RIU Hotels & Resorts _ Sustainability Report 2019

Social and Environmental Actions in 2019

Hotels with a Sustainable Conscience

RIU wears pink to combat breast cancer

CSR meetings with RIU Hotels stakeholders RIU organised meetings and round tables with Spanish non-governmental associations and the media to present its Corporate Social Responsibility strategy and strengthen its social and environmental partnerships. RIU Hotels organised a round table event with voluntary sector partners in Spain to participate in the colloquium “Towards a More Responsible Hospitality Industry” at the Riu Plaza España Hotel in Madrid. Participants reflected with total transparency on the challenges RIU has to face in the medium term as hotel company. The following organisations attended the meeting: Ayuda en Acción, Save the Children Spain, Pequeño Valiente, Spanish Red Cross, Make a Wish, CRIS Cancer, Tomillo Foundation, Africa Moves Forward and Plant-for-the-Planet.

RIU joined the fight against breast cancer by organising a T-shirt sale to raise funds for the Canary Islands Association against Cancer. Both RIU customers and staff in Gran Canaria took part in the fundraising event, showing once again this year their significant support for this organisation.

RIU Hotels celebrates Women’s Day International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognised for their achievements regardless of any nationality, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political differences. The company made a tribute video to post on social media dedicated to the thousands of women who form part of RIU in the 19 destinations in which we operate.

The EPIC Gran Canaria RIU Hotels & Resorts race ends with 30% more participants

The second edition of the EPIC Gran Canaria Riu Hotels & Resorts race was held with great success, participation and spectators, with 30% more participants than in the first edition of the race in 2018. In this second event, 150 more athletes took part in the EPIC Gran Canaria Riu Hotels & Resorts, further enhancing its status as one of the top cycling events.