Beyond Green Highlights 2025 Developments In Sustainable Tourism

Adds New Members In 2025

Beyond Green concluded 2025 with expanded industry participation, a broader operational scope, and reported progress across its member hotel portfolio. During the year, the organisation participated in global climate and equity discussions as Lead Accommodations Partner in the Travel Foundation’s Where Next? campaign, integrated consulting services into its structure, and continued to add member properties in multiple regions. Member hotels reported initiatives related to environmental conservation and community engagement, including ecosystem restoration and cultural heritage preservation.

Through its involvement in the Travel Foundation’s Where Next? campaign, Beyond Green contributed hospitality sector perspectives and case examples from member properties to a global consultation process. The process informed the Global Action Agenda for Tourism’s Climate Transition report, which was presented at COP30 in Brazil. Nina Boys will serve on the Where Next? advisory board, representing Beyond Green as the campaign transitions from consultation to implementation.
 
Nina Boys, Vice President, Beyond Green said, “Coordinated, collective action is critical to tourism’s climate transition, and we need more real-life examples of impactful leadership done right. Beyond Green is proud to partner on this global campaign and to share the inspiring stories and perspectives of our member hotels who are using hospitality to move the needle on climate action in local communities and destinations around the world – while bringing travellers along on the journey.”  
 
In 2025, Beyond Green expanded its scope to formally incorporate Beyond Green Consulting alongside its portfolio of member properties. The unified structure is intended to strengthen the organization’s capacity to support destinations, hospitality companies, governments, and mission-aligned organizations in developing and implementing sustainable tourism strategies. Led by Nina Boys, Beyond Green Consulting (formerly Beyond Green Travel) provides advisory services beyond the accommodations sector, offering strategic guidance on experience design, communications, and framework development aimed at generating social and environmental benefits.

During the same year, Beyond Green introduced an urban adaptation of its inspection criteria to better reflect the operational context and sustainability considerations of city-based properties, a segment that has grown within its portfolio. The organization also added more than 20 new hotel members globally in 2025. According to the brand, these properties contribute to environmental management, cultural heritage preservation, and community-focused initiatives as part of their operations.

Casa di Langa (Cerretto Langhe, Italy): 
From its location in the foothills of the Italian Alps, Casa di Langa advanced its long-term biodiversity strategy with the installation of ten beehives in its onsite truffle forest, developed in partnership with a local beekeeper and now fully operational. The introduction of native Piedmontese bees is already enhancing pollination across the property’s forests, orchards, gardens, and vineyards, supporting wildflower regeneration, strengthening habitat quality, and contributing to healthier soils and microbial diversity that influence the region’s terroir. 

Early results show increased pollination coverage and continued progress toward regenerative landscaping, with onsite compost now supplying 15 percent of soil nutrients. As the colonies mature, Casa di Langa will integrate the hives into guest education and culinary programming, including the use of estate-harvested honey at Fàula Restaurant.

Inn By The Sea (Cape Elizabeth, Maine, US): 
Situated on Maine’s picturesque coastline, Inn by the Sea continues to develop its sustainable hospitality strategy through measurable, high-impact initiatives that protect local ecosystems and reduce waste. In 2025, the property sourced 100 per cent of its energy from a nearby solar farm, drawing roughly 7,000 kWh each month and avoiding more than 5.8 tons of CO₂ emissions. A shift to refillable glass water bottles has eliminated approximately 24,000 single-use plastic bottles annually, while an ambitious composting initiative diverts nearly 60,000 pounds of waste from landfills every year. Through its “plant-a-tree” commitment, the Inn added approximately 6,000 trees to the landscape annually, capturing an estimated 60–140 metric tons of CO₂ once the trees reach maturity. 

Beyond environmental stewardship, Inn By The Sea also invests deeply in its community, contributing USD 269,000 this year in support through donations, volunteer efforts, educational initiatives, and guest-engaged fundraising.

