Sustainability and Environmental Standards

Sustainability and Environmental Standards Seeking Competitive Distinction at Damai Lovina Villas . Executive Summary Throughout this analysis, my purpose is to clarify and condense the discipline so the reader impart have a better understanding at the end of the analysis. This analysis exit be broken up into sixer categories the executive summary, issue statement, alternatives analysis, recommendations, actions and implementations, and info analysis. In the issue statement, in that respect will be a brief overview on how the hotel companies and the environmental regulations clashed.Throughout the alternative analysis we will discuss different alternatives that Damai could have focused on to benefit and sustain his hotels. As we move to the recommendations our group will give clear advice on how we wouldve handled the situation. transactions and implementations will implement the steps that Damai took to clean up his name and benefit the topical anesthetics that were on the i sland. The data analysis will be a break up of data to better explain the situation at hand. Issue StatementOne of the major issues impressing the Hotels was that the environmental regulations were lacking since existing standards were not enforced and evoketh practically was promoted to the detriment of the environment. For years the Balinese regime had promoted sand dredging to enlarge the island for to a greater extent hotel development off the port of Benoa. By the continued dredging of the sand, this would in effect alter the irrigate electric currents and the new currents have eroded the natural beaches bordering the town Sanur.Dredging projects r arely involved environmental impact studies or guaranteed protection of natural areas as required by law. Tourism was the island only source of income, but this source of income was causing serious social and environmental problems. For example the drinking water often slowed to a percolate during daylight hours due almost exc lusively to the high demand for water in the resort area of Nusa Dua. Also the lack of a centralized toss off collection system has encouraged alternative resolve such as the formation of an informal collection system.Many hotels and residents left used paper and plastic out-of-door of their properties. Despite these challenges the system successfully diverted a significant amount of thieve from the landfill. Data analysis As the benefits of ad proactive environmental efforts were accept by global hospitality hotels targeted environmentally conscious customers to gain competitive advantage as a result of which gartered non luxuriousness hotels command premium prices of $30/night in a very competitive industry. Marketing sustainability shows that participation in a VEP could be costly depending on the political platform.Adopting a formal EMS and certifying it IDO 141001 whitethorn typically cost $270-$1370 per employee depending on the extent to which the company had institu ted proactive environmental and continual improvement procedures prior to implementing a formalized Ems. Although more than a xii VEPs and eco-labeling programs targeted the hotel industry by 2006 only handful of these were available to Indonesia hotel. Alternatives analysis Damai has several alternatives to ultimately benefit and sustain its hotel.Damai could of considered voluntary environmental programs and take the risk of the hotels luxuriousness to take a negative impact by lacking integration that can possibly have a major impact in the yearn run. Another alternative damai could of pursued was a better marketing strategy that fully described everything about the hotel in regards to its environment, conjunction status overall. This could have been achieved by dint of a brief slideshow that offered key components of information on the website or brochure developed by Damai.Damai should focus less(prenominal) on advertising its produces of food and more on the sustainabilit y efforts. A better description and more detailed amount of information given about the hotels sustainability efforts along with other factors will ultimately fashion more attraction for business. Recommendations So at to expand capacitor by constructing additional rooms, Damai should ensure that existing room were filled and that the restaurant operated above its current 65% occupancy. This will bring improvement in the business as Knape hoped to better integrate Damai into the local meshwork of eco-hotels and eco-tours.Damai should continue to rely on its website and local travels agents to promote the hotels sustainability vision because Damais website was the primary vehicle for marketing hotels various sustainability efforts which directed environmentally conscious customers to an organic resort think to learn about the hotels sustainability vision. Besides, these local travel agents will play an important role by promoting the hotels sustainability vision to customers, whi ch will benefit the industry. . Action And ImplementationThrough a partnership with IPSA, Damai helped the farming and fishing communities remediate the effects of management techniques that could be harmful to the environment and public health. The burning of land impaired air quality and tender health, which comes from the hundreds of small farms that operate in a single community. The hotel work towards teaching farmers composting methods and organic growing practices, using IPSA products to step-up the pace of decomposition. Damai utilized a water recycling system that directed used knob water to on site tanks.All wastewater was filtered through a series to tanks containing volcanic rock, porous rubber, and sand and then reused in the hotel gardens. Even waste from the toilets, was then collected and treated using natural enzymes to break master the organic waste. This waste was then passed through a series of filters and re used in the hotel gardens. One of the hotel big i mplementations came when it decided that they should join forces with local farmers to domesticise eroded topsoil. Damai built a series of large rock wall filters in the river that ran through the property creating a series of waterfalls.At the bottom of each waterfall was a large pool of water that captured much of the topsoil from the hotel pools to reduce the call for for chemical fertilizers. Question 1. The relationship between tourism and social/environmental issues in Bali was every thing that was resulted from tourism had impacts on society and environment of Bali. Although tourism plays an important role in Balis economic growth and financing, it also caused serious social and environmental problems. Balis hotel alone required 260 liters of water per second, which was an amount equivalent to the typical water consumption of 50,000 villagers when drinking water in Denpasar often slowed to a trickle during daylight hours due almost exclusively to the high demand for water in the resort area of Nusa Dua to the south. Besides this Hotel and retail chains had avoided locating in Lovina Beach of Bali because it was less accessible than South Bali. 2. Balis environmental status was affected by different government polices analogous the governments focus on energy development and resource extraction, close relationship with developers, and lack of budgetary caused many citizens to lose faith in its ability or intent to protect Balis environment.Environmental regulations in Bali was lacking since existing standard were not enforced and growth often was promoted to the detriment of the environment. The Balinese government had promoted sand grudging enlarging the island for more hotel development off the port of Benoa. Dredging projects rarely involved environmental impacts studies or guaranteed protection of natural areas as required by law and when they did was almost never monitored for accuracy. The island had one government-operated landfill that was l ocated outside Denpasar on reclaimed tidal land.Like many landfills in emerging economies, it lacked controls to guard against groundwater contamination. 