Commitment to the environment and social and cultural integration is not something new at Meliá Hotels International, it has always been present in the fundamental values of our company and its owners. To understand what sustainability means to Meliá Hotels International see the Global Sustainability Policy . The commitments reflected in this policy allows our industry and activity to generate opportunities and wealth for people and communities, by listening to our stakeholders and approaching them, protecting the environment and natural resources, providing value to reduce social differences in the world and conserving biodiversity and cultural heritage. We are the first hotel company to be certified as a Biosphere Hotel Company.

Our positioning as a family business, socially committed with traditional values associated with sustainable development took an important step forward on 17 November 2010 when we signed a strategic alliance with UNICEF Spain, making us a strategic partner in their important missions in education and the protection of children. We are committed to promoting their work publicly and contributing financially and through other means to help achieve the objectives of an organization which is the most global NGO in the area of children’s wellbeing.