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IHG Talking to Its Hotel Owners on Plastics Problem

Patrick Whyte
Sign outside a Holiday Inn Express

Photo Credit: The Holiday Inn Express in Redding California. Parent company IHG is getting rid of plastic straws. InterContinental Hotels Group

Skift Take

While there is still plenty to do, it's good to see public companies — and the financial analysts who cover them — paying closer attention to the plastics problem.

It’s a sign of how far the plastic debate has moved into the mainstream that it is now getting mentioned on company earnings calls. Asked specifically about the amount of plastic handed out at a Holiday Inn Express breakfast, InterContinental Hotels Group Chief Financial Officer and group head of strategy Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson said it was "very much on the corporate agenda." Last year IHG said i

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