Mandarin Oriental Launches MO*RE Sustainability Platform
The luxury hotel group unveiled a three-pillar sustainability framework built around resilience, reconnection, and regeneration.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Hotels
Mandarin Oriental has launched MO*RE, a sustainability platform built on three pillars: MO*Resilience, MO*Reconnection, and MO*Regeneration. The group says it reduced Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 30 per cent over the past 15 years.
Why it matters
The platform signals how a major luxury hospitality brand is organizing its environmental commitments across investment, design, operations, and guest experience. Its stated aim is to bring property emissions to net zero by 2050.
The company-reported figures show a 30 per cent cut in Scope 1 and 2 emissions over 15 years and more than 80,000 colleague volunteering hours. The announcement does not provide interim milestones toward its 2050 net-zero goal or external verification of the reductions.
The players
Mandarin Oriental
A luxury hotel group known for its high-end properties across Asia, Europe, and the Americas, which has pursued sustainability initiatives within its hospitality operations.
The details
MO*RE is organized around resilience, which identifies local climate risks at properties; reconnection, which integrates sustainability into family, culinary, and wellness programs; and regeneration, which invests in ecosystems, communities, skills, and living cultural heritage. The three pillars will shape group investment, development, design, operations, and guest experience.
Timeline
Past 15 years: Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduced by 30 per cent
2050: Target year for net-zero property emissions
Big Picture
The 2050 net-zero property target aligns the platform with the net-zero corporate target trend formalized by frameworks such as the Science Based Targets initiative. Luxury hospitality groups are increasingly adopting similar long-horizon commitments tied to measurable emissions baselines.
Travelers booking stays at Mandarin Oriental properties may encounter the group's sustainability initiatives in operations and guest programs, including its culinary and wellness offerings. Guests interested in these programs can review how individual properties present their local climate and cultural initiatives when planning stays.
The takeaway
Sustainability commitments in luxury travel are increasingly organized around named pillars and dated targets, giving guests and observers concrete benchmarks to track progress against over time.
Further reading
Explore more on Hotels and how major chains are approaching sustainable hospitality.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Boutique Hotel News.
