Challenge

Food waste at breakfast is a universal problem for hotels worldwide.

Solution

In August, Hilton, Winnow, ne’ma and UNEP West Asia combined to launch the Green Breakfast Initiative ahead of COP 28 with an ambitious target: to halve food waste in breakfast at 13 UAE hotels in just four months.

Result

Thanks to the amazing efforts of partners and team members this pioneering pilot programme achieved a 62% reduction in pre- and post- consumer food waste – which would equate to serving over 400,000 meals and preventing almost 726 tonnes of Co2e emissions across a year.