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Multinational Hotel Chains Take Action to Reduce Plastic Waste

Jim Riley

30th August 2019

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A good example here of a multinational business responding to changes in its external environment - in this case the growing consumer backlash against plastic waste.

Following on from similar action by IHG (another global hotel operator) Marriott, the world's largest hotel chain, is eliminating travel-sized toiletries to reduce plastic waste by nearly a third.

"This is a journey which does not have a final destination," CEO Arne Sorenson says, in this useful video interview, of the company's sustainability goals

Marriott to eliminate mini-toiletries from its hotels
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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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