Accor Unveils 2026-2030 Sustainability Roadmap
The Hosting Change plan spans more than 5,800 hotels in 110 countries across 45 brands.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Hotels
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Accor has unveiled Hosting Change, its 2026-2030 sustainability roadmap covering future-proof operations, guest experience, talent development, and ecosystem engagement. The plan centers on carbon emissions reduction, food waste minimization, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and eco-certification.
Why it matters
The strategy ties sustainability to business goals rather than treating them as competing priorities. Energy and water costs make up about 7% of hotel operating expenses, a figure the company cites as a financial case for owners to act.
Accor reported a 5.2% reduction in water intensity across its network in 2025, and more than 73% of its largest corporate clients require ESG criteria when selecting hotel partners. Energy and water costs represent roughly 7% of annual hotel operating expenses, and the source does not detail how these figures will be tracked against the roadmap's 2030 targets.
The players
Accor
Accor is a global hospitality group operating hotel brands across dozens of countries, and it has pursued sustainability initiatives for roughly 40 years.
Coline Pont
Coline Pont is Accor's Chief Sustainability Officer, who returned to the role in 2025.
The details
Accor will embed sustainability into the guest experience rather than presenting it as a standalone feature, and its School for Change program, rolled out since 2022, trains employees to integrate these practices into daily operations. The company also committed to 35% plant-forward dishes by 2030 while keeping meat options, and has eliminated more than 50 types of single-use items since beginning to phase out plastics in 2019.
Timeline
2019: Accor began phasing out single-use plastics.
2022: The School for Change program was rolled out.
2025: Water intensity was reduced by 5.2% across the network.
2026-2030: The Hosting Change sustainability roadmap period.
2030: Target date for 35% plant-forward dishes.
Roadmap
Accor's plan responds to the fact that more than 73% of its largest corporate clients now require ESG criteria when choosing hotel partners. The roadmap extends a sustainability program the company has pursued for about 40 years into a defined set of 2026-2030 commitments.
Travelers booking Accor-branded hotels may see sustainability practices woven into everyday service rather than presented as separate options. Those choosing hotels can look to the group's stated 2030 targets, such as plant-forward dishes, as indicators of how the brands may operate over the coming years.
The takeaway
Hotel brands are increasingly tying sustainability to operating costs and client requirements, so travelers may notice these practices shape their stays. Checking a hotel group's published sustainability commitments can help set expectations about how properties are run.
Further reading
For more on how major hotel groups are approaching operations and guest experience, explore the Hotels section.
Source note: This article includes information reported by RocketNews.
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