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1. WILD ASIA RESPONSIBLE TOURISM FORUM
19th OCTOBER 2012
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY &
SUSTAINABILITY AT JETWING
by Ishanth Gunawardene
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2. JETWING
• Close to 40 years in the hospitality industry
• A portfolio of over 10 properties within the island of Sri Lanka.
Also present in New Zealand, Laos, and in Vietnam.
• First to introduce the Naturalist concept at our properties.
• A strong belief in practicing responsible tourism with the
Jetwing Eternal Earth Programme (J.E.E.P), under which all our
initiatives fall.
• Recognised at the Sri Lanka Energy Efficiency Awards for two
years running, as well as at the PATA Gold Awards.
• The recently launched JEEP website –
www.jetwingeternalearthprogramme.com aims to showcase
such initiatives undertaken by Jetwing over the years
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3. THE JETWING ETERNAL EARTH
PROGRAMME (J.E.E.P)
Objective: to educate the next generation on the importance of sustainable practices, as well
as to provide direction for all projects and undertakings of Jetwing
Four areas:
Community Outreach Initiatives
Ongoing programmes initiated to assist surrounding communities
Sustainability
Energy saving initiatives implemented as best methods of practice to 'Green' Jetwing Hotels
Eco Projects
Special operations undertaken in the field of conservation
Humanitarian Programmes
Projects undertaken by each hotel on day to day basis to assist the neighbouring communities
• The recently launched JEEP website – www.jetwingeternalearthprogramme.com aims to
showcase such initiatives undertaken by Jetwing over the years
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4. TUK TUK! A TAXI SERVICE
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY
• Introduced at Jetwing Lighthouse, to foster mutually beneficial
relationships with trishaw drivers in the area
• Opened dialogues to educate and train on benefits of polite
service
• 46 registered vehicles and drivers
• PATA Gold Award winner in 2005
• Recreating success at Jetwing Era Beach, began in May 2012
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5. A SWIMMING POOL
FOR THE COMMUNITY
•The Community Pool was established in 2008; where the
land, construction and maintenance of the pool and facility is
by Jetwing Lighthouse
•Open exclusively for the use of school children during
daytime hours, free of charge.
•Training programmes are conducted regularly for the
community.
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6. JETWING YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
(J.Y.D.P.)
• Bridging the gap between the unskilled and the skilled and
equipping them for employment
• Began at Jetwing Vil Uyana, with 30 employed within
Jetwing from first two batches
• At present, 14 associates undergoing training at Jetwing
Vil Uyana, and 30 associates from Negombo to be
employed at Jetwing Lagoon
• Winner of the 2007 PATA Grand Award in the Education &
Training category
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7. TREES FOR LIFE
• Contributes towards minimizing climate change and its
effects for the benefit of the mankind
• An ‘afforestation’ programme undertaken adjacent to St.
Anne’s Church, Talawila in North-west Sri Lanka
• Conduct educational and awareness programmes for school
children on good ‘Earth Saving Practices’ (ESPs)
• First phase at Hunnasgiriya – Over 3000 trees planted
• Second phase at Talawila – 549 trees contributed in total
since January 2012 with further expansion planned at site in
Galle.
• PATA Gold Award winner in 2009 for Corporate
Environmental Programme
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8. EARTH HOUR
31ST MARCH 2012
• On the 31st March 2012, Jetwing Hotels were the first Sri Lankan hotel chain to switch off for Earth
Hour; a global initiative that aims to raise awareness on tackling climate change.
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9. WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
05th JUNE 2012
Negombo: Interschool competition on creating exhibits from
discarded waste material
Sigiriya: Human Elephant Conflict awareness programme
Galle: Beach clean-up and tree planting programme
Nuwara Eliya: World Environment Day walk with 500 school
children
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10. WORLD TOURISM DAY
27TH SEPTEMBER 2012
• Jetwing St. Andrews in collaboration with Switch Asia conducted an educational training and
development workshop on tourism and sustainable energy for hoteliers in Nuwara Eliya.
• Jetwing Vil Uyana conducted a clean-up of the Sigiriya Rock Fortress in association with
personnel from the Sigiriya Air Force.
• At Negombo, associates from Jetwing Beach, Jetwing Blue, Jetwing Sea, Jetwing Ayurveda
Pavilions and Jetwing Lagoon were involved in a clean-up of the beach premises and Negombo
town together with the Negombo Hoteliers association.
• Jetwing Lighthouse held a Sri Lankan cultural show and did a tree planting programme involving
associates and hotel guests.
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11. SUSTAINABILITY
AT JETWING HOTELS
Objective - To ensure that all hotels attain high standards of environmental custodianship in both
front-end and back-end processes.
• Jetwing Hotels has initiated a process of compiling Green
Directories.
• The procedures are standardized and each hotel has to
identify its performance.
• Internal audits are carried out monthly at each hotel with an
annual external audit to measure and track performance.
• The Green Directories also allow for transparency.
• Jetwing Sea wins PATA Gold Award in 2012
• Jetwing Vil Uyana wins 2012 HICAP Awards under
Sustainable Project Design Category.
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12. DID YOU KNOW?
that Jetwing Yala (due to open in 2013)
will aim to reduce its carbon emissions we have reduced our energy
further by increasing the capacity of the consumption by 40% by using
solar plate-vaulting system? LED TVs instead of plasma, LCD
and/or traditional CRT TVs?
the wastewater we
generate is recycled and
used to water our Hot water at our hotels is
gardens? sustainably generated through
solar power and biomass
boilers?
we disinfect our swimming
pools using a saltwater
chlorinator rather than that Jetwing Lagoon are Sri Lanka’s first hotel
hazardous granular chlorine? where air-conditioning requirements generated
sustainably through an absorption chiller run
on steam generated from a biomass-fired
boiler?
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13. AYUBOWAN
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