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“ We ’ re also doing a lot in terms of plastic reduction . From November , we ’ re going to stop serving plastic straws in all Rotana facilities unless requested by guests and gradually replacing it with more eco straws . We are also stopping the use of plastic bottles in all our colleagues dining areas , collecting around 97,000 litres of frying oil and converting this to biodiesel ” states Zeidan .
“ Additionally , we are also working with Drinkable Air , where we challenged them to prepare a unit prototype producing drinkable water form air . We will be putting these in guest rooms at the end of this year with the aim of eliminating plastic water bottles .”
“ Among other achievements , 20 of our UAE hotels are ISO 14001 certified on the environmental management system , accounting for approximately 45 % of Rotana ’ s total operating hotels , we have reduced our energy consumption ( kwH / guest ) by 8.5 % and water ( cbm / guest ) by 21.5 % per guest from 2013 baseline , while in the kitchens we recycled 97,490 litres of cooking oil to biodiesel . Similarly , we have reduced general Waste ( kg / guest ) by 21 % from 2012 .
“ With workplace diversity and equal opportunities being among Rotana most integral values , it proudly employs 11,772 colleagues from 107 nationalities . “ To date , our colleagues have participated in 1,352 community engagement activities since 2012 , with 78,531 volunteering hours to the community . 2,740 colleagues have donated 812 litres of blood during 74 blood donations campaigns 64.4 % of our activities have supported health & well-being causes , 20.4 % environmental causes and 7 % supporting human rights issues .”
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