Melia Purosani green globe certified

Melia Purosani green globe certified

Melia Purosani hotel on Jl. Suryotomo was declared Green Globe Certified last week after an independent auditor from Australia, Richelen and Associates, conducted an assessment on the hotel's commitment to operating to the world's highest environmental standards.

According to Richard Hooper of Richelen and Associates, Melia Purosani is the first hotel outside Bali that has been thus certified this year.

Nationally, it is the fourth Green Globe Certified hotel after Bali Intercontinental and Bali Hilton hotels, and Bali Tourism Development Center in Nusa Dua.

"Of course, this is not an instant achievement for us," Melia Purosani Green Globe team leader Dwijo Harjadi said about the certification, adding that before achieving the current status it had to struggle for Green Globe Affiliate and Green Globe Benchmarked status first, which it obtained in May and June, respectively.

Green Globe Certified status is the highest status issued by the Green Globe 21, an international certification program for sustainable travel and tourism. Green Globe 21 provides a certification system that responds directly to the planet's major environmental problems, including the greenhouse effect, overuse of freshwater resources, destruction of biodiversity, production of solid and biological waste and social issues. -- JP