Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Hotel Storchen Zürich has a next-level sustainability program Reto Guntli and Agi Simoes If you visit Zürich, Switzerland, it's not a question of if your trip will be sustainable — it's how sustainable. In the Swiss financial capital, the recycling program is so ambitious that you need a user manual. At least one cooperative housing complex, which includes apartments and a hotel, requires guests to sign a no-car pledge.
At another resort on the Limmat River, there's even a secretive green team that ensures sustainability rules are being enforced. "Sustainability is part of everything we do," says Barbara Walther, a sustainability manager for Zürich Tourism, the city's tourism destination management organization. The city hopes to reach net zero for greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 .
Its main goals are reducing energy consumption and switching to environmentally friendly energy sources. Tourism officials say that their sustainability goes far beyond recycling. It includes a sweeping Zurich Takes Responsibility plan that encourages visitors to use environmentally friendly mass transit and subsidizes hotel partners to pursue sustainability certifications.
But these efforts look much different in practice than they do on paper. A Blueground rental apartment in Zürich, Switzerland. The rentals come with a recycling manual.
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