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Sustainability InterContinental Cartagena de Indias

We recognize the significance of sustainability to both you and us. That’s why we strive to ensure that your stay at our hotel reflects our shared good practices and values. Our hotels all utilize the IHG Green Engage system, an innovative online environmental responsibility system that empowers our hotels to gauge and regulate their ecological impact. Through the utilization of smart design and innovative systems, we are aware that every action we take plays a significant role in supporting our planet.

At InterContinental Cartagena, we are fully committed to sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), implementing various actions to achieve them, including:

“One of the most important things within the gastronomic offer in hotels will always be respect for the environment and sensitivity to our surroundings. This includes everything from the search for sustainable products to the end of the process with an adequate waste management program.”

-Chef Juan Jiménez
Hotel InterContinental Cartagena

Waste segregation:

In our production areas, we carefully segregate the waste we generate, which is later collected by the Cartagena Recycling Corporation (Coreca), a charitable organization of recyclers that serves as a foundation, supporting and enhancing the quality of life of its members, families, and communities while also offering an environmental solution for the city.

Collection of used oils:

In our kitchen, we collect and deliver used oils for recycling and to allow their proper integration into new production processes, ensuring appropriate final disposal.

Our own vegetable garden:

We meticulously cultivate aromatic herbs and sprouts that we incorporate into our dishes at Kanuú.

We are the first hotel in the region to adopt more sustainable
practices with the environment.

Carbon Footprint Reduction:

The Intercontinental Hotel in Cartagena leads the way in promoting energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions through the Veolia monitoring, savings, and energy efficiency project. This project involves the automation, monitoring, and control of the hotel’s room air conditioning system, through an intelligent energy efficiency system, which replaces the old air conditioning system of the 287 rooms with their 314 thermostats. This allows us to automate the Set Point temperature and achieve energy savings by determining whether a room is occupied, unoccupied, sold occupied, or sold unoccupied.