3. Firms did not need to wait for government in order to take action in addressing Balis social and environmental issues. Many Balinese began to get discouraged of how the government handled the environmental and social issues that occurred. Instead Balinese citizens took matters into their own hands and decided to rely more on communal code guided by strong social norms to yield behaviors 4. Damais focus was to sustain and distinguish their hotels.Since damai did not participate in the idea of voluntary environmental programs they were able to avoid the luxury status of the hotel to downgrade. It complemented the sustainability program because the hotels reputation remained the same by relying on other factors such as the website and travel agents that have the potential to create a positive impact. 5. There are numerous sustaina bility activities Damai had already implemented. Which activities can be described as pollution prevention, product stewardship, clean technology/innovation, and sustainability vision?Pollution prevention Damai has made an impact on the local surrounding when it comes to preventing pollution, for example normally at the end of each growing season, traditional farming practices involving the burning of agriculture waste to contract ash for the fertilizing of the next year crops. But hundreds of farmers in the community lack the knowledge on how the burning of agriculture impaired the air quality and the human health. The continued of burning of agriculture drive a greatly needed source of income which is tourist away from the community due to poor air quality.Damai solution for this is through partnership with local farmers to educate them about different ways of making fertilizer, which is through the different composing methods and organic growing practices using products from IPS A, which would enlarge the pace of decomposition. Product stewardship Damai shift from paying a deposer contractor to lovina Beach, to pick up the hotels solid waste, which transports the waste back to a dispensary, had proven costly. So Damai develop an environmental efficient way by transporting plastic and bottle containers to their respective suppliers to be recycled and reuse.To save cost of the purchasing of the purchasing of water, the Damai hotel use waste from the toilets, which are collected and treated using natural enzymes to break down the organic waste. This waste then passed through a series of filters, which is then re-used in the hotels gardens. By doing this implementation of treating waste from the hotel, Damie water conservation efforts reduced hotel water use by 75%. Clean technology/innovation Hotel whole caboodle closely with local famers and village leaders to develop the best possible way to reclaim the community eroded topsoil.The eroded topsoil came abou t because of traditional irrigation water systems, and monsoon rains, which caused fertile topsoil to flow from the rice paddies and drain into the ocean. The problem of the loss of topsoil loss prompted more farmers to rely on chemical fertilizers to grow their crops. Damai address this issue by building a series of large rock wall filters in the river that ran through the property creating a series of waterfalls. At the bottom of each waterfall was a large pool of water that captured much of the topsoil lost from the seven villages surrounding the hotel.This showed the hotels continued efforts to better the community through is efforts, Damai went on to encouraged the local farms to reclaim their topsoil from the hotel pools to reduce the need for chemical fertilizers. Sustainability Vision? The hotel had chosen to refrain from promoting its sustainability focus in guest rooms, restaurant and gardens. Damai also decided not to involve guest in an optional linen reuse program in or der to maintain its luxury status, even though such programs had become popular in the US and European hospitality industry. . How does Damais current sustainability focus compare to the environmental movement criteria listed in the VEPs listed in case Exhibits C-H? Damai did not participate in any VEPs. However, the hotel was considering if it would be beneficial for the hotel to participate in the VEPs. Damai was not able to expand its capacity by constructing additional rooms the most important way to improve the hotel was to ensure that existing rooms were filled and that the restaurant operated above its current 65% occupancy.By doing this, Damai had integrated itself into local network of eco hotels and eco tours. Damai has different sectors in which its market itself whether marketing through its website which directed environmentally conscious customers to an organic Resort link which help customers learn about the hotels sustainability vision. Damai provided travel agents with information about the hotel, some the travel agents began to market the hotel as being environmentally conscious by advertising that Damai produces 80% of its food local gardens. 7.Best Green Hotels and others have no financial charge listed. A 10% expense on lodging charge has to be paid by the owner that lists on the Eco Lodge even though the website is free of charge to utilize. The number of rooms and workers determine the fees for Global Green 21. Hotels with less than or equal to five workers or less than ten rooms pay $395, whereas hotels with less than or equal to 50 works or 70 or less rooms pay $1610. An independent external auditor must also be appointed along with the cost of becoming ISO 14001 certified. . I recommend that Damai join the Eco Lodge Program. The program offers ways to tutor guests and staff of environmental protection by recycling trash and water. Partaking in this program allows Damai to network with members who are not wasteful and proved to contri bute to environmental protection. It also gives his future customers a way to view Damai on the Internet, which has over 600 travel agencies. Although there is a 10% commission it doesnt compare to the benefits Damai will receive from being on the site.