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OUR PLANET FOCUS AREAS

Designing for Sustainability

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In the development and operation of Four Seasons properties, we aim to minimize the environmental footprint of initial construction, integrate well-being and maximize the efficiency of our operations over time. All Four Seasons design and construction projects are required to have sustainability consultants on staff, focused on integrating sustainability into our facilities, building systems and landscape designs.

Our design and construction standards include sustainability standards for all new construction and major renovations projects signed after 2023 to achieve LEED Gold certification or higher, or an approved regional equivalent (e.g., BREEAM in Europe). Projects are also required to follow select Fitwel standards that support the health and well-being of our guests, residents and team members.

Our design and construction standards also include supplemental criteria, providing additional guidance on how properties can achieve even stronger alignment with their local landscape and conditions.

Reducing our Environmental Footprint

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Four Seasons continually seeks new ways to reduce our impact on the environment while maintaining our extraordinary guest and resident experience.

Our Environmental Policy guides our approach. We source through certified responsible suppliers globally, where feasible, prioritizing fair trade, organic, and ethical sourcing standards across our properties. We implement waste reduction programs across our properties.

We maintain annual, measurable targets for reducing energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and water use across our properties and portfolio, and we track performance against these targets through our environmental management processes.

Energy and carbon

We use many approaches to strive for improved energy efficiency in our operations and reduced carbon emissions. These include behavioural changes, which we facilitate through team member training and guest education, and facility adaptations such as technological upgrades and equipment maintenance.

Waste management

Four Seasons works to cut waste across our operations – from avoiding single-use plastics to adopting innovative ways to reduce food waste. We use an array of approaches, including prioritizing working with waste-conscious suppliers where feasible, and engaging team members in the quest for ongoing improvement.

Diversion from landfill 

We have been rolling out recycling and organic waste diversion programs in properties around the world for years. Although this work proceeds at different rates because local infrastructure and services vary, the majority of our properties worldwide divert waste from landfill as standard practice. Among other efforts, we’re striving to make recycling available in all guest rooms where local systems permit.

We are working globally to eliminate single-use plastics from the guest experience and our operations. To address this, Four Seasons properties collaborate with suppliers to cut unnecessary packaging and switch to reusable materials wherever possible.

In addition to reducing plastic waste in general, we aim to prevent harm to ecosystems, especially the extraordinary marine ecosystems that surround many of our hotels, resorts and residences.

Food waste

Programs to reduce food waste are active at all Four Seasons hotels and resorts. 

Our properties use technology to help identify, measure and track food waste. These tools provide insights that support more informed menu planning, purchasing decisions and waste reduction efforts.

All Four Seasons food and beverage team members are expected to complete our food waste training program and all staff are being engaged in our food waste reduction efforts, including through awareness-raising activities and events in team member dining areas.

Our teams continue to manage food-related waste streams, including by recycling cooking oil and donating excess edible food to those in need, where feasible.

Water conservation 

Four Seasons recognizes water as a precious shared resource. We’re committed to managing and reducing our water usage and to protecting the health of local water sources everywhere we operate.

Responsible sourcing

We have established responsible sourcing objectives that include environmental, social, and ethical considerations. Our Supplier Code of Conduct details our expectations for suppliers, including criteria on environmental protection, human rights, animal welfare and other factors.

Whenever possible, we prioritize connecting guests with locally made products from the communities where we operate.

CONNECTING TO THE ENVIRONMENT LOCALLY

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Across our global portfolio, we seek to build rich connections between our properties and the natural environment, deepening the relationships between beautiful local ecosystems and our guests, residents and team members.

We strive to do this in several ways:

Collaborating across our portfolio

The operational guidance provided to properties includes the following:

• Prioritizing the purchase of products that meet our responsible sourcing objectives, including environmental considerations; and
• Avoiding selling and using products with potentially harmful ingredients, such as certain chemical sunscreens

Engaging our guests and residents

Four Seasons properties offer residents and guests a range of opportunities to participate in local biodiversity initiatives. In addition to nurturing the local environment, these experiences provide a chance to learn from local experts about the habitats and ecosystems that surround the property – from mangroves to coral reefs to grassy dunes – and about the community efforts to protect them and help them thrive. Our activity clubs for children, Kids for All Seasons, often engage our youngest guests around these efforts.

Collaborating with specialists

We encourage properties to support and collaborate with local biodiversity conservation organizations. From pollinator protection initiatives to biodynamic farming projects to charities that focus on the preservation of specific landscapes and ecosystems, many Four Seasons properties around the world support people and organizations addressing specific biodiversity and conservation challenges.