INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN INDUSTRY IN ASIA

MANILA, PHILIPPINES

9TH -11TH SEPTEMBER 2009 Presented by:

Anthony Wong Kim Hooi President, UN Global Compact Network Malaysia

ICCA 1st Vice-PresidentGroup Managing Director, AOS Conventions & Events & Asian

Overland Services Tours & TravelAdjunct Professor, University Utara Malaysia

Secretary – Treasurer, PATA

Competitiveness Through Sustainability In The Tourism

Industry

Challenges In Sustainable Tourism

1. Industry Initiatives for Sustainable Tourism Tourism activities can degrade the social

and natural wealth of a community This is a particularly a problem where tourism

business is centered in traditional social system such, as isolated communities or indigenous people.

Tourism in natural areas – eco-tourism, can be a major source of degradation of local ecological, economic and social systems.

2. Influencing Consumer Behavior to Promote Sustainable Tourism

3. Promoting Broad-based sustainable development through Tourism while safeguarding the Integrity of Local cultures and protection the environment

The key problem is the creation of tangible, working local partnerships.

4. Coastal Impacts of Tourism In many coastal areas, tourism development

destroying or marginalizing dwindling habitats for marine animals and spawning fish, as well as the livelihoods of traditional fishing families and villages

Unregulated water sport activities Lack of effective waste water treatment for tourist

facilities such as hotels or chalet Excessive private tourist development

Is Sustainable Achievable? Tourism will never be completely sustainable

as every industry has impacts, but it can work towards becoming more sustainable.

ISSUE: As more regions and countries develop their

tourism industry, it produces significant impacts on natural resources, consumption patterns, pollution and social systems.

The need for sustainable/responsible planning and management is imperative for the industry to survive as a whole.

Local Employment &

Economies

Education & Awareness

Support conservation-

based organization

Involvement in Community Outreach Project Conservation

and Promotion of Local Culture

Use of Eco-friendly Product

Water Conservation

Energy Efficiency

Waste Management- Recycling,

Sewage system

Conservation of Biodiversity

Environmental friendly policies

and ethics

Environmental Friendly Policies and Ethics

Environmental Act/ Enactment/ Regulation

(Consultation with MNS/WWF/ENSEARCH/Green universities

Empowering locals(E.g. Honorary Warden)

Training programForum/ Conference/

Workshop/ Publication

Guidelines & Education/ Awareness

Incentive (E.g. subsidy for

eco-friendly appliance –solar energy, wastemanagement, water

management

Enforcement & Monitoring System

Implementation & Promotion

Environmental Friendly Policies and Ethics

Professional associates

Collaboration with

Conservation-based

OrganizationInterpretive/ Information

Centre

Partnership/ Linkage

(WWF/ MNS/ ENSEARCH/ Green

universities

Eco-award / Competition/

Grant

Accreditation/ Certification/

Benchmarking

Implementation & Promotion

Environmental Friendly Policies and Ethics (cont.)

Case Study: Sustainable Tourism

Warm Hospitality, Green

Trend to Go Green Environment-friendly hotel operation

- future trend- increasing governmental regulation- greater proportion of “green” demanding guests- ensure sustainable profit: Good business in the

long term. $ and cents!

Challenge of Going Green Ignorance and indifference. Lack of information and awareness on environmental issue. Lack of motivation. Not much incentive from government to assist in going green. Most environmental-friendly products are imported, thus high cost

and more effort needed in sourcing. Many new green technology not yet introduced in Malaysia, thus

one need to be innovative and creative. Effort not well appreciated by certain guests. Achieve international recognition. Hotel is not designed right from the beginning. Architect & engineers not knowledgeable in green/eco planning and

design.

Solutions Raising awareness among management, staffs, local community

and guests. Educating & training staffs on environmental practice. Involve everyone in greening efforts. Information sharing. Having rewarding system for going green. Think out of the box. Be creative and innovative. Do things effectively and efficiently. Redesign hotel – involves reconstruction and $. Discarding old plans and use new technology. Educating all levels of people, i.e. schools, government, food

industry, hotel industry, travel industry, villagers and community leaders, to be PARTNERS in making Langkawi Green.

Waste Management~ Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & Rethink ~

Reduce – Minimising the amount of the Earth's resources that we use.

Reuse - Don't just bin it, could someone else make use of it?

Recycle - Can the materials be made into something new?

Rethink – paradigm shift

Reduce

Reduce plastic bottlesProvide water using jug and glass instead of giving bottled drinking water.

