Alila Hotels and Resorts Head Office is Carbon Neutral

This is a press release from The GreenAsia Group.

(Singapore, April 2009) Since announcing its commitment to become carbon neutral last October, Alila Hotels and Resorts has achieved carbon neutrality for its head office in Singapore for the year 2008, after calculating its carbon footprint and offsetting its emissions with a cogeneration project in India.

In October 2008, Alila Hotels and Resorts commissioned The GreenAsia Group, a specialist in carbon management in Asia, to conduct a comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment of its management operations based in Singapore. This was compiled by an international third party expert in GHG calculations. Read more

Smaller Carbon Footprints or Bigger Green Footprints?

November 11, 2008
3:00 pm	to	4:30 pm

Speakers: Mr Mitesh Patel, Manager, Power Select, WorleyParsons Pte Ltd; Mr Henry Kwok, Global Partner, Haines Centre for Strategic Management, Asia Pacific

Venue: Seminar Room II, ISEAS

This seminar discusses the need for a collective and holistic response to create a bigger green footprint, which looks at economics, social, ecological, technological and other measures, and involves individuals, society, national and global responses to build a better tomorrow for future generations. Details and registration at the ISEAS website.

Alila Hotels and Resorts to Become Carbon Neutral

This article is a news release from The GreenAsia Group.

(Singapore, 20 October 2008) Alila Hotels and Resorts is pleased to announce its commitment to go carbon neutral, first through its head office and then throughout all of its properties in Asia. Working with The GreenAsia Group, a specialist in carbon management in Asia, Alila will first achieve carbon neutrality for its head office in Singapore by December 2008.

The entire process involves the measurement, reduction and offsetting of greenhouse gases emissions resulting from not only the business activities of Alila’s head office, but also from both the professional and personal engagements of its management team. A carbon footprint assessment is presently being conducted. With guidance from The GreenAsia Group, Alila is methodically measuring its total greenhouse gases emissions in Singapore and will implement energy efficiency practices accordingly to reduce and avoid carbon emissions to the greatest extent possible. The remaining unavoidable emissions will be offset by purchasing carbon credit certificates from green projects based in Asia. Read more

Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan Areas: Lessons for Singapore and Beyond

August 12, 2008
12:15 pm	to	1:30 pm

Speaker: Marilyn Brown, Professor of Energy Policy, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology

Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

This seminar discusses the assessment of carbon footprints for metropolitan areas, and explains the implications and policies that can help Singapore and cities in Southeast Asia reduce their carbon footprint. For details and registration, visit the LKYSPP website.