It’s time to expose hidden hotel negative impacts. We're sniffing them out, pulling them to the surface to reduce or transform them into positives for our guests, local communities, and our planet.
Good planets, like good hotels, are hard to find.
Hotels are full of hidden negative impacts. And we’re coming for them.
Good things happen at The Usual.
When it comes to the perfect city stay, The Usual playbook is anything but usual. Come for the well-considered design hotel experience. Stay for the warm atmosphere, where guests feel like friends. Every aspect of The Usual is driven by experience: human, energetic, and social. Whether you’re a guest, or local - good things happen at The Usual.
Say hello to regenerative hospitality.
For so long, sustainability has simply been about reducing, reusing, and recycling. Regenerative hospitality is a concept that goes beyond traditional sustainability practices in the hospitality industry. Regenerative hospitality seeks to create positive impacts. It's about not just reducing harm, but actively contributing to the betterment of the environment and society.
We are committed to a better future for hospitality. While we recognise that it is impossible to erase or offset the negative impact that a hotel might have entirely, our mission is to reduce these negative impacts while also creating a more positive place that will benefit travellers and locals alike. We don't want to treat this planet like a hotel. Some of the things we are doing differently include:
The Usual Impact Statement.
The Usual lives and breathes regenerative hospitality while working towards net positive. It's about crafting travel experiences that enrich our environment and our communities, embodying a give-back ethos. See our key actions, milestones, and long-term targets in our CSR statement.
Our Zero Waste Mindset.
At The Usual, our goal is to become zero waste by 2025. Part of this endeavor tackles plastic waste, as we aim to be completely single-use plastic-free. See our attached roadmap for how we are reducing food waste, purchasing sustainably, and collaborating with like-minded partners with similar ambitions.
Our DEIA Statement.
Our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Team plays a vital role in shaping our organization's culture, values, and practices. We firmly believe that a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment is not only essential for our success, but is also a moral imperative and at the core of true hospitality.
Our incredible partners.
Auping's fully circular mattresses
Know what you sleep on with Auping. The Auping Revive Circular Mattress was developed together with Niaga®. They have recorded the (origin of) all materials in the Product Passport. See for yourself - simply scan the Niaga® label on the side of the mattress with your smartphone, to discover exactly what your mattress is made of.
Moyee Coffee
Moyee's impact report puts it perfectly: "our goal at Moyee is to usher in the Fourth Wave of coffee, which focuses not only on great quality but also on radical impact at origin. To us, great quality and great impact go hand in hand, or should."
Mater Design
Mater Design's "Earth Stool" sits nicely in our Social Space The U. "The new ground-breaking production technique allows Mater to reuse waste materials and turn it into useful and unique design solutions. Created to support a circular design thinking and the UN SDGs: “Responsible Consumption and Production” (SDGs 12), “Climate Action” (SDGs 13) and “Partnership for the Goals” (SDGs 17)."
The Good Floor
Rotterdam-based company CLEAR RIVERS collects plastic waste with their Litter Traps placed in the New Meuse river. The usable collected plastics are sorted, chipped, and recycled by The Good Floor into a flooring solution.
Yumeko
Their mission: Change the world sleeping. Because the world must change and become more sustainable. ''We want to offer consumers a sustainable alternative to products. We look for the most beautiful and sustainable materials and make products of the highest quality. Gentle to you and gentle to the world''
Woodio
Woodio produces our toilets and washbasins, made from real wood chips with a minimal carbon footprint. "They promise to offer "contemporary, lasting design manufactured sustainably."
Everyday Designs
Everyday Design designs and manufactures minimalistic furniture and design products that make everyday life easier. Everyday Design wants to solve everyday life problems and encourage people towards a more ecological lifestyle with their recycling products.
Wentzo
Wentzo, our network partner, and one of our network providers, goes beyond providing excellent ICT business solutions. The Wentzo Foundation supports education, healthcare, and welfare projects that focus on vulnerable people at home and abroad.
Marie Stella Maris
In our hotel rooms and public toilets we offer the newest line of Marie Stella Maris: Voyage Vetifier in refillable bottles. All of their care products are 100% vegan and free of parabens, silicones, petrochemicals, (water) polluting microplastics, and the sulfates SLS and SLES.
SACKit
SACKit combines the excellence and innovation of Danish design with high-quality materials, eco-certified fabrics, and minimalist design.
Let's build together
Want to join forces? Hit us up: partners@theusual.com
Our community initiatives.
City by city, we're looking for local charities with a connection to our social and environmental Sustainable Development Goals to support and collaborate with. From plastic retrieval to regenerative urban farming projects, we're excited to launch these upcoming partnerships alongside the opening of our hotels.