El Cid Resorts Advances in Sustainability
Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, June 6th, 2024.- El Cid Resorts proudly announces the recent EarthCheck Silver Level Certification. A teamwork effort between operational and technical environmental areas, which gives as learning that on the path to sustainability there are no small actions: They all add up when are done from awareness, and also knowing that what we do individually has an impact on the collective and is sustained over time, for the well-being of future generations.
The installation of solar cells in all buildings to produce clean energy, the use of water saving systems, the successful biowaste separation program in alliance with Crococún -Zoo and the Agricultural Sector of Puerto Morelos, and the extensive mangrove conservation area, among other practices have led El Cid Resorts to this important achievement.
With this, El Cid Resorts joins a select international group of sustainable tour operators certified under the standard of the Australian company EarthCheck, with the exclusive internal EarthCheckTM science, which statistically evaluates energy efficiency levels, waste management and emissions generated, water consumption and various social responsibility actions, among others
As part of the process, EarthCheck set down the Benchmarking Phase, which collects hard data and analyzes statistics to evaluate the evolution and compliance of base indicators such as energy efficiency, water savings, waste management and even greenhouse gas emissions. In this regard, the Marina, Ventus and Ventus Ha’ Hotels achieved important levels in the ranking such as:
- Hotel Marina El Cid Cancún – Riviera Maya: Regional Leader in Waste Sent to Landfill, Regional Leader in waste recycling qualification and above average regarding water consumption.
- Hotel Ventus: Regional leader in the qualification of waste recycling and the qualification of pesticide products, in addition to achieving a good ranking level in average water consumption.
- Ventus Ha’ Hotel: Managed to remain above average in waste sent to landfill, greenhouse gas emissions and drinking water consumption.
Thus, El Cid Resorts assumes its global commitment and since 2022 when the Certification process began, the company and its Green Team have followed a path of intense analysis, adaptation and improvement in operational processes, as well as the evaluation of good practices and strengthening teamwork with all areas involved. In this way, it has managed to forge an environmental vision that has matured and evolved, not only with the demands of the sector and the tourism offer, but with the priorities demanded by the current global climate crisis, incorporating sustainability and its main indicators as a guiding axis within the operation.
In the words of Héctor López, General Manager of El Cid Resorts Cancún – “Riviera Maya, this achievement is important because as a culture is planted, it becomes a group conscience and then, the chain value closes when we see that all these practices become personal habits for everyone involved. Furthermore, López Trucios added, -we are proud to have the documentation and record of what we do, and how each of the 1,500 collaborators contribute with this environmental and social awareness“.
The climate crisis that we face as a civilization is a great challenge that all sectors must assume responsibly. For this reason, we thank all our colleagues, friends and allies who have decisively gotten involved, to continue adding and making sustainability a conviction that we can exercise in each of our daily actions to ensure the well-being of future generations.
