Because BlueBay Means Green… World Environment Day

Grupo BlueBay works to contribute to sustainable development and protect the natural resources of our environment. We promote awareness, training and dissemination of good environmental practices among our guests, suppliers and employees. The goal is to instill a sense of energy and water savings. We have been successful in a way that this activity is carried into the homes of our employees.

BlueBay has introduced techniques and put processes in place to ensure the survival of the ecosystems that coexist with the hotels. It is a unique symbiosis that covers these places with beauty.

Waste Reduction and Recycling. Our hotels are carrying out a program of separation and recycling of solid waste and used oil. They also develope children’s education programs that promote care for and an awareness of the importance of nature, as the famous contests “Arts in recycling”.

Saving natural resources, water and energy.

• Energy saving systems in rooms, with a magnetic switch that automatically turns off the power, and sensors for automatic shutdown of air conditioning systems in the case of open windows and terraces.
• In some of our hotels, sewages are being taking care of at treatment plants, where the residual solids are treated with polymers so that they are used as fertilizer on landscaped areas while water is used in the irrigation system (see picture#1).
• Monitoring of leakage control and efficient use of water and energy.
• Installing toilets with savings system and low-flow toilets and saving system in the dumps.
• Turning off lights, closing refrigerators or cold rooms to prevent leakage of energy in the kitchen and switching the grill plate off when not in use, in addition to ongoing maintenance of the burners of the stove to prevent further gas consumption. Repairing plumbing leaks and review of the pipe system.
• Use of energy saving lamps, lighting using white light energy-saving bulbs and energy-saving LED systems.
• Involvement of customers through energy saving recommendations respecting the established speed limits, use of biodegradable tanning materials and the proper use of towels.

Reduction of pollution and emissions of CO₂. Application of the use of biodegradable chemicals, thus avoiding chemical contamination of the environment.

Special treatments for flora and fauna:

• Cultivation and regeneration of native flora of each region and country.
• Conservation programs for plants, such as mangroves, and wildlife, such as sea turtles. The Marine Turtle Protection Project, implemented by the BelleVue Beach Paradise hotel in Cancun, has earned it the prize Zofemat (Federal Maritime and Terrestrial Zone) for preserving biodiversity.