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Dr. Hawkins
Rebecca Hawkins
Managing Director, Responsible Hospitality Partnership
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PDFRebecca Hawkins is the Managing Director of RHP Ltd, a Research Fellow of Oxford Brookes University and Visiting Professor to the International Centre for Responsible Tourism at Leeds Metropolitan University.
A resource management specialist, with training in ISO 14001 implementation, Dr. Hawkins has managed a number of projects that combine the need to deliver sustainability initiatives alongside cost savings. Dr. Hawkins regularly provides training within hotel businesses and offers strategic consultancy to help senior executives in the sector design effective responsible business programs. Through RHP, she provides consulting services to a wide range of clients from across the hospitality and food service sectors.
Dr. Hawkins experience in the sector means that she has been asked to write or contribute to much of the guidance that is available to the sector on resource efficiency. She also regularly writes for the trade press. She has recently made input into UK energy and waste initiatives and has played a role in a major waste prevention initiative for the sector.
Dr. Hawkins also works with many of the NGOs in the sector, for example, delivering some of the initial research about the credibility of different sustainable tourism certification initiatives and leading research into customer expectations of responsible business programs.
Dr, Hawkins has recently published two books on responsible hospitality. One of these is recognized as the complete handbook for corporate responsibility in the hospitality industry and the other includes letters from 46 industry leaders about the importance of Green Growth.
Dr. Hawkins can be contacted at 441993868392 or [email protected]
