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Xanterra Parks & Resorts Names Greener V.P. of Sustainability

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DENVER—Xanterra Parks & Resorts has appointed Catherine Greener as vice president of sustainability. In this position, Greener is responsible for continuing and strengthening the company’s sustainability initiatives in the areas of energy, water and waste management; pollution prevention; sustainable cuisine; sustainable design and more.

“We are pleased that Catherine is bringing her wide-ranging expertise to our company,” said Andrew N. Todd, president and CEO of Xanterra. “The diversity of our operations requires someone who can provide leadership in many sustainability disciplines.”

Xanterra operates lodges, restaurants, gift stores and other concessions in state and national parks as well as Kingsmill Resort, Windstar Cruises and Grand Canyon Railway. The opportunities to minimize impact of the company’s operations and of its guests are boundless. Initiatives can include eliminating plastics from landfills, procuring local and natural food, conserving fuel and sourcing clean energy.

Ecologix & Ecometrix

Xanterra’s environmental management program, called Ecologix, has earned recognition from a variety of government, hospitality industry and environmental organizations for the program’s depth and success. The company uses its own highly refined performance metrics model—called Ecometrix—to define resource consumption on annual per-room night and per-dollar revenue bases. When Xanterra created Ecometrix, it was the first comprehensive environmental management measurement system in the tourism industry. The model defines annual totals of resource consumption, allowing Xanterra to focus on environmental goals that are measurable to a high level of accuracy. Ecometrix also provides measures for waste diversion, program compliance, and many other important statistics of performance.

Prior to joining Xanterra, Greener was a founding partner of Cleargreen Advisors, a firm supporting companies with both collaborative and outsourced sustainability management services, including strategic planning, project execution and measurement and reporting. She has more than 25 years of experience in the areas of sustainability, manufacturing and industrial quality management. Greener began her career at General Motors as an industrial engineer and then maintenance supervisor at the Pontiac Engine Assembly plant.

Greener earned a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from Northwestern University, and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Michigan.

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