Fairmont considers environmentally preferable products where possible. This is a reflection of the Company's environmental stewardship commitment through our Green Partnership program designed to mitigate the impacts of our hotels on the planet.

Environmentally preferable products are those that have a reduced effect on human health and the environment compared with competing products that serve the same purpose. Fairmont will purchase these products where practicable. Additionally, each Fairmont property has made specific arrangements with its suppliers to ensure that the supplier’s practices are consistent with Fairmont’s environmental mandate. 

Please see one of our case studies below:

The Fairmont Winnipeg
In partnership with the hotel Purchasing and Food & Beverage departments, as of May 2007 The Fairmont Winnipeg became 100% Styrofoam free.  Previously Styrofoam containers had been used for outside catering functions. However, the hotel will begin purchasing more environmentally friendly containers. Existing inventory was either donated or sold to the various groups and non-profit organizations.

Some of Fairmont’s like-minded partners currently include:

The Metropolitan Tea Company Ltd.
North America’s first member of the Ethical Tea Partnership have created a specially branded line called Tea at The Fairmont, served at all hotels. Tea at The Fairmont products are sourced through Fair Trade organizations (in the countries where available), and over the next two years, most of the line is phasing into organic production.

To learn more please visit, www.metrotea.com

Eco-Lab
Eco-Lab is Fairmont's corporate supplier of environmentally preferable sanitation products. This includes laundry products as well as those used in guestrooms and back of house areas.

To learn more please visit, www.ecolab.com

Fairmont recognizes the importance of its business to local communities especially in terms of local purchasing. To that end, Fairmont strives wherever possible to purchase local products and to help the economies of the communities where we do business. 

The latest example of this is Fairmont’s Kenya portfolio. This collection includes Nairobi’s city-center Norfolk Hotel, the Mount Kenya Safari Club, the Ark and the Mara Safari Club.  Fairmont purchases a number of products from local communities including chicken, fruit, coffee and cheese.