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Hospitality & Entertainment

Sun International
Climate Strategy

From data confidence to measurable impact: building a long-term climate change response for one of Africa's leading hospitality groups.

8
Countries
9,000
Employees
16
Sites
A-
CDP Score Achieved
Client Overview

A leading hospitality group with a serious commitment to sustainability

Sun International is a leading hospitality and entertainment group. At the time of this engagement, which began in 2015, the Group's footprint spanned eight countries, including South Africa, Chile, Panama and Nigeria. Known for delivering world-class experiences, the Group was fiercely committed to embedding sustainability across operations.

With properties across multiple continents and a complex operational environment, the challenge was not simply one of measurement: it was building the data confidence and strategic architecture to make sustainability decisions that would hold up over time.

Client
Sun International Group
Sector
Hospitality & Tourism
Size
~9,000 employees, 16 sites
Footprint at engagement
South Africa, Chile, Panama, Nigeria + 4 more
SA Footprint
988,120 m²
GCX Partnership
Since 2015
Focus
Climate, Zero Waste, SDGs
Platform
GCX DASH
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The Challenge

Five complex challenges at global scale

No consolidated data
No consolidated data
No consolidated environmental data across all sites: sustainability decisions were being made without a reliable, unified view of the Group's footprint.
Manual processes
Manual processes
Manual data collection across 16 sites was error-prone, time-consuming, and obscured billing errors and utility anomalies.
Limited waste visibility
Limited waste visibility
Limited visibility into waste outputs made the Group's Zero Waste to Landfill ambition difficult to plan, execute, and verify.
SDG alignment
SDG alignment
Sun International needed to identify and embed the UN Sustainable Development Goals most relevant to their operations into their long-term strategy.
Zero Waste target
Zero Waste target
An ambitious Zero Waste to Landfill target requiring site-level strategy, waste stream analysis, and certified verification.
"The team at GCX are passionate and innovative in their service offerings and have successfully assisted Sun International in our sustainability journey."
Raveshni Maharaj: Group Environmental Specialist, Sun International

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