Post Ranch Inn (Big Sur, California, US): 
Perched along the dramatic cliffs of Big Sur, Post Ranch Inn strengthened its longstanding commitment to community and ecological stewardship through expanded partnerships with regenerative and organic farms. Collaborations include a certified-organic grower cultivating more than 300 heirloom vegetables and herbs, and Regenerative California’s “Regenerate 68!” Farm, where 12 acres are being developed for Post Ranch Inn and local restaurant partners. 

Early harvests from these partnerships will integrate into Sierra Mar’s menus in 2026, providing consistent, locally sourced regenerative produce that enhances flavour while supporting soil health, biodiversity, and the resilience of the Central Coast foodshed. These efforts illustrate how targeted investment in sustainable agriculture can deliver tangible environmental benefits while enriching the guest experience.

The Leela Palace Udaipur (Udaipur, India): 
A palatial escape on the banks of the serene Lake Pichola, The Leela Palace Udaipur deepened its dedication to cultural and environmental conservation with the launch of The Ingredient Trail in 2025. The experience connects guests with local farmers, traditional cooking practices, and seasonal produce, celebrating low-impact sourcing and preserving culinary heritage. Guided foraging walks and open-air cooking sessions culminate in an outdoor baithak, where menus crafted from the day’s harvest highlight local biodiversity and cultural traditions.

The Palms Hotel & Spa (Miami Beach, Florida, US): 
From its oceanfront location, The Palms Hotel & Spa continued to advance its commitment to the environment through its “Inspired by Nature” program, a comprehensive sustainability framework guiding the property since 2010. In 2025, the hotel expanded waste-reduction and circularity initiatives with measurable impact: 2,500 wooden key cards were reused, replacing single-use alternatives; 35,000 disposable tasting spoons were eliminated through a shift to reusables; and over 11,000 glass bottles were diverted from landfill through enhanced recycling systems.

Additionally, the hotel’s composting program has redirected more than 82,000 pounds of organic waste since late 2024, supporting soil restoration and reducing methane emissions.

The Ranch at Laguna Beach (Laguna Beach, California, US):

Set in Southern California's coastal canyons, The Ranch at Laguna Beach has continued to advance its leadership in sustainable hospitality with tangible, high-impact initiatives that protect local ecosystems and reduce waste. This year, the resort composted 19,840 pounds of food waste, preventing methane emissions and nourishing its onsite garden. 

By transitioning to wooden room keys, The Ranch at Laguna Beach eliminated an estimated 40,000 plastic key cards from the waste stream, while its innovative Bottles to Bunkers program crushed more than 116,000 glass bottles, repurposing the equivalent of 58 tons of sand, or up to four dump trucks’ worth, for use in golf course bunkers. 

Through property-wide water refill stations, the resort prevented over 150,000 single-use plastic bottles, and an additional 141,600 bottles were avoided by switching to aluminium alternatives. This commitment extends beyond the property line: through the Adopt a Channel Program, staff volunteers removed 849 pounds of ocean-bound debris, reinforcing the resort’s mission to protect both the coastline and the community it calls home.

Vermejo, a Ted Turner Reserve (Raton, New Mexico, US):  
Spanning more than 550,000 acres along the New Mexico–Colorado border, Vermejo, a Ted Turner Reserve, continued its leadership in large landscape conservation with a major milestone in the restoration of native Rio Grande cutthroat trout. In 2025, the property completed a significant stream restoration project funded, in part, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, removing one of the last man made barriers that restricted fish movement throughout the Costilla basin. Four more migration barriers remain in the watershed, and all are scheduled to be removed over the next few years. By replacing this outdated culverted road crossing with an open bottom structure that mimics natural streambeds, Vermejo has reopened critical habitat and enabled all life stages of the species to move freely across the Costilla Creek. This work advances the long term goal of establishing the largest metapopulation of Rio Grande cutthroat trout within its historic range – a vision that has been steadily progressing since non native fish were removed in 2016. 

Today, biologists and anglers are witnessing the return of natural migratory behaviours, with trout traveling miles upstream each spring to spawn while resident populations thrive year round. The project reflects Vermejo’s commitment to restoring ecological integrity at scale and demonstrates how thoughtful stewardship can revive native species and strengthen the resilience of an entire ecosystem.