Management
- Energy consumption is recorded and analyzed
- Computer-optimized use of electricity for large appliances
- Liquidity control
- Investment plan for machinery, buildings and grounds
General
- Encouraging and training staff to work paperless
- Electric shuttle for short distances
- Saunas are only switched on on request before 4 pm
- Use of certified paper
- Hybrid company cars
- Support for local youth and sports clubs
- Employees are trained to work in an energy-saving manner
- Promoting events with a regional and cultural background
- Sale of regional and local products
- Promoting the use of public transportation for guests and staff
- Restaurants, public areas and the majority of rooms are wheelchair accessible
Technology
- Electricity circuit is interrupted when leaving the room
- Connection to district heating
- Heating hydraulics have been optimized to use energy more efficiently
- Note in e-mail that no printout should be made
- Small televisions to increase resource efficiency
- Technical devices are used for a long time and attempts are made to repair them
- Technical devices are only replaced when they no longer work, not when they are out of fashion
- Staff area: Lights are switched off at night using a timer
- Outdoor lighting with timer
- Heat recovery: various ventilation systems in restaurant, kitchen, back office, swimming pool
- Heating set back at night
- No air conditioning
- Purchase of second-hand products when other hotels convert
- All lamps are fitted with LED bulbs. Lamps with motion detectors
- Kitchen renovation 2022: New dishwashers, more energy efficient. If new machines then more energy efficient. (kitchen conversion), induction plates
- Water saving heads
- Energy-efficient renovation plans
Recycling
- Plants, discarded materials etc. are offered to employees
- Rose petals are dried and recycled
- Guest waste is subsequently separated by staff
- Garden waste is composted
Food & Beverage
- Member of Eigerness
- Products from local suppliers and awards from them
- Purchase of products from Made in Grindelwald. Lemonades etc.
- Food is produced seasonally and regionally
- We process all parts of the animal, including offal
- Avoiding Convinice products
- Buying in bulk where possible
Decoration
- Green spaces are left for biodiversity
- We have an insect hotel
- Plants are bee-friendly and indigenous
- Flowers are chosen seasonally and locally
- We have our own herb garden
- Natural materials for decoration are also made on site from wilted flowers and recycled
- Decoration is reused
Human Resources
- employees are supported and trained
- Flexible part-time positions are created to give mothers the opportunity to continue working with us even when they have children
- High proportion of women in the management team
- Participation in employee fitness subscriptions
- Extended maternity leave
- Salaries are independent of gender
- We offer apprenticeships in various areas
Housekeeping
- We will wash rented laundry centrally
- Refillable soap dispensers
- Towels will only be changed on request
- We use environmentally friendly cleaning agents