Responsible Business - Let's take responsibility

Taking responsibility for the environment and local community has been an important part of the Rezidor Hotel Group broader commitment to sustainable development for many years. In 2001, this commitment was fortified and placed within the scope of a programme called Responsible Business (RB). Each hotel has a unique RB Action Plan covering areas such as community outreach, environmental improvement, employee well-being and health and safety. To read more about the RB programme, please go to Responsible Business. Our hotels are engaged with both local charity groups and the Rezidor Hotel Group corporate international charity organisation, the World Childhood Foundation. The mission of Childhood is to defend the rights of the child and to promote better living conditions for vulnerable and exploited children at risk all over the world.

When it comes to making the community a better place, this four-star hotel shines brighter than many other hotels. Copenhagen is a better place because of the charitable work that this hotel and other businesses do for this beautiful city. Here are some of the Responsible Business activities and achievements:

• All employees are fully trained in Fire and First Aid, as well as in operating a heart defibrillator.
• All employees are fully trained in Responsible Business within the first three months of employment.
• Responsible smoking policy: smoking only allowed outside the hotel and on two floors.

HEAM (Hotel Environment Activity Month):

2004: Service dog for handicapped (DKK 80.000)

2004: Supported UNICEF vaccination campaign in Laos (DKK 200.000)

2005: Supported the Danish Psychiatry Fund (DKK 50.000)

2005: Supported children with overweight problems (DKK 50.000)

2006: Helped integrate children of various ethnic backgrounds

2007: Supported the Childhood Foundation (DKK 65.000)

2008: Food for homeless, funds to Childhood Foundation

2009: Donation of Wii® to children's home, toys and clothes to Mother's Help, food for homeless, funds to Childhood Foundation

2010: Cinema event for local kindergartens, served food to homeless, funds to Childhood Foundation

2011: Brunch for breast cancer, cinema event for local kindergartens, food to homeless, wheel chair ramp for the Church of Deaf, funds to Childhood Foundation

• Discounted professional massage for employees
• Donation collections for the Childhood Foundation
• Exercise options to employees
• Food provision for the homeless twice a year
• Health Programme: All employees are offered free "Quit Smoking" courses
• Hired apprentices from the local council and unemployed
• Participation in the annual DHL 5 km race and Frederiksberg Night race 5 km
• Raised support for children in Pakistan through "Save The Children"
• Toy collection for the local orphanage
• Well-balanced daily fare at the canteen