AT KPM HOTEL & RESIDENCES SUSTAINABILITY IS PART OF OUR SELF-IMAGE
In harmony with our self-image as a modern, innovative, and value-oriented company, the themes of sustainability and responsibility were taken into account already during the planning phase of KPM Hotel & Residences, which opened in September 2019. The guiding principle of KPM Hotel & Residences – striving for the “essentials in perfection” – is an expression of this way of thinking, which is based on solidity, quality, and authenticity. Against this background, the high standards of quality at the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin have served us as a role model and obligation.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals formulated by the UN in 2015 have remained an indispensable orientation for us in our efforts to adapt our corporate concept. We emphasize our intention to continuously develop in ecological, economic, and social terms in accordance with sustainability criteria by subjecting our hotel to the internationally recognized process of GreenSign Hotel certification. For us, sustainable business management includes not only environmental issues, but also social and societal aspects. Our commitment to cosmopolitanism, tolerance, participation, and diversity is the basis of our lived concept of hospitality, but it also describes our internal KPM team spirit.
ENVIRONMENT/WATER
For every guest who waives room-cleaning for a stay of two nights or more, KPM Hotel & Residences will donate €1.50 to the German-Italian Social Business platform Treedom. Treedom uses the donations collected to finance the purchase and planting of trees.
ENVIRONMENT/ENERGY
Separate subdivisions of individual electrical power networks
Metering-point management system
Building Energy Management System (BEMS)
A lighting concept that reduces greenhouse gas emissions: motion detectors to save energy; timers; the use of daylight; switching off computers, screens, and printers at the end of the day whenever technically possible; switching off standby mode in all areas; energy-saving LEDs in 90% of our lighting fixtures
Insulated pipes in the heat distribution system
Hot water tank to compensate for fluctuations in demand
Use of aerators
Climate control devices with heat recovery
Intelligent air treatment system with compressor regulation
Regular maintenance of building technology with regard to emission values and energy consumption
Use of LEDs and energy-saving lamps
Energy-saving TVs
Equipping the windows with shading systems
Minibar with energy-saving function
Waiver of reception lighting in case of no-show
ENVIRONMENT/WASTE
Avoidance of waste data
Digitization to facilitate internal communication and minimize paper consumption
Separation of guest waste by housekeeping staff
MANAGEMENT & COMMUNICATION
Use of a digital communication platform to improve internal communication and the exchange of knowledge (protocols, handovers, training), and to enable greater transparency.
BIODIVERSITY & CULTURAL HERITAGE
Promoting biodiversity by planting green spaces on the roof
The building is not located in a nature reserve
Cultural Heritage: the 260-year-old history of the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin provides the inspiration for the great design tradition of KPM Berlin, thus preserving and cultivating this cultural heritage
PURCHASING PRACTICES
Centralised purchasing
Preference for regional suppliers
Avoidance of food waste during cooking/preparation, zero-waste breakfast
Offering a range of vegan/vegetarian products
Amenities from Molton Brown: 97% recyclable, 100% vegan and without animal-testing
REGIONALITY & MOBILITY
E-bike and bicycle rental to promote climate-neutral individual mobility
E-shuttle and rental of an e-mobile Porsche Taycan
Excellent connections to public transport: the Tiergarten S-Bahn station can be reached on foot in just 5 minutes
QUALITY MANAGEMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Regular internal training, such as preparatory courses for junior managers (trainees and students)
An employee handbook offering a clear formulation of the values and corporate goals both practiced and promoted by the company
Continuous development of measures for the benefit of employees and of our sustainable environmental and climate protection goals
Increasing positive added value through a targeted selection of appropriate cooperation partners: United Charity, RTL Wir helfen Kinder e.V
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Team spirit is understood in a broader sense at KPM Hotel & Residences. KPM spirit implies that the needs and health of our team members are just as important to us as the satisfaction of our guests. KPM Hotel & Residences also sees itself as a “place of well-being” from the point of view of our team members. We offer:
– Flexible working hours
– A performance-based equal remuneration structure
– Openness to criticism and suggestions
– Career opportunities with promotion prospects
– Sports activities
– Health checks
– Group activities
– Short-term childcare options
– An “Onboarding Programme” (introductory week)
– A mentoring programme: New team members are assigned to an experienced team member as a contact person
– Observance of diversity in the composition of the teams in our various departments
– Promotion of job rotation in order to develop our employees’ understanding of the different areas of work and their specific challenges
In addition:
Ecoboard: Monthly monitoring of sustainable issues
Risk- and crisis-management training: Monthly data-protection training, meetings of heads of departments featuring topics such as environmental protection, sustainability, GreenSign certification, etc.
First aid training
Occupational safety training
Panel Surveys: Employee Satisfaction, Guest Satisfaction
Charity Events: Support for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria: RTL Wir helfen Kinder e.V. – Donation sum of €55,000.00
ECONOMIC RESPONSIBILITY
Stakeholder approach
Sustainable investment plan
Healthy growth (sales, earnings, gross profit)
Reduction of employee turnover
Sustainable risk management
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