ForeverProject
Our Commitment to Net Zero Emissions and Building a Sustainable Tomorrow
Boyne Resorts, the Inn's parent company, recognizes human-driven climate change as an urgent issue for the world. In early 2021, we formalized commitments to climate action and announced our ForeverProject.
ForeverProject is an initiative to attain a sustainable tomorrow through collaboration, by positively affecting the lasting impact our resorts, team members, and guests have on the planet.
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- Power all operations with 100% clean electricity
- Reduce dependence on carbon-based fuels in existing buildings through energy efficiency upgrades and electrification
- Develop and implement high-efficiency green building standards for design and construction of new facility and real estate projects
- Upgrade our lift networks, installing the most technologically advanced lifts, and enhancing the energy efficiency of lift houses
- Install low-energy equipment while expanding snowmaking
- Add on-site renewable energy generation projects
- Monitor emerging technologies to identify opportunities to maximize efficiency and electrification of fleet vehicles and equipment
- Seek partnerships with local and/or meaningful programs to sequester carbon
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- Expand composting
- Enhance recycling
- Partner with local and non-profit organizations to donate/repurpose items, from uniforms to equipment
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- Participate in community environmental clean-ups
- Protect and limit disturbances to wildlife habitats, forests, and wetland ecosystems
- Conserve water through efficiency upgrades and utilizing recycled water where possible
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- Educate team members on the purpose of specific plans and encourage their input and ideas
- Be a leader in the community, educating guests and about sustainability and welcoming their participation in initiatives
- Advocate at local, regional, and national levels for policies that promote climate solutions
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- Invest in Team Member housing to address local housing shortages
- Encourage and provide options to team members to utilize sustainable modes of transportation
- Develop great people that are invested in helping the resort create change
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- Promote carpooling and sustainable transportation options to and from our properties
- Collaborate with local and regional non-profits, government agencies, and community organizations
Goal of Net Zero by 2030
As a resort built to highlight the beauty of our area’s natural landscape, we’re committed to making a positive and meaningful impact on our environment. By joining the ForeverProject led by our parent company, Boyne Resorts, the Inn has set a goal of reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2030, with plenty of milestones along the way.
Guiding Principles
MINDFUL
EFFICIENCY
Create and maintain a culture of reduction: energy use, waste output, water impact; balanced with maximized utilization of our human, technological, natural, and financial resources.
TIRELESS
CONSERVATION
Protect the natural environment unwaveringly, ensuring proper use for purposes related to outdoor recreation, and preserving or rehabilitating the land over which we are stewards.
INNOVATIVE
COLLABORATION
Support and reward outreach and partnerships that extend beyond all traditional boundaries, providing deeply valuable impact among our team members, and in our communities, industry, and environment for the long term.
The Foundation We've Built
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Energy Offset
Our parent company, Boyne Resorts committed to a Renewable Energy Credits purchase, and as a result, our family of resorts achieved 100% renewable energy as of the 2020/21 season. Working towards reducing energy use right here on-property, we've converted to mostly LED lighting, and are installing high-efficiency equipment where possible. Plus, we've partnered with Tradewater so that guests can chip in to offset their travels!
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Water Protection
As a lakefront resort, water is at the forefront of our lifestyle. Within our golf divisions, we've reduced our water use by 60% (equal to 5,742,000 gallons a year!) with a reduction of watering on the greens, and halting of watering on certain natural areas of the courses. We have also implemented self-serve water stations on our golf courses, replacing bottled water use, contributing to a reduction in waste. Here at the hotel, we encourage our overnight guests to use towels and linens more than once to reduce water consumption through laundry.
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Reduce & Recycle
Within our food and beverage divisions, we've moved to utilizing greener options for carryout containers, including recycled bags, plant-based straws, and containers made of compostable materials. Plus, our golf divisions have completely eliminated the use of plastic water bottles. From our team's efforts, to encouraging guests to recycle with bins placed in each hotel room, the Inn is committed to recycling as much as possible.
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A Greener Clean
We’ve taken steps that will have a lasting impact on our contribution to landfills. A recent installation of shower dispensers has eliminated our use of small plastic shower toiletry bottles, and we participate in Clean the World, a hotel recycling program that gives new life to partially used bar soaps, lotions, and containers and diverts them from the trash.
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Uphold Natural Beauty
From our Adopt a Highway participation, to partnering with Tip of the Mitt Watershed council, the Inn is committed to keeping our surrounding area clean, beautiful, and bouncing back from human impact. We’re always searching for new ways to be of service to our local community.
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Fueled By Change
Another facet of our resort’s fight against greenhouse gasses is reducing fuel usage at our golf divisions. Fuel consumption is down by 500 gallons per year since reducing fairway mowing to twice per week during the golf season. Plus, in switching to polymer-coated fertilizers, the amount of Nitrous Oxide released into the air from our courses is reduced and slowed.
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