Hotel Arpoador wins Rio sustainability award with a data-driven approach

Hotel Arpoador won first place in the Green Seal category at the Top Hotel Rio de Janeiro 2025 Award, recognised for its practical, data-driven approach to sustainability. Working with Brazilian consultancy Hübis and the Klappir Platform, the hotel moved from general environmental goals to specific, measurable actions, monitoring energy, water, waste, and carbon emissions per guest as part of daily operations.

A data-driven entry in a field of many excellent projects

Hotel Arpoador won first place in the Green Seal category at the Top Hotel Rio de Janeiro 2025 Award, one of Rio de Janeiro's most recognised hospitality competitions. Now in its 20th edition, the award highlights businesses that are turning environmental responsibility into operational practice, and the hotel's entry stood out among 21 competing projects.

This award-winning case was built around a specific approach: using structured ESG data collected and managed through the Klappir Platform, with support from Hübis, to move sustainability from ambition to daily management. Hübis, a Brazilian sustainability consultancy, led the on-the-ground implementation and guided the Hotel Arpoador team throughout.

"Our partnership with Klappir has shown how combining local expertise with advanced sustainability data tools can accelerate real change in hospitality," said Pedro Arthur Campos, Founder of Hübis. "This award is a great example of what can happen when strategy, technology, and committed teams work together."

Why Hotel Arpoador data-backed case won

The jury recognised Hotel Arpoador for its practical, data-driven approach. Instead of viewing sustainability as a reporting obligation, the hotel used the Klappir Platform as an active management tool to monitor energy, water, and gas consumption; waste generation; and carbon emissions per guest, demonstrating operational innovation.

The Hotel Arpoador leadership team had a clear, data-backed picture of where environmental impacts were occurring and where targeted action could make a difference. The result was a shift from general sustainability goals to specific, measurable initiatives.

The data provided insights into areas such as:

• Emissions

• Water and energy consumption

• Waste generation and composition

• Quick answers to client RFPs

One area highlighted in the submission was the hotel's work towards zero-waste operations. By monitoring waste generation by type and point of origin, the team identified practical opportunities to improve separation practices and reduce total waste volumes.

What does this signal for the sector?

The recognition confirms a broader shift underway in Brazilian hospitality. As environmental expectations from guests, investors, and regulators increase, the ability to collect, interpret, and act on operational sustainability data is becoming a meaningful competitive advantage, not just a compliance requirement, encouraging industry-wide progress.

The approach demonstrated by Hotel Arpoador offers a practical model: start with reliable data, connect it to operational decisions, and build from there.

For Klappir and Hübis, the award reflects the value of combining infrastructure and expertise in markets where sustainability practice is accelerating.

About Hotel Arpoador

Located on the coastline of Rio de Janeiro, Hotel Arpoador is part of Grupo Arpoador, a hospitality group known for design-led properties and responsible tourism. The hotel has made sustainability a central part of its operational strategy, not as a compliance exercise, but as a framework for continuous improvement backed by data.

About Hübis

Hübis is a Brazilian sustainability consultancy specialising in ESG strategy, environmental management, and operational change within the hospitality and tourism sector. Through its partnership with Klappir, Hübis brings together local expertise and implementation capability with a structured sustainability data platform, helping organisations embed sustainability into everyday operations rather than treating it as a periodic reporting task.