Reductions equal to taking 572,000 cars off the road for a day...

Delta Chelsea Green Team members. Front row L to R - Stephanie Cooper, Barbara Brunetti, Carol Grant, Tracy Ford. Back row L to R - Michelle Leroux, Brian Benson, Jodi Kalbfleishch and Anne Lytle. Absent - Stephanie Saagi, Leslie Anderton and Eric Frenzel.

TORONTO, ON—Canada’s largest hotel, The Delta Chelsea in downtown Toronto, has offset an impressive 109 per cent of their annual carbon footprint as recognized by the LivClean Eco-Stay Program.

And with all of the environmental initiatives implemented by the hotel since 2005, the hotel has reduced emissions by 64 per cent.

For 2009, 7,845 tonnes of carbon offsets were purchased from emission reducing projects and the amount of carbon removed from the atmosphere is equal to removing 572,685 cars off the road for a day! (All of the contributions made by the Delta Chelsea Hotel have been certified by the Canadian Standards Association.)

On the Delta Chelsea’s behalf, LivClean invests in environmental projects around the world and specifically in Canada that remove, reduce and eliminate the creation of green house gases from the air.  

The LivClean Eco-Stay program asks each hotel guest to donate $1 plus GST upon check-out and all funds are sent back to LivClean to purchase carbon offsets on the hotel’s behalf. The hotel staff believes that carbon offsets will not only help in their quest to fight global warming, it will also enhance their pursuit of sustainable living. 

The Delta Chelsea has been at the forefront of hotel waste management and through the strong partnership with Turtle Island Recycling, it has exceeded both industry standards and municipal targets in landfill diversion.

While the City of Toronto set a target of 70 per cent diversion for 2010, the Delta Chelsea has actually diverted 84 per cent of the waste stream to recycling in 2009.  

The Delta Chelsea was selected as the winner of the 2008 Energy & Environment Award from the Hotel Association of Canada. It also has a Four Green Key ECOmmodation rating.

“As a business operating in a large community such as Toronto, the Delta Chelsea recognizes and respects its corporate social responsibility to make it a stronger and better place to live,” says Josef Ebner, regional vice-president and managing director of the hotel.

“As a quality organization, this is a key focus for our hotel and our company.  To that end, we will always consider the environment in our decision-making, striving to take action that will positively impact the environment and that will go beyond existing regulations and legislation,” he adds.