At Lufthansa City Center, we want to emphasize the importance of sustainability in every area of life and business whenever we can. For this reason, setting a good example by also conducting the General Assembly 2025 in the most climate-friendly way possible is crucial to us.
We have chosen the Westin Dragonara resort as green key certified, blue flag certified and eco-certified sustainable hotel , applying own solar systems on their hotel rooftop already - all details see below..
In the preparation of the event, we we have turned every screw to minimize emissions as far as possible. Print materials and unnecessary production e.g. for non-digital giveaways were strongly narrowed down. We will use digital signages in all venues and offer an event app instead of any kind of print navigation. Any event material, such as agenda, participant and sponsor info are fully digitalised in our Event App with brochures and catalogues for download. All sponsors and DMC Partners are kindly asked to do the same - all players involved in this conference are required to rethink their resources, especially for booths and marketplace: Give-aways or printed material shall only be brought in limited numbers to reduce transport and avoid any waste.
All this is done while trying to save electricity, e.g. the stage will work with an LED wall instead of the usual energy-consuming projections.
For the needed materials, the Lufthansa City Center Headquarters used sustainable alternatives wherever possible: For example the notebook for the attendees is made out of apple leather - a material that recycles leftovers from industrial apple processing (peels etc.).
Nevertheless, a certain amount of CO2 emissions cannot be avoided at a conference of this size, due to the travel of participants, catering, accommodation and on-site activities. These unavoidable CO2 emissions will be fully offset this year through climate protection projects run by our partner Atmosfair.
Sustainability at Westin Dragonara Resort
We are proud to say that with the Westin Dragonara Resort we have chosen a location according to our high sustainability standards.
Green Key Certified
The Green Key certification is in itself aleading standard of excellence in the field of environmental responsibility and sustainable operation within the tourism industry. This prestigious eco-label represents acommitment by The Westin Dragonara Resort that the Hotel adheres to the strict criteria asstipulated by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE)
Blue Flag Certified
The iconic Blue Flag is one of the world’smost recognised voluntary eco-labels awarded to beaches, marinas, & sustainable boating tourism operators. In order to qualify for the Blue Flag, a series of stringent environmental, educational, safety, & accessibility criteria must be metand maintained.
Eco-Certified
The Westin Dragonara Resort is an Eco Certified Hotel. The eco certification is a voluntary scheme managed by the Malta Tourism Authority which recognizes hotels that show a tangible commitment towards the environment. Eco-certified hotels must comply with a detailed set of criteria.
Photovoltaic
A photovoltaic installation on the rooftop of The Westin Dragonara consists of 1,000 photo voltaic panels each of 365Wp capacity with eight invertors (total capacity 336kW) covering 3,100 square metres of the Hotel’s roof and generating approximately 15% of the typical annual electricity consumption of the hotel.