IBIS India Goes Green With A Nationwide Tree Plantation Drive 🌱


Over 1,500 saplings. 25 hotels. 2,000+ employees. One powerful Earth Day.

IBIS India Goes Green With A Nationwide Tree Plantation Drive 🌱

This Earth Day, ibis India didn’t just talk the talkβ€”they planted the roots. Across 25 hotels nationwide, ibis teams came together on April 22nd to plant over 1,500 saplings, putting their green hearts into action with a movement that reached from Mumbai to Kochi, Jaipur to Hyderabad.

This wasn’t just a feel-good gesture. It was a bold, tangible step in a world where climate extremes are no longer rareβ€”they’re reality. With 2023 recorded as India’s second warmest year since 1901, ibis India’s tree drive isn’t symbolic. It’s strategic, necessary, and deeply human.

β€œThis is who we are,” said Tejus Jose, Director of Operations at ibis & ibis Styles India. β€œSustainability is built into the ibis blueprintβ€”not just as a buzzword, but as a daily way of working. This Earth Day, we wanted to take that purpose beyond policies and plant it into the groundβ€”literally.”

From hotel courtyards to community parks, ibis employees rolled up their sleeves and dug inβ€”some partnering with local civic bodies, others creating micro-forests within their premises. The initiative involved over 2,000 employees, showing how a people-first culture can drive planet-positive change.

Beyond the tree drive, ibis India is walking the sustainability talk with initiatives like:

  • The Green Tourism Pledgeβ€”encouraging guests and staff to travel lighter and greener

  • Energy and water conservation systems

  • Responsible waste management

  • Community beach clean-ups and civic-led eco-drives

Each effort is a brick in a much bigger vision: a hospitality industry that thrives without costing the Earth.

β€œWhether it’s planting trees or reducing plastic, our focus is on impact that lasts,” Jose added. β€œWe believe the hospitality of the future is as sustainable as it is stylishβ€”and deeply local.”

With its Earth Day tree drive, ibis India proves that big change can start with small actionsβ€”especially when done together.