Climate Change Data

Dalata Hotel Group plc

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023, H1 2024)

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Decarbonisation
  • Energy-related emissions
  • Food waste
  • Water consumption
  • Supplier engagement
  • Workforce
  • Learning and development
  • Inclusion and diversity
  • Employee wellness
  • Community engagement

Environmental Achievements

  • 27% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions per room sold (2023 over 2019)
  • 13% reduction in water usage (2023 v. 2019)

Social Achievements

  • Positive indicators of company culture through employee engagement survey and third-party recognition (Investors in Diversity, Ibec KeepWell Mark (Ireland), and Workplace Wellbeing Charter (UK))
  • Detailed briefing from the social impact manager on the group's community engagement and charity support

Governance Achievements

  • Company prepared for compliance with CSRD reporting requirements

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Commit to SBTi (pending final building sector guidance)
Short-term Goals:
  • Achieve 15% reduction in water usage by 2026 (restated)

Environmental Challenges

  • Maintaining and promoting company culture as the group expands
  • Accurate measurement of food waste and absence of reliable benchmarks
  • CDP score dropped from B to C, below expectation
  • Pace of decarbonisation of the Irish grid hindering SBTi commitment without CPPAs
Mitigation Strategies
  • Management presentation on CSRD compliance and allocation of sufficient resources
  • Researching feasibility of committing to SBTi with three options presented
  • Investment in modern metering technology for accurate water usage data
  • Management working closely with suppliers and engaging hotel teams in waste segregation and measurement training
  • Review of 2026 food waste reduction target

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Engagement with suppliers to collate carbon emissions data
  • Close collaboration with suppliers on food waste reduction

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: CSRD

Awards & Recognition

  • Investors in Diversity
  • Ibec KeepWell Mark (Ireland)
  • Workplace Wellbeing Charter (UK)

Reporting Period: H1 2024

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Sustainability

Environmental Achievements

  • 29% reduction in Scope 1 & 2 carbon emissions per room sold achieved in H1 2024 versus H1 2019 (compared to a target of 20% reduction on 2019 full year levels by 2026)

Social Achievements

  • Maintaining strong employee engagement scores (H1 2024: 8.9, FY 2023: 8.9) and customer satisfaction scores (H1 2024: 85%, FY 2023: 84%)
  • Introduced a new customer experience training programme and courses through the Dalata Academy

Governance Achievements

  • Preparations to ensure alignment with the requirements of the CSRD are progressing well

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Await Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Building Sector guidance update, but our ambition is to align to 1.5 degree trajectory
Medium-term Goals:
  • Estimate further growth ambition of 6,500+ rooms

Environmental Challenges

  • Cost inflation
  • Softening of domestic customer spending in Ireland and the UK
  • Increased VAT rate in Ireland
  • Increased minimum wage rates in Ireland and the UK
  • Digestion of additional hotel rooms in Dublin
Mitigation Strategies
  • Efficiency gains and operational expertise
  • Innovation and efficiency projects
  • Reduced energy pricing
  • Proactively addressing inflationary pressures by rolling out new initiatives to drive efficiencies
  • Productivity increases

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: CRREM, BREEAM