Energy & Emission
At a hotel, activities take place more or less around the clock. Pandox’s properties and operations therefore require a continuous supply of energy. Energy is needed for heating, ventilation and cooling, for example, as well as for lighting and kitchen equipment.
Environment and climate in Leases
In leases with external hotel operators, the tenant is responsible for signing the electricity agreements. Pandox can have some influence in dialogue with the operators, such as when signing green supplementary agreements. Share of renewable electricity during the year is presented in sustainability data.
Pandox has continued to hold proactive dialogues with its tenants. Upcoming legal requirements, energy crisis and new knowledge about climate issues are driving demand for new solutions and have resulted in the topic being placed higher on the agenda.
Environment and climate in Own operations
Pandox aims to increase the use of renewable energy sources, particularly in Own operations where the company has a direct opportunity to make an impact. Share of renewable electricity during the year is presented in sustainability data. The renewable energy sources consisted of electricity from wind and hydro power and from Pandox's own solar cells. Pandox's ambition is to install solar panels in at least 50 per cent of its hotels by 2025. Today, five of the hotels have solar panels and two have solar panels for heat production. In total.
Solar panels and own electricity production
Achieving the climate goals requires a change in behaviour. Pandox has therefore implemented a green module in the system where hotel managers monitor revenue and guest nights on a daily basis. In the module, the sustainability goals are broken down into six categories that have the greatest impact on Pandox's own operations: energy, water, waste, food waste, towels & linen and chemicals.
Activities deemed to have the greatest impact have been linked to each category. The categories are weighted according to materiality in an aggregated index between 1 and 10 where the ambition is at least level 8 by 2024. 20 percent of the hotel directors' bonuses are tied to the index. Additionally, 30 percent of the technicians' and 10 percent of the department heads' bonuses are linked to the index.
See average index during the year in sustainability data.
In this way, general managers can clearly follow up on their goals and any deviations, making it easy to address which departments and employees are responsible for various activities. The hotel managers are also assisted by Pandox's sustainability manager in Own Operations and a sustainability coach per hotel for support. 25 per cent of the hotel managers' bonuses are linked to the index. This way of working has already shown that a clear focus and follow-up bring immediate results.
