and the company\u2019s FY26 Sustainability Goals and Targets. The full report can be accessed\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Through Lemon Tree\u2019s Sustainability Program, the company has made a commitment to creating a positive social and environmental impact across its operations, supply chain and extended community.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Patu Keswani, Chairman & Managing Director, Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd.<\/b>, said, \u201cI am delighted to share the first edition of our ESG Report which outlines our commitment towards long term sustainability. Over the years, we have undertaken several initiatives to create a positive impact wherever we do business and have delivered value through and to our employees, leadership team, customers, investors, owners and the community at large. Lemon Tree has demonstrated environmental stewardship through its energy, water and waste reduction efforts as well as social growth through its programs around inclusion, mainstream employment of marginalized segments and community engagement.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In FY21, the COVID-19 pandemic created significant challenges for all sectors and deeply impacted the hospitality industry. Lemon Tree was able to redefine its business model and continue to work with and support communities across India:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Through partnerships with state governments, we converted a number of our hotels into quarantine centers for Indians returning from foreign countries<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Under our program, \u2018Support by Lemon Tree\u2019, we provided accommodation to house COVID patients at our hotels in partnership with leading hospital chains (more than 1000 rooms)<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Our \u2018Rest Assured\u2019 initiative, in partnership with Diversey, defined sanitization protocols, laid down a set of new house rules and preventive measures to be followed by guests, visitors and team members at our properties<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Select hotels worked closely with local administration and other stakeholders to provide free packed meals to affected communities during the lockdown<\/p>\n

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Lemon Tree has also received a number of awards recognizing it\u2019s ESG efforts, over the years:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Investing in People Award, Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2019, World Travel & Tourism Council<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Boldness\u00a0in\u00a0Business\u00a0Award\u00a0for\u00a0Corporate\u00a0Responsibility\/Environment 2018, Financial\u00a0Times\u00a0Arcelor\u00a0Mittal<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Green Champion Award 2018, Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Gold Certification (6 hotels), Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a012th<\/sup>\u00a0Best Large Workplaces in Asia 2018; and 4th<\/sup>\u00a0Best Company in India 2017, Great Places To Work Institute<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Role Model Company 2017 and 2012, NCPEDP Hellen Keller Award<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Best Employer National Award, 2016 and 2011; and Outstanding Work in the Creation of a Barrier-free Environment for Persons with Disabilities, 2012 \u2013 from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0World Responsible Tourism Award 2016, WTM\u00ae, London<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Asian Human Capital Award 2015: Innovative and Impactful People Practices, Ministry of Manpower (Singapore) and Human Capital Leadership Institute<\/p>\n

10.Exemplary Practice Award 2014: for hiring People with Disabilities, Cornell University<\/p>\n

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About Lemon Tree Hotels<\/b><\/p>\n

Lemon Tree Hotels Limited is India\u2019s largest hotel chain in the mid-priced hotel sector, and the third largest overall, on the basis of controlling interest in owned and leased rooms, as of June 30, 2017, according to the Horwath Report. We operate in the upscale segment and in the mid-market sector, consisting of the upper-midscale, midscale and economy segments. We deliver differentiated yet superior service offerings, with a value-for-money proposition.<\/p>\n

LTHL opened its first hotel with 49 rooms in May 2004 and currently operates\u00a0~8,500 rooms in 87 hotels across 54 destinations, in India and abroad, under its various brands viz. Aurika Hotels & Resorts, Lemon Tree Premier, Lemon Tree Hotels, Red Fox Hotels, Keys Prima, Keys Select and Keys Lite. As the current pipeline becomes operational, LTHL will be operating ~10,450 rooms in 106 hotels across 64 destinations, in India and abroad.<\/p>\n

Lemon Tree Hotels, including Keys Hotels, are located across India, in metro regions including the NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai, as well as numerous other tier I and II cities such as Pune, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Indore, Aurangabad, Udaipur, Vishakhapatnam, Kochi, Ludhiana, Thiruvananthapuram and Vijayawada. The company expanded internationally with hotels opening in Dubai in December 2019 and in Bhutan in February 2020. New hotels are also set to open internationally in Bhutan and Nepal.<\/p>\n

To know more, visit\u00a0lemontreehotels.com<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/u>aurikahotels.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd. today released its FY21 Sustainability Report that outlines its current\u00a0Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives and the company\u2019s FY26 Sustainability Goals and Targets. The full report can be accessed\u00a0here. Through Lemon Tree\u2019s Sustainability Program, the company has made a commitment to creating a positive social and environmental impact across its operations, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sustainability"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Water-spray-maintained-by-LTH.jpg","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":751,"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions\/751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoteliersweb.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}