Responsible Business - Let's take responsibility

Taking responsibility for the environment and local community has been an important part of the  broader commitment of the Rezidor Hotel Group to sustainable development for many years. In 2001, this commitment was fortified and placed within the scope of the programme called Responsible Business (RB). Each hotel has a unique RB Action Plan covering areas that include community outreach, environmental improvement, employee well-being and health and safety. To read more about the RB programme, please visit http://www.responsiblebusiness.rezidor.com/.

The hotels are engaged with both local charity groups and the corporate international charity organisation recognised by the Rezidor Hotel Group, World Childhood Foundation. The mission of World Childhood is to defend the rights of the child and to promote better living conditions for vulnerable and exploited children at risk all over the world.

Here are some of the Responsible Business activities and achievements of this accommodation near Dublin:

• This Christmas, the Radisson Blu St. Helen's Hotel is donating €5 for every €100 spent on gift cards to the Make A Wish Foundation
• Irish Guide dogs for Blind Campaign March 2011
• Hotel achieved Gold in the Green Hospitality Awards for 2010
• Tidy District Award - 2005
• Best Business Environmental Initiative with DLRCC
• Local area clean-up:
  This accommodation near Dublin has a twice-yearly clean-up of the local area surrounding the hotel.
• Tsunami Fund Raising:
  Together with all of the Rezidor Hotel Group properties in the UK and Ireland, the hotel raised EURO 1,110,912.49 for the Tsunami appeal.
• In January 2005, the hotel joined with other hotels in a bed push from the Stillorgan Park Hotel into the Red Cross on Merrion Square and raised EURO 14,493.89.
• Shades for a day:
  Roy Keane visits the hotel annually to help promote the continuing effort to raise funds for the Guide Dogs Association. To date, the hotel has raised EURO 42,000. Management looked after two dogs for a year until they grew old enough for training (Aisha and Riley).
• Tiger Trust:
  Takes place annually at the end of August and raises approximately EURO 120,000 per annum.
• Guinness Living Award:
• Business in the community 2004 and 2005
• RDSAS Responsible Business Award:
  Best 2004 international Rezidor SAS Hotel
• Optimus Award for Service Excellence
• O2 Ability Award - 2006