Use smaller meeting room

We are now using the Meeting Room which is less spacious compared to Desa Ballroom used previously for our daily briefing and small meetings. This is one of our effort in saving energy.

Reuse

Old but usable furniture are reused at staff quarters.

Ice cream container is reused to store food item.

Old pipes from construction area are reused for channeling

rain water to our wetland.

Old roof tiles which are still in good condition are reused for

new building.

RecycleRecycle

wood and trunk

as signage

and landmark

Recycle plywood to make mail box and guest comment box

Recycle Assam tree trunk as key chain

Recycle plywood as “DND”

and “Please

Clean My Room” signs

Recycle broken or leftover slates to make decorative

walkway

Do Things Differently

Biological control using coconut trunk

as termite trap

Homemade organic mosquito repellant

using lemongrass juice.

Using precast concrete railing baluster instead of wood

Reuse used cooking oil for candle lighting

Leftover soaps from guest rooms are

recycled to be used as cleaning detergent for

toilets.

Rearing guppy fish at ponds to control

mosquitoes

Design of building

A drainage with slope is constructed as rain gutter, instead of using rain gutter which requires more maintenance.

Building’s design is important in Sustainable construction.

Roof, balcony floor and all railing are with slope for better flow of water to prevent water from ponding on roof, floor or drainage.

Grass grown on roof to cool rooms and this reduces the use or speed of air-conditioning.

No lighting is required during the day as there is flow of natural light into the toilet.

Recycling & Waste SortingWe practise waste sorting in our

resort. We sort rubbish according to category of paper, plastics, aluminium can, glass

and metal. In kitchen & cafeteria, we also sort kitchen

waste from rubbish.As glass has no value in

Langkawi Island, we recycle it into decorative item.

Recyclables in year 2007

Category Weight (kg)

Paper 5189.0

PET plastic 746.6

HD plastic 183.5

Mix plastic 70.0

Aluminium tin 377.0

Grade A Iron 1348.0

Grade B Iron 360.0

Steel 8.0

Battery 148.0

Total 8430.1

Revenue of RM 3792.50 earned from

recycling 8430.1 kg of

trash.

Category Weight (kg)

Paper 5309.4

PET plastic 1412.2

HD plastic 55.0

Mix plastic 0.0

Aluminium tin 429.9

Grade A Iron 112.0

Grade B Iron 552.8

Steel 0.0

Plastic Juice container 1071.0

Total 8942.3

Recyclables in year 2008

Revenue of RM 4015.63earned from

recycling 8942.3 kg of

trash.

Old bathtub is used as composting container. Old wooden flooring is

recycled as container lid.

Composting

Compost site

Kitchen waste & garden waste are used in

composting.

The Process of Composting* Compost: biodegraded organic waste that turns into organic fertilizer

* 4 main components of composting: I) Organic matter

- Brown materials (i.e. dead leaves, twigs) supply carbon - Green materials (i.e. fruit rinds, peels) supply nitrogen II) Moisture III) Oxygen IV) Bacteria

* Turning - done weekly - supply oxygen to the compost pile (for decomposing activity) - maintain moisture (microorganisms thrive in moist condition) - control odour.

* Compost will be ready in about 3-5 months.

* Fertiliser costs RM 2/kg. As there is no expenses in composting, we are able to save RM 2 for every 1 kilogramme of compost prepared.

Reusing food waste for composting & as poultry feeds

In 2008, 14,600 kg of food waste was collected from restaurant & kitchen for composting.

~ Average of 40 kg/day

3,650 kg of food waste was collected from staff cafeteria and was reused to feed the free-ranging ducks & chicken that we rear.

~ Average of 10 kg/day

In 2009, we started collecting leftover bread from our breakfast buffet for feeding fish at our pond.

~ Average of 2 kg/day

We have a nursery in our resort where gardeners will propagate plants we need. We propagate approximately 200 plants each month. Each of these plant costs RM 5 if being purchased. Therefore, we manage to save RM

1,000 each month.

Approximately 100 kg of kitchen waste is used in composting each month. We are able to produce 20 kg of compost each

month for our vegetable garden and plant propagation.

Nursery

Water Conservation

Objective: - To achieve sustainability in water supply.- To reduce dependency on government-

supplied treated water.

“Save water, save the planet” - Make every drop counts

Ways to Conserve Water

Underground water from well for watering the organic garden as treated water is not

required for this purpose.

Water tanks for harvesting rain water.

Watering at suitable time – early morning and late evening to

prevent water wastage from evaporation.

