+43 1 211 50 0Eco-friendly living at the Schick Hotels
The Schick Hotels have the Austrian eco-label for tourism
With the application for the Austrian eco-label Dr. Martin Schick and his team wanted to set an example to show that they take their responsibility for the environment seriously and that they constantly strive to achieve improvements in all areas in order to preserve a beautiful and healthy natural environment for future generations.
Since 2013, all five Schick Hotels have held the Austrian Eco-Label for tourism companies. 2022 the assessment for extending this certification brought with it new guidelines. Every one of the over 200 “must have” and “ought to have” points had to be checked scrupulously and the environmental concepts had to be reworked for each individual hotel. In spring 2022 the assessment of Hotel Stefanie has been passed successfully, the other Schick Hotels folowed step by step and all were awarded the Eco-Label from the Austrian Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management for another four years.
During refurbishments the Schick Hotels had already focused on quality and sustainability in the cooperation with all suppliers. 2022 again we were pleased to see that most of the required criteria had already been fulfilled or were easy to change. Especially mentioned: the purchase of fair trade and organic products and products by local suppliers, as well as the part of energy consumption.
A sign for the environment
In recent years, many points from the environmental program we took on ourselves were “checked off.” Further improvements followed or were incorporated in our action programme in order to consider them with future investments.
Find here some points that have been changed in preparation for the eco-label 2022:
- In addition to purchasing 100% free-range eggs, egg products have also to contain eggs from hens living free on the floor.
- Expansion of purchasing organic products, e.g. Organic yoghurt at the breakfast buffet.
- Special attention when ording seasonal fruits and vegetables.
- Service station for electric cars at Hotel Stefanie.
- Replacement of the last 10% light bulbs with LED lamps
- 100% electricity from renewable energy.
- Installation of flow controllers in the taps
- More reducing print forms via the use of recyclable USB sticks and more focus on digital advertisment.
- Extended sponsoring of the Arche Noah foundation for crop diversity
Austrian eco-label for tourism
The Austrian eco-label for tourism is a quality seal for high ecological standards, quality and social engagement and has been standing for high quality of living and environment since 1990. It is valid for four years and is checked by an independent report. It is only given to hotels that not only meet the comprehensive ecological criteria but also various other requirements like appropriate usage or quality. The guidelines are constantly updated in order to sustainably guarantee high quality standards.
The test involves the following areas:
- Environmental management & communication
- Energy
- Water
- Waste
- Air & noise
- Office & print
- Cleaning, chemicals, hygiene
- Building & facilities
- Food & kitchen
- Traffic & mobility
- Ourdoor & landscape
