Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) in Singapore has reached a key sustainability milestone, with 100 per cent of hotel rooms across Sentosa island to achieve internationally-recognised hotel sustainability certifications by 2025.
These certifications will span over 4,100 rooms across 19 hotels, marking significant progress towards establishing Sentosa as a globally recognised sustainable destination.
In line with the Singapore Hotel Sustainability Roadmap target to have 60 per cent of hotel rooms certified to international sustainability standards by 2025, Sentosa has already exceeded this goal, with 82 per cent of its hotel rooms certified as of today – one year ahead of schedule. This sets a strong foundation for Sentosa to achieve the 100 per cent certification goal by 2025.
This milestone is part of Sentosa’s island-wide approach to sustainability, where SDC and its island partners have forged a collaborative ecosystem that drives the destination’s sustainability agenda.
A key initiative is the Sentosa Carbon Neutral Network (SCNN), Singapore’s first carbon neutrality-focused business alliance. Consisting of SDC and 32 Island Partners including 19 hotels, SCNN members collaborate to introduce decarbonisation projects, develop sustainable tourism capabilities and offerings and share best practices.
In May 2023, SDC implemented the Sentosa Disposables Policy in tandem with the Sentosa Playbook for Reducing Disposables which provides best practices for reducing disposables. All integrated resort, hotels and accommodations on Sentosa have complied with the policy.
As a result of the collective commitment towards decarbonisation efforts, Sentosa has reduced eight per cent of annual carbon emissions island wide despite rising visitorship, avoided 97,000 room nights’ worth of emissions annually through 5.2MWp of solar panels across 46 locations, and diverted 1,600 tonnes (46 per cent) of island waste from landfill through recycling and composting efforts.
In 2022, SDC was the first island destination in Asia to be conferred the GSTC – For Destinations (GSTC-D) certification – this certification, together with the new milestone, reflects Sentosa’s dedication to advancing as a sustainable tourism destination and reinforces its alignment with GSTC’s global standards.
