Our Hotel Footprinting Tool (HFT) directly addresses an emerging industry need of calculating Scope 3 Business Travel emissions. Business travel makes up a big part of corporate carbon footprints – hotel stays, flights and meetings all contribute to your Scope 3 value chain emissions.
As investors, clients, and regulators demand climate accountability, companies need credible data to measure and manage the impact of business travel. Gathering data from individual hotels can be difficult and time-consuming.
The HFT bridges these gaps by providing reliable, market-level benchmarks derived from the Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking (CHSB) index, powered by thousands of hotels worldwide.
Our Solution
Available since 2017, the Hotel Footprinting Tool helps you calculate the carbon footprint of hotel stays and meeting spaces worldwide — entirely free of charge. The dataset is updated annually and offers comprehensive coverage at city, state/province, and country levels, with coefficients available for all countries. It provides actual carbon footprint coefficients for most geographies, with gaps filled using transparent extrapolation from adjacent data points.
Powered by the CHSB Index — the world’s largest hotel sustainability database with default market-level benchmarks.
Aligned with the Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative (HCMI) — the industry-accepted methodology for calculating hotel emissions.
Recognized by governments and reporting bodies including the UK and New Zealand governments’ Scope 3 guidance.
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Who It’s For
The tool supports a wide range of business travel stakeholders:
Companies: Quantify Scope 3 Category 6 (Accommodations) emissions across all hotel stays – for reporting, disclosure, and offsetting.
Travel Management Companies: Provide clients with footprint data at booking and offer carbon offsetting options.
Advisors & Consultants: Incorporate hotel emissions data into broader Scope 3 reporting and carbon accounting for your clients.
Carbon Offset Providers, Carbon Calculators & Tech Platforms: Incorporate credible hotel emissions data into offsetting programs or sustainability tools.
Meeting Planners: Estimate meeting and event footprints quickly and consistently.
Governments & Regulators: Guide stakeholders toward a common reference point for emission factors.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- 1. What is the data source of the Hotel Footprinting Tool?
The data is from the Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking (CHSB) Index 2026 data set (based on 2024 data), with over 31,500 hotels in over 1,000 geographies.
The CHSB data set, along with the accompanying guidance document outlining the methodology, are freely available online at Resource | Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking Index – Greenview, or through the Cornell University Center for Hospitality Research. - 2. How often is the data refreshed?
Data sets are updated annually. The next update will be available in the first quarter of 2027 with the 2025 calendar year dataset. - 3. How can I participate as a hotel to submit data for the Hotel Footprinting Tool?
Submit data by participating in the Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking (CHSB) Index! For more information, refer to the CHSB webpage or email us at data@greenview.sg and we will send you a data collection template.
For more detailed information, you can view the full FAQ document.
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