DENVER, April 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inspirato Incorporated (“Inspirato” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ISPO), the innovative luxury travel subscription brand, today announced the publication of its 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Report (the "ESG Report"), highlighting the Company’s commitment to responsible operations. The report articulates Inspirato’s ESG values, approach, and initiatives, while also providing results from its 2022 materiality assessment and outlining its 2023 ESG goals.
Inspirato Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Brad Handler commented, “I’m very pleased to share our first ESG Report. At Inspirato, we believe it is our duty to set the standard for generating positive impacts while providing distinctive luxury hospitality services at a global scale. As our ESG program evolves, we will remain committed to full transparency while acting as a responsible corporate citizen.”
Highlights and achievements from this ESG Report include:
- Responsible Operations. Inspirato became a member of the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, joining with 22 industry-leading hotel and hospitality companies committed to driving continued action in the areas of human rights, youth employment, climate action and water stewardship.
- Materiality Assessment. The Company gained feedback from key stakeholders to help identify and direct current and future ESG program initiatives.
- Employee Resource Groups (“ERGs”). At year-end 2022, Inspirato had seven employee-founded and led ERGs, each of which share similar missions grounded on offering support and resources to employees for positive societal change, personal wellbeing, and career development.
- 2023 ESG Goals. The Company's ESG goals for 2023 include increasing employee diversity throughout all levels the Company and gathering climate and greenhouse gas (“GHG”) data and other utility metrics to include in its 2023 ESG Report, in advance of imminent Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory requirements.
In an effort to provide greater alignment with reporting standards, Inspirato has focused on reporting in accordance with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (“SASB”) guidance. The release of the Company's inaugural ESG report was shared with the investor community with a feature on the Nasdaq Tower in New York City on March 27, 2023. The full 2022 ESG Report can be found on the Company’s investor relations website at investor.inspirato.com/esg.
About Inspirato
Inspirato is a luxury travel subscription company that provides access to a managed and controlled portfolio of hand-selected vacation options, delivered through an innovative model designed to ensure the service and certainty that affluent customers demand. The Inspirato portfolio includes branded, controlled luxury vacation homes available exclusively to subscribers and guests, accommodations at five-star hotel and resort partners, and custom travel experiences. In 2022, Inspirato introduced Inspirato for Good, an easy-to-use platform that delivers high-value fundraising results for nonprofit organizations, and Inspirato for Business, a comprehensive turnkey solution that enables companies to leverage luxury travel to recruit, reward, and retain employees. For more information, visit www.inspirato.com and follow @inspirato on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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