Sprinkle watering system for irrigation to save water usage.

We use rain water at our fish pond. The pond also assist in harvesting rain water. Excessive rain water from the road and pond will flow into storage compartment in front of the

pond. It can store 2830 gallons of water.

Water storage at Fish Pond

We are able to water plants near the pond using rain water

from the pond.

Coconut trunk and recycled wood are used to build the supporting base.

Rain water is harvested for irrigation purpose. We had installed 22 water tanks by 2007, amounting 12,730 gallons (48,188 Liters or 48.188 cubic meters) of recycled water stored. As Government-

supplied water is being charged at RM1.20 per cubic water, we are able to save RM57.83 for every 12,730 gallons of rain water harvested

in 2007. We have successfully cut down our water bill by 50%.

Installation of new water tanks

Another 20 units of 880 gallons water tanks were installed in 2008. This accounts for 17,600 gallons of rain water collection.

Rain water from these tanks are channeled to taps located around the resort area.

Now, we have 30,330 gallons (114,811 Liters or 114.811 cubic meters) of recycled water storage.

We are able to save RM137.77 for every 30,330 gallons of rain water harvested.

We are in the process of setting up 20 more 880 gallons water tanks to harvest rain water.

Utilising Underground Water

• High water table, able to get underground water.

• Have 3 wells at organic farm.

• Making use of underground water from well for watering fruit trees and vegetables at our organic farm.

Rain water for flushing toilet

Rain water is harvested from roof of our Restaurant

and is channeled to water tank located at public toilet for its toilet flushing.

Year

Average of monthly water

charges (RM)

Average of monthly total

occupied rooms

Average of water cost

per occupied room (RM)

Average Monthly Saving compared

to year 2006 (RM)

2006 7,690.43 1878 4.10/

2007 4,866.20 1717 2.83(4.10-2.83)*1717

=2,180.59

2008 3,617.40 2091 1.73

(4.10-1.73)*2091

=4,955.67

Saving from Water Conservation Measures

Conclusion

From our average cost per occupied room of RM 4.10 in year 2006 to RM 1.73 in year 2008, we have successfully reduced our water usage by 57.8% in year 2008.

With our on-going initiatives and advancement, we hope to reduce our government-supplied water usage by another 20 %.

19 units of new 880 gallons water tanks were installed in 2008. This accounts for 16,720 gallons of rain water collection.

Future plan:- To construct a filtration system with UV light to treat the rain water.- To channel the filtered rain water to our main water tank.- To reduce dependant on government supplied water.

Waste Water Garden

• Wetland sewage system: • sewage water septic tank

wetland Aquatic plants such as water hyacinth and water spinach will further treat the grey water by absorbing phosphate, ammonia and urea from the grey water.

• Wetland Waste water gardenGrey water from wetland is being channeled to the ground of waste water garden (underground drip system), allowing us to grow fruits and vegetables and reducing the need of treated water for irrigation.

We have set aside a natural wetland at our resort and created a garden setting.

Our wetland serves for two purposes:1. Attracting wildlife such as cattle egret,

water hen and water monitor lizard. Other animals found in wetland are tortoise, terrapin and giant catfish.

2. Wetland sewage system: After sewage water is being treated at septic tanks, the gray water is being channeled to the wetland where the aquatic plants such as water hyacinth and water spinach will further treating the gray water by absorbing phosphate, ammonia and urea from the gray water.

