Kaldewei awarded “Sustainability Leader” rating by Marriott
Kaldewei has become the first bathroom supplier to receive the highest rating in the Leader Level of the Marriott Sustainability Assessment Program (MSAP) from Marriott International Inc.
The hotel group has honoured the special efforts made by the German sanitary company to achieve more sustainability in the equipping of restaurants and hotels.
“We feel honoured and confirmed in our actions that we were the first company in the sanitary industry to achieve this status,” reveals Chief Sales Officer Roberto Martinez. “The result of the assessment is an expression of our decade-long commitment to more sustainability in the real estate industry. At the same time, it is a confirmation of our unique material, Kaldewei steel enamel, for sustainably and responsibly planned projects.”
Kaldewei has been a key partner of Marriott International for many years, with their enamelled steel bathroom solutions represented in many of the hotel group’s bathrooms. In 2020, Kaldewei was assessed by the MSAP program with which Marriott International aims to achieve 100 percent LEED status (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) in 650 hotels worldwide by 2025.
With the MSAP program, Marriott aims to highlight products and processes that meet the sustainability goals in line with the “Marriott Serve360” strategy. In doing so, social and ecological aspects including the furniture and fittings in hotel rooms are taken into account throughout the entire life cycle – from raw materials and manufacture through distribution to the end of the life cycle. The focus is on the use of renewable energies and the reduction of waste, water and carbon consumption.
Kaldewei’s consistent use of sustainable and recyclable steel enamel makes them a convincing partner of the hotel group. The products are created from natural raw materials and are 100 percent recyclable. In doing so, Kaldewei makes an important contribution to the achievement of the sustainability goals of the Marriott Group.
“This result in the Marriott Supplier Sustainability Assessment Program 2020 underscores our value-based and responsible corporate management,” says Martinez. “We are proud that with our bathroom solutions we are making a valuable contribution to a better environment, society and the economy.”
“The award as a “Sustainability Leader” motivates us to go forward boldly as a specialist and reinforces the future of recyclable materials such as our long-lasting steel enamel,” Martinez concludes. “In this way, Kaldewei is advancing and supporting the transformation to a circular economy and supports the change in the international hotel industry towards sustainable and future-oriented concepts.”
