The Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) has recently published the 2019 Annual Report. The document displays the major developments, achievements and stories on both national and international level of all FEE programmes, including Green Key, that happened during the year 2019.

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Green Key celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2019 with another year of international growth, collaboration and new partnerships. Among the key highlights, Green Key signed new agreements and extended existing ones with three major hotel chains :

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest hotel franchising company, initiated a collaboration agreement with Green Key to support Wyndham’s sustainability efforts for their hotels in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Eurasia.
Green Key will play a prominent role in helping the NH Hotel Group achieve ambitious sustainability goals for their hotels around the world.
Radisson Hotel Group and Green Key renewed their agreement for another three years and expanded it to include hotels in the Asia-Pacific region.

The year of 2019 was also marked by several new corporate partnerships with Werner-Mertz, Ecolab, ACT.Global and Divello to promote sustainability in the hospitality industry through the companies’ innovative products.

Green Key also continued its relationships with many other valued corporate, institutional, web and NGO partners in 2019. Among others, Green Key International Director Finn Bolding Thomsen was present at the 50th Anniversary World Forum of the World Association for Hospitality and Tourism Education and Training (AMFORHT) to make presentations about Green Key and FEE.

Furthermore, Green Key initiated in 2019 a revision process of the criteria and explanatory notes for 2021-2025 to further strengthen the Green Key programme in the years to come.

Last but not least, the first Green Key establishments in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Brazil, Suriname, Colombia and Australia were awarded in 2019. With more than 3,200 Green Key awarded hospitality establishments in 65 countries, Green Key reiterates its support to the development of the Sustainable Development Goals through the tourism industry.

Likewise, all four FEE’s programmes, namely Blue Flag, YRE, Leaf and Eco-Schools are also displayed in the Annual Report that you can check out by clicking here.