Hotel sustainability basics is centered around 12 fundamental but achievable criteria grouped into three areas. People, planet and efficiency. This video will focus on efficiency, important steps in taking a more robust approach to measuring and reducing energy, water, waste and carbon emissions, as well as giving examples of the evidence you will need to provide when applying to become a verified hotel. There are a total of four criteria that sit within the efficiency category. The first two of these are focused on measuring and reducing water and energy consumption, to make your hotel as efficient as possible. Providing evidence to fulfill these is threefold. You should provide information on monthly consumption, bills that support this information, and also send proof of a reduction plan with accomplished and planned actions. The third criterion is measure and reduce carbon emissions, and will support you in better understanding your carbon footprint and guidelines to lessen it. For verification, you will need to share your hotel carbon measurement initiative, HCMI result, a free tool for hotels to calculate the carbon footprint of stays and meetings. The final criteria in this area is identify and reduce waste, and focuses on minimizing the amount of waste generated by your organisation, and in turn, the impact you have on the environment. To prove this criteria is being actioned, you must identify and share examples of your biggest waste contributors, and develop a plan for tracking and reducing the amount of waste in your establishment. Remember, for those wanting to be verified as part of the hotel sustainability basics program, eight criteria from across the three areas need to be fulfilled in the first year, with all 12 criteria from across people, planet and efficiency in place by year three. Together, we can raise the sustainability standard in our industry.