Wetland Water Analysis Result

Parameter Unit

Standards Samples Standards

A B 1 3 11 10 Inlet End Point

Temperature C 40 40 30.2 29.8 27.8 29 A A

pH Value - 6.0-9.0 5.5-9.0 6.8 6.55 6.95 6.77 A A

BOD5 at 20C mg/l 20 50 45 20 9 13 B A

COD mg/l 50 100 175 78 39 51 Over B

Suspended Solids mg/l 50 100 135 20 35 20 Over A

Mercury mg/l 0.005 0.05 0.043 0.017 0.021 0.013 B B

Cadmium mg/l 0.01 0.02 0.001 ND ND ND A A

Chromium, Hexavalent mg/l 0.05 0.05 0.056 0.058 0.051 0.052 Over Over

Arsenic mg/l 0.05 0.1 0.017 0.014 0.01 0.011 A A

Cyanide mg/l 0.05 0.1 ND ND ND ND A A

Lead mg/l 0.1 0.5 0.001 0.003 0.002 0.001 A A

Chromium, Trivalent mg/l 0.2 1 0.056 0.058 0.051 0.052 A A

Copper mg/l 0.2 1 0.012 0.013 0.005 0.005 A A

Manganese mg/l 0.2 1 0.004 0.007 0.006 0.005 A A

Nickel mg/l 0.2 1 ND ND ND ND A A

Tin mg/l 0.2 1 0.018 0.021 0.018 0.016 A A

Zinc mg/l 1 1 0.057 0.058 0.057 0.048 A A

Boron mg/l 1 4 0.008 0.007 0.004 0.005 A A

Iron (Fe) mg/l 1 5 1.833 1.779 2.263 1.652 B B

Phenol mg/l 0.001 1 ND ND ND ND A A

Free Chlorine mg/l 1 2 0.1 0.034 0.014 0.021 A A

Sulphide mg/l 0.5 0.5 0.12 0.018 0.05 0.016 A A

Oil and Grease mg/l ND 10 3 2.1 0.8 1.25 B B

Sand Filter System with UV Light Current project: Sand Filter System with UV light to enhance current

sewage system. Sewage water septic tanks sand filter system wetland 1. Netting - filter solid waste

2. Layers of sand, stone and charcoal - filter particles

3. UV light - kill the bacteria Grey water channeled to wetland will be cleaner for wildlife living

there.

Exterior structure

UV Light

charcoal

stone

sand

Netting

Energy Conservation

All electrical appliance in room including fridge are switched off when

room is vacant.

Solar panel for water heating. Boiler no longer being used.

Switch off unnecessary electrical appliance in

office and resort compound.

Using energy-saving bulbs.

We have a policy on energy conservation. We train and educate our staffs on methods to save

energy. For example, security staffs assist in switching off compound lighting at dawn and housekeeping staffs assist in switching off

unnecessary switch and electrical appliance after room cleaning.

Saving from Energy-saving Compliance

Previously: 4 boilers for supplying hot shower for rooms.

Now: solar panel for water heating.

Each boiler has 3 elements (3 kWh per element).

4 boiler x 3 elements = 12 elements 12 elements x 3kWh = 36 kWh (36,000 Wh)

Save RM 14.69/ hour of usage.

Saving from Energy-saving Compliance (cont.)

338 nos 8-watt energy-saving bulbs replacing 40-watt bulbs (for lightings at rooms, public toilets, restaurant & staff quarters).

30 nos 11-watt bulbs replacing 40 or 80-watt bulbs (for garden/compound lighting).

Saving: 12,286 watt = 12.286 kWhAssuming usage per day is 8 hrs, (charges/unit = RM 0.408)

able to save RM 40.08/day ; RM 1,202.40/month

In the process of changing use of conventional bulbs to energy-saving bulbs. Will be able to save more once completed.

Greeneries Trees- We have 283 big trees at

our resort. These trees provide shade, help to cool the room and reduce use of air-conditioning.

Green cover- help preventing soil erosion

- help reducing heat generated from sunlight reflection at beach area.

Morning glory

Repair & Reuse of Bathroom Door

As the bathroom door is exposed to humidity and wetness, the bottom part will easily crack

or the surface area will peel off. We do not change and replace them with a new door.

Instead, we repair, refurbish and reuse them.

Decision Cost/unit (RM)

Change to new door

380.00

Repair broken part

90.00

Difference in cost

290.00(76% saving)

Green Champion Award2008

Departmental Organic Garden

Vegetable farm

Creation of handicraft made of recycled items

Presentation

Organic Garden

• Green Champion Award (GCA) is an environmental competition to acknowledge the department with the most effort in green practice.

• Competition period: (1) May 16th – Nov 15th ; (2) Nov 16th – May 15th

• Work with District Agriculture Office & MARDI, invite their officer as judges.

• GCA 2008 evaluation focuses on good environmental practice in offsetting carbon footprint, in conjunction with World Environment Day 2008.

Vegetable Farm- Equal size of land allocated to each department to grow vegetables, herbs & fruits.- Evaluation: (A) Weight of yield produced - Yield to be weighed & recorded with presence of Sustainable representative. 1 kg yield = 1 Point. Yields to be sent to kitchen for cooking. (B) Farm – Cleanliness, condition of the plants, landscaping of farm, and team work.

Organic Garden- Utilise spare land around resort compound to create departmental garden.- Utilise recycled items for design of landscape; ornamental plants; ponds.- Evaluation: cleanliness, creativity, 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse & Recycle), landscaping of garden, and team work.

