Responsible Business – Let’s take responsibility

Taking responsibility for the environment and local community has been an important part of the broader commitment of the Rezidor Hotel Group 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 visit www.responsiblebusiness.rezidor.com.

The hotels are engaged with both local charity groups and the Rezidor Hotel Group's 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.

Here are some of the Responsible Business activities and achievements of this hotel:

• The Radisson Blu Conference & Airport Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey works with TEMA (The Turkish Foundation of Combating Soil Erosion for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats) to plant trees and has received a certificate from TEMA for creating a small forest.
• Many staff members donated blood to KIZILAY (Turkish Red Cross).
• The hotel received a certificate of appreciation from the ULUSAL Company, which encourages recycling practices to save the environment from used oil.
• The hotel donates clothes for children and elderly people in need.
• The hotel organises seminars about health for employees, guests and neighbour schools in cooperation with local hospitals and universities.
• Staff at the Radisson Blu Conference & Airport Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey built a humanitarian bridge in Jan 2006 from Istanbul to Mardin and provided shawls and donation packages for children in need.