Industries
Impact studies, permits, water and waste management, and sustainability advisory for hotels, resorts and tourism destinations in sensitive settings.
Industry overview
Tourism development in Saudi Arabia is reaching coastlines, islands, mountains, deserts and heritage areas that are environmentally sensitive. Resorts and destination projects must consider coral reefs, mangroves, wildlife, vegetation, dark skies and limited water resources from the planning stage, and typically require environmental impact assessment under the Environmental Law and its Implementing Regulations, with review by the National Center for Environmental Compliance (NCEC).
Operating hotels and resorts have their own environmental aspects: high water and energy use, food waste, packaging and linen, sewage treatment and treated effluent reuse, swimming pool chemicals, laundries, kitchens and standby generators. Remote properties often run their own desalination, power and wastewater plants, which bring permit and monitoring obligations of their own.
Guests, operators and investors increasingly expect credible sustainability performance. Destination developers set environmental standards for hotel operators and tenants, and international brands apply their own sustainability programmes. Clear data on water, energy, waste and carbon supports these commitments and avoids claims that cannot be substantiated.
Environmental challenges
Coastal, island and desert sites require baseline studies and design controls to protect reefs, shorelines, habitats and landscapes.
Desalination, sewage treatment and effluent reuse for irrigation need monitoring to protect health, the marine environment and landscaping.
Kitchens, banqueting and guest rooms generate food waste, packaging and single-use items that need segregation and recovery.
Remote resorts operating their own power, desalination or wastewater plants take on permit and monitoring duties similar to utilities.
Guests and investors scrutinise green claims, so sustainability messages must be backed by measured performance data.
Typical requirements
Requirements vary by activity, location and permit conditions. We confirm the applicable requirements for your project at the start of every engagement.
How Selorin supports
We prepare EIAs with marine and terrestrial baselines and permit packages for resorts and their utility plants.
We monitor treated effluent, reuse water and receiving waters, and report results against permit and reuse conditions.
We assess waste by department, set up segregation and food waste reduction measures, and organise records for contractors.
We set sustainability targets, track water, energy and carbon, and support Mostadam or LEED for new and existing properties.
Screening, scoping, baseline studies, impact analysis and mitigation, prepared as an EIA report ready for authority review and follow-up comments.
Key benefit: A defensible EIA that keeps your approval path predictable
Construction and operating permits, renewals and modifications — from permit strategy and document preparation to submission and responses to authority comments.
Key benefit: Fewer resubmissions and a clearer path to permit decisions
Ongoing compliance management: obligation registers, inspection readiness, responses to regulatory notices and violations, and corrective action plans that close gaps.
Key benefit: Lower exposure to violations and operational disruption
Sampling and monitoring of effluent, treated wastewater, groundwater and seawater, with on-site measurements, laboratory coordination and compliance reporting.
Key benefit: Confidence that discharges and reuse meet permit conditions
Waste classification, audits, waste management plans, segregation and storage, transporter and receiver checks, and documentation for MWAN compliance.
Key benefit: Compliant waste handling with a clear, traceable chain of custody
Sustainability strategy, policies, targets and KPIs, governance and roadmap, integrated into day-to-day operations and project delivery.
Key benefit: Sustainability goals embedded in how the business operates
Support for LEED, Mostadam and Envision: gap analysis, credit strategy, documentation management and submission coordination from design to construction completion.
Key benefit: A clear route to your target rating, without documentation surprises
Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions inventories prepared under the GHG Protocol and ISO 14064-1, with documented methods and verification-ready records.
Key benefit: An emissions baseline you can report, verify and reduce
Typically regular sampling of treated effluent quality against permit and reuse conditions, plus checks on the receiving environment where relevant. We design a sampling plan around your plant, irrigation areas and conditions, and report results in a format you can share with authorities.
Start by measuring it by source: preparation, buffet and plate waste. We run a waste audit, identify the main drivers and recommend practical changes in purchasing, production planning and buffet management, plus recovery routes for unavoidable waste.
Yes. We review claims against your measured data, recommend wording that is accurate and specific, and identify where further data or third-party verification would be needed before a claim is made.
Share your project details and an environmental specialist will review your requirements.