Category: Environmental Management

A year after launching its Last Straw campaign, Delaware North has announced its plastic straw usage has been reduced by more than 8 million straws across its 200-plus operating locations in the United States.

Delaware North’s operations in and around Yellowstone National Park – includingthe 12 Yellowstone General Stores, four l?odging properties in West Yellowstone, Mont.and the Yellowstone Vacations tour company – have been awarded a Montana EcoStarAward for 2018.

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, which Delaware North operates for NASA, ishome to five new “solar trees.”The treesgenerate clean power and will showcase the benefits of renewable energy.

Five Delaware North-operated restaurants at Grand Canyon National Park were recently certifiedas a Certified Green Restaurant® by the Green Restaurant Association.

The New York League of Conservation Voters, a statewide, non-partisan organization that advocates for sustainability and environmental protection through political action, honored Delaware North at its annual reception last week in Albany.

In recent months, locations throughout Delaware North’s parks and resorts portfolio have taken on several high-profile, impactful and innovative initiatives in support of its proprietary stewarship platform, GreenPath.

Delaware North Sportservice and the Cincinnati Reds recently earned a prestigiousaward from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for food recovery effortsduring the 2017 season at Great American Ball Park.

Delaware Northhas announced a commitment to reduce plastic waste by scaling back its use of straws at the company’s 200-plus dining locations at 23 airports and travel hubs across the United States.

The Ridgeline Hotel Estes Park, the 147-room rustically modern hotel near Rocky Mountain National Park, has announced a new “Green Meetings” initiative to give groups the option of making their meetings and conferences more environmentally conscious.

During last month's parks and resorts leadership conference at the company-owned-and-operated Ridgeline Hotel, meetingattendees accomplished Delaware North’s first “Zero Waste” meeting.