After this, monitoring and implementation of the environment program was overseen on a voluntary basis by the hotel's financial controller. It was his personal enthusiasm which drove much of the program. With his recent departure to another hotel in the SPHC chain, much of the corporate memory about the environmental program has gone along with him. CEM has been called back to help the Environment Committee extend its role from environmental training to playing a bigger part in overseeing the program, including monitoring. According to the study by the NSW branch of the Australian Hotels Association, most hotels have generally run their environmental programs on a voluntary basis.
All new staff receive basic training in environmental principles.
The Strategy is regarded as dynamic and ongoing. It will be updated as new ideas are developed through the Environmental Education Strategy. A 'Green Corner' has been suggested for the Parkroyal's staff magazine, highlighting and making staff aware of new environmental initiatives. The audit identified a number of larger items which were dependent on refurbishment or future conversion when equipment became due for replacement. The study by the NSW branch of the Australian Hotels Association has found that most hotel owners are reluctant to outlay capital on environmental conversions until it is time to refurbish.