Walt Disney World has pledged to seek "green" certification of all its hotels by next Earth Day, an environmental group is reporting, but Disney officials say they have not had any conversations committing to such a date.
A green hotel is one certified as such by the Florida Green Lodging Association because the hotel's use of non-toxic cleaners, efforts toward water and energy conservation and other environmentally-friendly factors. Disney World already is considered the state's leader for having won such a designation for six of its hotels.
The Florida Alliance for Healthy Indoor Environment and other environmental groups have been after Disney to pick up the pace in converting other hotels, and the alliance is reporting that it got a pledge for that. Disney recently gave the alliance an oral pledge that it would seek green hotel designations for all its hotels by next Earth Day, stated Heather Walker, program coordinator for the Florida Alliance.
Disney officials already have said they intended to get green certification for all 18 company-owned hotels at Disney World. But spokeswoman Jacquee Polak said they are unfamiliar with the alliance and have not committed to an Earth Day 2008 target with them.
