Green meetings on the agenda at JW Marriott Hong Kong

JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong has just unveiled its new comprehensive sustainability programme for guestrooms, meeting spaces, and F&B offerings, as part of its push to introduce green initiatives and incorporate sustainability in day-to-day operations.

With its dedicated “Meet Green at JW” package, the hotel goes beyond the ordinary in deploying additional strategies to minimise any event’s carbon footprint, such as introducing a “green menu” with delicious but environmentally friendly dishes, providing complimentary reusable stainless steel water bottles to attendees, and setting up a central stationery desk for attendees to use.

Venues such as the executive meeting suites, the newly launched PRESIDEN private room and the adjacent open-air HarbourDen that boasts iconic harbour views and ample natural daylight, have been introduced to reduce energy consumption and provide a refreshing setting to boost productivity.

Furthering its culinary excellence efforts, JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong has ensured that its menu design prioritises sustainable, organic ingredients and local produce such as ocean-friendly seafood, cage-free eggs and locally farmed vegetables – even special sea-aged wine that is both decadent and eco-friendly.

To contribute to a circular economy, the hotel also grows its own herbs in its rooftop garden for use in dishes and cocktails, and makes use of different parts of food – such as lemon peels, fish bones and watermelon rinds – in innovative recipes to eliminate food waste.

The hotel also works with policies such as the Food Waste Collection Scheme to recycle food waste and turn it into energy or resources, and donates any surplus food to local charities.