Initiative eco-responsable et RSE

🔌 Halles Metro received their 8th consecutive ISO 50 001 certification for energy performance from AFNOR in November. Since first certified in 2015, the network of 99 stores has reduced energy consumption and carbon footprint, installing LED lighting and optimizing heating systems. Future plans include further solarization, real-time energy management tools, and a new energy policy to reinforce the commitment of the executive committee (Comex).

📈 On November 4, 2024, E2C France Network and KFC France renewed their partnership agreement, originally initiated in 2022, to bolster impactful actions for trainees and territories. The collaboration resulted in 36 E2C schools connecting with 63 KFC restaurants, more than half of KFC franchisees committing to the initiative in 2024, 621 job-related actions such as internships, job presentations, and restaurant visits, and nearly 50 employment contracts signed, including 31 permanent positions (CDIs).

🏨 B&B Hotels plans 48 hotel openings in Europe in 2024, including 38 takeovers and 10 new constructions. Recent launches in Frankfurt-Oder, Hagen, Idar-Oberstein, St. Pölten, Aalborg, and Warsaw expand its presence in Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, and Poland. December will see new establishments in Wismar, Bruchsal-Karlsdorf, and Kalisz, part of a strategy with nearly 60 lease contracts signed for 2024. A particular focus on sustainability and social responsibility is emphasized. Aalborg's new hotel in Denmark opened on November 21, 2024, featuring 101 rooms.

🏡 Located 1h45 from Paris in Neubourg Plateau, Normandy, Ryokan Namo is a unique eco-friendly Japanese inn offering cultural immersion and serenity. The establishment features bioclimatic architecture, solar heating, rainwater harvesting, and phytoremediation, minimizing environmental impact. It includes 8 rooms, meditation lounges, a Zen garden, an ecological pond, and is designed with natural materials like straw, wood, and cork for tranquility and introspection.

📍 Sud Tourisme Nouvelle-Calédonie launched 360 Smart Travel, an integrated travel solution developed with Antidots. The platform offers a simplified, complete booking experience for transport, accommodation, activities, and dining with a single payment. Over 250 pages of ideas are presented to streamline the planning process for South Province's highlights. The initiative aims to digitally transform and professionalize the local tourism sector, enhancing the destination's economic development.

📊 Since 2018, the Observatoire de l’Immobilier Durable (OID) has published an annual Barometer of Responsible Real Estate, in partnership with the Institut de l’Épargne Immobilière et Foncière (IEIF). The 2023 edition registered 85 contributions and aimed to analyze ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) advancements within the real estate value chain, covering asset managers, institutional investors, listed real estate companies, developers, financiers, and social landlords.

🍽 Anne-Sophie Pic, the world's most decorated female chef, is extending her creative partnership with Dior, inaugurating a Café Dior in Tokyo's Ginza district on December 11, 2024, and another in Chengdu, China, from December 22, 2024. This follows the 2023 opening of Café Dior by Anne-Sophie Pic in Osaka. Pic's cuisine, inspired by Dior's archives and Christian Dior's epicureanism, features elegant dishes based on the oval shape, an iconic Dior emblem from the 30 Montaigne history.

🍽 After a notable inauguration in 2023, the pop-up restaurant Ducasse in AlUla, led by acclaimed French chef Alain Ducasse, returns for a new season. The reopening is part of the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) and the French Agency for AlUla Development (AFALULA)'s ambitious development strategy, enhancing the local culinary offerings. Executive Chef Théophile Bourgeois and Dining Room Director Michel Lang, in collaboration with Ducasse, showcase local products through French culinary techniques, reflecting a blend of local flavors and French culinary art, and contributing to AlUla's sustainable development and natural heritage preservation.

🏦 CCI Dordogne and CCI Corse partner to create a School of Tourism, Events, and Hospitality in Ajaccio. The École de Savignac, known for managerial training in hospitality, tourism, and events, announces a strategic partnership for this school, located at the Palais des Congrès d’Ajaccio. This marks Savignac's brand expansion, following a recent modernization including a new website and logo. The school's opening is scheduled for September 2025.

🏖️ DéfisMed organizes an event "Vers un écotourisme nouvelle génération" in Cannes on December 13, 2024, partnering with Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The seminar takes place at Eden**** hotel, with a gala evening at Martinez***** hotel. The event features the upcoming Mois de l’Écotourisme Euroméditerranéen Territorial (MEET) in October 2025, highlighting 100 ecotourism initiatives by young videographers and launches Breen TV, a youth-designed participatory streaming platform dedicated to ecotourism. Discussions include mobilizing local stakeholders for greener tourism and the role of civil society and participatory digital tools like Breen TV.