Responsible Business

Socially and Environmentally Responsible Lodging in Warsaw
Taking responsibility for the environment and local community has been an important part of the broader commitment of the Rezidor Hotel Group to achieve sustainable development for many years. In 2001, this commitment was fortified and placed within the scope of a programme called Responsible Business. Each hotel has a unique RB Action Plan covering areas such as community outreach, environmental improvement, employee well-being and health and safety.

The hotels are engaged with both local charity groups and the corporate international charity organisation of the Rezidor Hotel Group, the World Childhood Foundation. The mission of Childhood is to defend the rights of the child and to promote better living conditions for vulnerable and exploited children at risk all over the world.

This Five-Star Lodging in Warsaw promotes Responsible Business Activities, 2002 – 2006:
The Radisson Blu Centrum Hotel participated in a host of local activities, promoting a socially and environmentally responsible business in Warsaw.

• The hotel has a yearly tradition of sponsoring summer picnics and Christmas lunches for Special School no 99, an organization for disabled children.
• A Swedish Pine was planted in the garden of a primary school adjacent to the hotel.
• The hotel actively participates in a clean-up campaign. The hotel teams up with students of the adjacent school to keep the area free of litter.
• The hotel supports the neighbouring school’s environmental education program by sponsoring a garbage-sorting container.
• The hotel cooperated with Clean up the World foundation, by promoting and participating in joint auctions and catering events, and by providing a press conference venue.
• The hotel management collected and donated used clothes and toys to the local orphanage house.
• The hotel participated in Warsaw Destination Alliance activities.
• This hotel is among the first ones to implement the "CO2 zero emissions conference package". This is the first conference package involving eco-awareness while organizing conferences, meetings and banquets, while minimizing CO2 emissions linked to the event organization.
• The hotel participates in the Earth Hour event by promoting energy saving actions among guests and staff.
• The hotel team renovated one training room in Victims of Violence, at the family centre located in Warsaw.
• The hotel supports Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) and Marek Kaminski Foundation by promoting their activities among guests and staff.
• The hotel cooperates with "Make a Wish Foundation" by giving rooms to kids travelling to Warsaw.

As a Responsible Business in Warsaw, the Radisson Blu Centrum Hotel promotes the following:

• Regular RB training for hotel employees.
• Garbage sorting at the hotel property.
• Bicycle parking spaces for employees and guests, to reduce fuel emissions.
• Promotes activities to save energy.
• Enforces and encourages towel replacement program.
• The hotel uses products provided by ecological food producers.