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About This Report
Rotana Hotel Management Corporation
PJSC is proud to present its first Annual
Sustainability Report that features
quantitative and qualitative data for the
calendar year 2012, with additional data
from previous years, related to material
issues or notable information.
Scope and Boundary
The reporting scope is global, unless
otherwise noted for situations or
circumstances where reporting data are
collected and available only for a certain
geography, business or issue.
The report covers all Rotana hotels, all four
brands, 46 operating hotels in the Middle
East and Northern Africa region and their
material economic, environmental and
social impacts.
Materiality
Rotana has prepared this report
under the direction of the company’s
Corporate Sustainability Committee
(CSC). Materiality of the content and
its prioritisation were assessed and
determined by the committee members,
which has representation from senior
executive management: corporate vice
presidents of the following operations:
human resources, food and beverage
engineering, marketing, front office
materials, information technology and
environment health & safety, and the
company corporate operation officer.
The report was developed to provide
information to guests, colleagues,
shareholders, owners, contractors,
suppliers, non-governmental and
governmental organisations, media and
the communities, in which the company
operates. Issuing the report is a result of
the declaration of commitment signed by
the company CEO to publish an annual
sustainability report, while joining the
Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group.
Application Level
In preparing this report, Rotana used the
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI-G3.1)
Guidelines. Rotana self-declares this report
to meet GRI Application Level C. The GRI
Index is located in Appendix A.
In this document, Rotana reports on the
G3 indicators that were relevant to our
business operation and where data is
available for previous years and more
indicators that were measured in 2012.
Rotana did not employ an external agency
or organisation to audit this report.
However, the company recognises the
importance of independent external
assurance to enhance the credibility of the
report and will contain to examine options
to obtain third party review of future
reports.