Creation of Handicraft- To create a handicraft piece using recycled items & present masterpiece during presentation, explaining their idea of creation, materials used & purpose of creation.- Evaluation: Practical function, material used, design & creativity, team work & presentation of the creation.

Presentation- To present efforts in GCA 2008. Free to choose presentation form.- To include their commitment (in departmental organic garden, creation of handicraft & presentation) and their feedback on GCA 2008.- Evaluation: Presentation content, speech, creativity, team work & grooming.

4R’s In Practice

Organic Duck & Chicken Rearing

Duck rearing- Rearing ducks in-situ at the resort organically.-To serve duck meat at resort’s restaurant and to sell duck eggs to salted egg producer. - To reduce food cost, to reduce carbon footprint of food supply transportation & to be self-sustained.- Ducks are fed with kitchen waste such as leftover rice and wild water spinach grown at wetland.

Chicken rearing-To rear “kampung” chicken in-situ at the resort.-To supply chicken eggs and meat to the kitchen.- To reduce food cost, to reduce carbon footprint of food supply transportation & to be self-sustained.

Organic Planting Plot

Organic Vegetables

Corn

Spinach Cucumber

OkraBitter gourd

Fresh Ulam (Salad) from Organic Garden

Cucumber, water spinach, pucuk betik, pucuk ubi, Asiatic pennywort, okra, Neem leaves, cashew nut leaves

Saving from Organic Food Production in

2008

Item Amount Saving (RM)

Banana 64 kg 109.20

Banana Leaf 15.17 kg 24.27

Chicken 0.7 kg 4.90

Chilli 5.223 kg 40.11

Corn 61.5 kg 276.75

Duck 13.05 kg 91.58

Duck Egg 5 nos 4.00

Lady’s Finger 22.573 kg 77.01

Lemongrass 23.94 kg 47.88

Long Bean 73.5 kg 217.96

Mango 182.35 kg 1094.10

Mustard leaf 52.92 kg 185.22

Papaya 45.4 kg 72.64

Salad items 45.06 kg 107.16

Smooth gourd 43 nos 120.40

Watermelon 26.5 kg 47.70

Winter Melon 136.2 kg 197.94

TOTAL   2568.22

RM 2568.22 of organic food items

were produced from our

organic farm

Activities in Nature

Natural air ventilation at restaurant

Public toilet that uses rain water for flushing

WildlifeFoot reflexology path

Hot shower using solar panel

Planting a tree at our resort to offset carbon emission

Activities

Nature WalkTraditional Fishing

Coconut tree climbingSee how skillful the local man is in climbing and

pruning the coconut tree.A chance to savour the coconut juice.

Beach volleyball

Sunset Bar

Experience scenic sunset at our Sunset Bar which we refurbished from a discarded fishing boat from

Kuala Teriang.

Community Outreach Program

As one of our Corporate Social Responsibility

Projects , we collaborate with CIMB to help the local community at Pulau Tuba

by providing them with machinery so that they

could produce handicraft and local cuisine for sale.

We are keen on raising awareness among school children. In year 2007, we adopted two schools,

S.K. Kedawang and S.K. Pulau Tuba. We organize environmental education activity for them.

Exhibition to promote green practices and environmental

awareness to local communities

Sharing and educating other hotels on Green Practices

School Organic Farm Project

In 2008, we adopted 10 schools for School Organic Farm Project. Collaboration partners: CIMB (funding), Agriculture Langkawi

(technical support), MARDI Langkawi and Langkawi District Education Office.

Hope the children will get the chance to learn about organic farming which is more eco-friendly.

Will provide the schools with fertigation system for organic farming.

Each schools will plant a vegetable type on rotation basis. Frangipani will purchase their yields so that they are able to

sustain their farm and award the children.

Village Adoption Programme

Objective: To foster good relationship with local community, educating them on importance of environmental conservation and working together on protecting Langkawi’s environment.

Scope: environmental cleanliness, green village competition, sports activities especially local games, organic farming, recycling, handicraft making, social skills, job opportunity, help the needy, and financial management & opportunity.

The Frangipani Langkawi Resort

ASEAN Green Hotel Standard 2008/2009 (Jan 2008)

Anugerah Pelancongan LIBUR 2008 – Best Hotel & Resort (Dec 17 2008)

Nov 13 2008

Environmental Education ProgramEnvironmental Education at Frangipani Langkawi Resort & Spa.

Langkawi Geopark Tourism Award 2008 – Recognized Service for

Nature/Environment ConservationDec 22 2008

Act Now we don’t have a choice