ENVIRONMENT

Providing Environmentally-Friendly Experiences

Together, we can create an innovative and sustainable tourist destination in Europe by putting in place strategies to address major environmental challenges.
Three goals: limit our footprint on the environment, support our Cast Members and partners to take action on a daily basis and inspire our Guests and various stakeholders. Three pillars: Prevent environmental risks and impacts, improve environmental performance and prepare for the future by integrating innovative solutions.

Discover below the six areas at the very center of our actions.

REDUCING OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

PHASED ENERGY TRANSITION

In order to meet the objective of significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Disneyland® Paris has increased its use of renewable energy.
For example :

In April 2022, Disneyland Paris started operating the first section of its solar canopy plant– one of the largest in Europe which will have 82,000 solar panels when it’s completed and produce the equivalent of 17% of the resort’s energy consumption and the annual consumption of a city with 17,400 inhabitants.
Since 2018, the Resort has also been using Geothermal energy which covers 18% of our heating needs.

MANAGING OUR WASTE IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY

WASTE: FROM PREVENTION TO DIVERSION

Disneyland® Paris considers preventing and reducing waste production, but also encouraging recycling and diversion, as key issues in its approach to sustainable development.

As such, our objective is to continuously improve the process of sorting bio-waste and recyclable materials. Each year, up to 2,000 tons of food waste are collected and treated.

The Company also takes targeted actions to increase the awareness and commitment of Cast Members. At the same time, in our two Theme Parks, the number of sorting bins made available to our guests has doubled.
Also, for our young guests, a playful coloring app featuring Mickey and Minnie has been developed with the Start-Up Wakatoon to raise awareness about selective sorting.

LIMITING OUR DRINKING WATER CONSUMPTION

WATER, A PRECIOUS RESOURCE TO CONSERVE

The destination has achieved its objective to reduce its consumption of potable water by 16% between 2013 and 2018.

Since August 2013, Disneyland® Paris has had its own wastewater treatment plant for the two Theme Parks and the Disneyland® Hotel. This plant makes it possible to reuse almost all of the treated and purified water for a variety of needs such as the irrigation of green spaces or cleaning roads and pathways.

In 2018, the wastewater treatment plant was equipped with an innovative technology to reduce the levels of phosphorus in treated and purified water.

More than 2 million m3 of drinking water have been saved since 2013.

PRESERVING AND PROMOTING BIODIVERSITY

PROTECTING AND ENRICHING BIODIVERSITY

Since 1992, Disneyland® Paris has been developing innovative and sustainable initiatives on site to preserve and promote biodiversity.

The company has set up numerous infrastructures such as orchards including more than 80 officially approved, local species of fruit trees; 2 domestic beehives to assist natural pollination; “Le Potager de Rémy,” a vegetable garden of 240m², which has 15 different varieties of organic vegetable, fruits and herbs and more than 210 bird houses and auxiliary shelters on our site.

DEVELOPING A RESPONSIBLE SUPPLY CHAIN

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT MANY ASPECTS

Disneyland® Paris has implemented actions to integrate environmentally friendly criteria into its purchasing policy. To structure this continuous improvement approach, the company relies on a safety management system to ensure compliance of goods.

We put traceability at the heart of our purchasing policy. To achieve this, the company has set up an inventory of all the chemical products used on site, and suppliers are selected based on their ability to provide green solutions.

The delivery of goods, products and services is taken into account in order to reduce the impact of transport.

In terms of food products, a collaborative portal between us and our suppliers helps ensure monitoring.

For more than 5 years, for administrative activities, the use of eco-labelled office paper made from 100% recycled fibers and an offer of environmentally friendly products as well as the consolidation of orders to reduce the number of deliveries have been deployed.

TAKING ACTIONS

UN EXEMPLE D’ACTION : DES HÔTELS ÉCO-RESPONSABLES

Depuis janvier 2018, cinq hôtels de la destination participent au programme volontaire national de l’affichage environnemental des établissements hôteliers.

Cette démarche, soutenue par le Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire et l’Agence de la transition écologique (ADEME), a pour but de sensibiliser les consommateurs à l’empreinte environnementale d’une nuit passée à l’hôtel.

Quatre indicateurs sont mis en avant : l’impact sur le climat, la consommation d’eau, la consommation de ressources non renouvelables (comme l’énergie) et la part des produits bio ou éco-labellisés dans les approvisionnements de l’hôtel.

Trois hôtels ont obtenu la note A : le Disney’s Hotel Cheyenne, le Disney’s Hotel Santa Fe et le Disney’s Davy Crockett Ranch. Deux hôtels ont reçu la note B : le Disney’s Sequoia Lodge et le Disney’s Hotel Newport Bay Club.

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