Spanish hotels have reduced their emissions by more than 7% in the last three years.

The report "Indicators of Triple Sustainability in Spanish Hotels 2025" confirms sustained progress in energy efficiency, water management, and the creation of stable employment, consolidating the sector's economic competitiveness. Establishments in our country have managed to reduce their emissions by more than 7% since 2022.

The Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation (CEHAT) and Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar presented the report "Indicators of the Triple Sustainability of Spanish Hotels 2025" at Fitur, highlighting significant advances in the sector and the strengthening of the Triple Sustainability of Spanish Hotels.Indicators of Triple Sustainability in Spanish Hotels 2025," which highlights significant advances in the sector and the strengthening of its balanced growth model, combining environmental progress, job creation, and economic strength.

The 2025 edition of the study confirms that the hotel sector has managed to decouple the growth of tourism activity from its environmental impact, consolidating a trend that began in previous years. Specifically, greenhouse gas emissions from the sector have been reduced by around 40% since 2012 and by more than 7% since 2022, improving on the figures recorded in the 2023 report and reinforcing the trend already noted in 2024, while progress is being made in more efficient resource management.p>

On the environmental front, the 2025 report highlights sustained progress in energy efficiency and water management, with continued declines in consumption per worker and per overnight stay, despite the increase in tourist activity. These results consolidate the decoupling between growth and environmental pressure, confirming that the hotel sector is capable of growing while reducing its environmental footprint.

In the social sphere, the report notes a new historic high in hotel employment, surpassing the record figures already achieved in 2024. The sector's share of employment in the national economy continues to grow and stands at a stable above 2.4%,while the rate of temporary employment continues to decline and remains well below the average for the Spanish economy. All of this reinforces the role of the hotel sector as one of the main drivers of stable, quality job creation in Spain.From an economic point of view, Spanish hotels maintain high levels of occupancy and revenue, with a price index that is once again below the general CPI, thus contributing to the competitiveness of Spain as a destination.

In addition, the sector continues to make significant investments aimed at modernization, efficiency, and sustainability, maintaining investment levels similar to or higher than those prior to the pandemic and above those reflected in the 2023 and 2024 reports.

In the words of Jorge Marichal, president of CEHAT, "the data in this report show that the hotel sector's commitment to sustainability is firm and measurable. Spanish hotels are growing, creating jobs and, at the same time, reducing their environmental impact. This balance is not accidental, but the result of many years of effort, investment, professionalization, and corporate responsibility."

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For the director of the Hotels and Tourism Area of BCC-Grupo Cajamar, Jaume Julià, "there is no doubt that the Spanish hotel sector has great opportunities to lead the transition towards a more responsible and competitive model. Innovation and digitalization are essential levers for efficient resource management, improving the customer experience, and optimizing processes. At Cajamar, we have been working closely with hotel companies for years, providing resources, knowledge, and support to help them achieve their sustainability goals."

The co-author of the report and head of Research at the General Risk Control Department of BCC-Grupo Cajamar,nbsp;David Uclés, points out that "the progress of most of the short-term indicators has been positive, with 83% of environmental indicators standing out. Only social indicators show a much lower percentage in this area, 37.5%, due to the effects of the pandemic. However, in the short term, performance in all three areas is very positive: 93% of economic indicators, 83% of environmental indicators, and 75% of social indicators have improved."

The study, by axis, highlights the excellent performance of emissions, which have decreased since 2008 at an average annual rate of 2.3%, despite the average increase in overnight stays in the same period of 1.7% per year. In the social area, the most notable aspect is the strong rate of job creation, both in the short and long term, both above 3%. And on the economic front, the most relevant factor in the long term is the continuous improvement in the average quality of the offer and, in the short term, the rapid pace of recovery in investment following the closure of the sector in 2020 due to the pandemic.