EarthCheck-Certified Hotels

For corporate travel programs operating across Asia-Pacific, EarthCheck certification has become one of the most defensible credentials to cite in a sustainability report. Built on scientific benchmarking and independently audited against criteria aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, EarthCheck gives sustainability officers a property-level dataset they can put in front of an auditor — energy intensity, water consumption, waste diversion, and community contribution, all measured year over year. If your organisation is filing under GRI, CDP, or the new ISSB standards, EarthCheck-certified accommodation is one of the cleanest Scope 3 business-travel data sources you can specify in policy.

What an ESG-certified hotel actually means

ESG certification for hotels isn't a marketing label — it's a third-party audit against a defined standard. The four schemes corporate travel teams encounter most frequently are:

• BREEAM — UK-origin building assessment covering energy, water, materials, and indoor environmental quality, common across European new-build and refurbished properties.
• LEED — US Green Building Council certification (Certified, Silver, Gold, Platinum) focused on building performance and operations.
• Green Key — FEE-operated eco-label widely adopted across European and Middle Eastern hotel groups, audited annually against 13 criteria areas.
• EarthCheck — Australia-headquartered scientific benchmarking and certification standard, dominant across APAC tourism and the preferred scheme for many Pacific corporate-travel programs.

For audit purposes, the relevant distinction is whether the certification covers operational performance (EarthCheck, Green Key) or building performance (BREEAM, LEED). Most mature corporate travel policies accept any of the four, provided the certificate is current.

Hotels and chains that meet the bar

EarthCheck certifies at three tiers — Silver (initial certification after one year of benchmarked data), Gold (five consecutive years of certification), and Platinum (ten or more consecutive years). The tier matters: a Platinum property has a decade of audited operational data, which is materially stronger evidence than a first-year certificate.

Notable EarthCheck-certified portfolios include:

• Crown Resorts (Australia) — Crown Melbourne and Crown Perth hold EarthCheck Gold certification, with multi-year benchmarked reductions in energy and potable water intensity.
• Shangri-La Group — multiple Asia-Pacific properties certified, including long-standing Gold and Platinum status across Fiji, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
• Sheraton Fiji Golf & Beach Resort and Sheraton Denarau Villas — Platinum certification, frequently specified in Pacific-region corporate travel programs.
• InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort (Queensland) — Gold certification; aligns with broader IHG Journey to Tomorrow commitments.
• Sofitel Fiji Resort & Spa — EarthCheck-certified property within the Accor Planet 21 sustainability framework.
• Hilton Fiji Beach Resort & Spa and several Pullman and Novotel properties across Australia and New Zealand — Silver to Gold range.

EarthCheck also certifies entire destinations (Douglas Shire, Vail, others), which can be useful when a corporate event is selecting a host region rather than a single property.

How IMPT documents the carbon offset for audit

Every booking made through IMPT generates a per-stay carbon offset record retained in your organisation's account. The record captures the property, certification scheme and level (e.g., EarthCheck Gold), check-in and check-out dates, calculated emissions for the stay using DEFRA/GHG Protocol factors, and the offset volume retired against the booking.

For audit, the retirement serial number from the underlying carbon registry (Verra, Gold Standard, or equivalent) is available on request — this is the unique identifier your assurance provider will ask for to confirm the credit has been retired and cannot be double-counted. Reporting outputs are structured to align with GRI 305 (Emissions) and GRI 305-5 (Reduction of GHG emissions), and can be exported as a CSV bundle for inclusion in your annual sustainability disclosures. See audit documentation for the full field schema.

Book and document on IMPT

Filter for EarthCheck-certified properties — by Silver, Gold, or Platinum tier — and receive a complete audit trail for each booking. Cross-check against Green Key and LEED inventory where APAC coverage is thin, and consolidate everything into a single impt.io · carbon-offset built into every booking