New ESG report provides insight into Comwell’s work

The Danish family-owned hotel group Comwell has just published its ESG report for 2025. The report provides insight into the group’s work on climate initiatives, employee wellbeing, social initiatives and corporate governance.

The hotel group Comwell has today published its ESG report for 2025. The report describes its work on greenhouse gas emissions, wellbeing, social initiatives and corporate governance, among other areas. At Comwell, ESG covers both environmental matters and matters relating to employees, guests and business partners.

“Taking a structured approach to ESG is a strategic choice for us. The report provides insight into our work. ESG is very much about people. About how we run our business, how we treat one another, and how we work with employees, guests and suppliers,” says Peter Schelde, CEO of Comwell Hotels.

Resource consumption and work in the kitchens

Comwell’s work includes recording greenhouse gas emissions, measuring food waste, monitoring energy consumption and sorting waste.

This work also involves the everyday behaviour and choices of employees and guests. A new collaboration with Coor Denmark, supported by the Danish Plant-Based Food Grant, includes skills development in the kitchens as well as the development and presentation of plant-based dishes with vegetables and pulses.

“Our ESG work also involves the everyday choices of employees and guests. This includes our kitchens, where we record food waste, work on ingredient utilisation and prepare dishes with vegetables and pulses,” says Mai-Britt Jensen, HR & Sustainability Director at Comwell Hotels.

Wellbeing, development and employee matters

Employees are also part of Comwell’s ESG work. The company invests in training, skills development and work on wellbeing across the organisation. Initiatives include internal training programmes, flexible working arrangements, support for employees in the later stages of their careers and a focus on psychological safety. Comwell also works on inclusion and diversity, and more than 55 nationalities are represented among its employees.

Comwell also participates in the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower programme, through which employees and guests can wear the Sunflower lanyard to indicate a non-visible disability.

“We work on both attracting and retaining our valued employees. This includes our internal training programmes, skills development and work on wellbeing. Dialogue between managers and employees is also part of our day-to-day work,” says Mai-Britt Jensen.

Collaborations beyond the organisation also form part of its ESG work. Comwell has worked with SMILfonden for more than 10 years and, in 2025, began a new collaboration with Julemærkefonden, which works to support the wellbeing of children and young people.

Supplier requirements

Comwell sets requirements for its suppliers through the company’s Code of Conduct. In 2025, its largest suppliers were involved in this work.

“We also set requirements for business partners as part of our ESG work. Our Code of Conduct describes the requirements for suppliers and is used in our ongoing work,” says Mai-Britt Jensen.

ESG as part of the business

At Comwell, ESG work covers operations, employee matters, social initiatives and corporate governance. Although Comwell is not subject to statutory ESG reporting requirements, the company uses the EU directive, CSRD, as a guide for its reporting.

“We achieved sound results in 2025, providing a good basis for our ongoing work. The ESG report brings together information about our activities and data and provides insight into our work across operations and the organisation,” says Peter Schelde.

Environment
Waste recycling rate: 44% (excluding food waste)
Food waste (including food waste): 23.1%
Plant usage rate: 40.8%

S-ocial
The proportion of the under-represented gender (men) in management is 45%
The proportion of women on the board is 50%
Diversity by gender: women account for 51%, men account for 49%
Age range between 16 and 76 years, and the average age in 2025 was 37.7 years
Permanent staff aged 55+ account for 12.6% of the workforce
Engagement scores of 48% and 39% respectively in the PULS survey
Sick leave at 3.9%

G-governance
Completed ESG risk assessment and issued Code of Conduct to major suppliers

About Comwell Hotels

Comwell is a Danish family-owned, nationwide hotel chain with hotels throughout Denmark, as well as ODEON in Odense and Centralværkstedet in Aarhus. For over 55 years, Comwell has been operating meeting and conference hotels and has won numerous awards over the years for its meeting, service and dining concepts.

Comwell was the first to introduce Danes to the modern meeting package back in 1969. Today, this remains Comwell’s core business. Comwell also caters for training and course programmes, workshops, job interviews, board meetings, exhibitions and events, and has 2,500 rooms and 320 meeting and conference rooms at its disposal.