Our Sustainability Commitment

Our Guests

As we believe it is imperative to continually look for ways to further reduce our carbon footprint, we engage with our guests and encourage them to adopt a series of “Green” initiatives such as opting for the use of plastic-free straws, bottled drinking water, in-room recycling bins and fresh linens and towels on the “third-day policy.” Hand in hand with our guests, it is these small choices that drive our eco-conscious efforts across all touchpoints through the guest journey and speak for our commitment to sustainability from start to finish.

We also feature a 1,100m2 bio-garden at JA The Resort as part of our ongoing contributions, that produces a fresh harvest, inspiring “farm-to-table” dining across all our dining outlets.

Our People

At JA, our people act as ambassadors for our sustainability mission and operate with a deep commitment and a vastly eco-conscious mindset through everything they do at our properties and beyond. We are truly committed to ensuring that all our team members are well versed in the impact of their actions on our immediate surroundings and environments.

While we put great emphasis on our training around sustainability and eco-tourism, we have also introduced eco-guidelines for the conduct, and take concrete actions to ensure that sustainability is always at the forefront and remains deeply woven into our everyday mandate. Some of our initiatives include regular beach clean-ups with participation from guests, children and the local community. All our JA Resorts & Hotels team members also take a sustainability pledge, and in return receive a refillable aluminium bottle.

Sustainability at JA Manafaru Maldives

Across the Indian Ocean at our multi-award-winning resort - JA Manafaru Maldives launched the JA Manafaru Ocean Bottle, a reusable drinking bottle made partially from repurposed ocean plastics. It is the first resort in the Maldives to partner with Ocean Bottle®, an entrepreneurial start-up attempting to close the loop on plastics entering the world’s oceans.

From pioneering water bottling plants to reducing the use of single-use plastic consumption, beach and coral reef clean-ups, food waste reduction technologies; sustainable purchasing practices encouraging the use of local, fair trade, green labels & environmentally friendly goods; energy, water, and waste management plants as well as “green events,” remain our top priority and are of paramount importance to our brand and people.

Planet

At JA Resorts & Hotels, we view our planet with a sustainability-focused lens across everything we aspire to do. With such consciousness at the forefront of our commitment to the preservation of our serene surroundings, we are also the first hospitality brand in the region to install water treatment systems along with cleaning and bottling systems to eliminate environmentally harmful single-use plastics.

This can be found at three Dubai properties - JA The Resort, JA Ocean View Hotel and JA Hatta Fort Hotel. The implementation of such systems has resulted in an estimated saving of 3.4 million pieces of single use plastic so far. Further afield across to the Indian Ocean, an on-site bottling plant can also be found at JA Manafaru resort in the Maldives, and at JA Enchanted Island resort in the Seychelles.