HomeToGo's ESG Strategy

As Europe’s leading vacation rental group, we understand that facilitating global travel carries a fundamental responsibility to protect the precious destinations our travelers love.

To meet this responsibility, we have begun actively working to unlock the collective potential of the entire travel ecosystem. This strategy is centered on empowerment—equipping our core stakeholders, including our team, travelers, and partners, with the tools necessary to make informed, responsible choices. By fostering these connections, we ensure that every booking made today contributes to a more sustainable and vibrant future for travel.

"At HomeToGo, we believe that corporate responsibility means our passion for opening up the world comes with a promise to protect it. We believe the most effective way to honor this promise is to look beyond our own operations and unlock the potential of our entire ecosystem. Our strategy is to equip our core stakeholders - our team, our travelers and our partners - with the tools they need to make better choices, ensuring that every booking contributes to a more sustainable future for travel.”  

- Isabel Nacke, Head of ESG

HomeToGo announced its inaugural, comprehensive ESG strategy in 2025. This multi-year roadmap (2025–2028) is structured around the material matters identified in our Double Materiality Analysis.

By organizing these priorities into strategic clusters across Environmental, Social, and Governance pillars, we turn high-level commitments into measurable action. This focused approach fosters a responsible corporate culture, ensuring we deliver long-term value for our travelers, partners, and global team, while remaining focused on the progress our initiatives are making towards the relevant Sustainable Development Goals. 

We further developed strategic objectives for each ESG pillar to turn our ambitions into action across the business. Each objective is supported by Key Performance Indicators that tell us how much we are progressing towards achieving our objectives and which initiatives drive meaningful change. 

"At HomeToGo, we recognize that operating a global travel platform necessitates a significant commitment to environmental stewardship."

At HomeToGo, we are dedicated to creating a platform that empowers both guests and providers to make environmentally responsible choices - thereby safeguarding the environment and ensuring the long-term sustainability of the travel industry.

At each facility, we've appointed Sustainability Leads to drive our environmental initiatives. We are committed to steadily reducing our emissions, a goal we actively pursue through the thorough assessment of our operational carbon footprint and identification and elimination of key hotspots.

HomeToGo supports its community with initiatives like annual corporate volunteering involving all upper management. We believe this direct philanthropic involvement offers vital perspectives on the tangible efforts needed for our planet's protection and preservation.

Our commitment to sustainability involves a phased increase in Green Energy Procurement, aiming for 100% coverage across all our facilities by 2028. This strategic move lessens our reliance on finite resources, fostering a more sustainable and healthier environment for the future.

"We believe travel is about connection, not just accommodation. The HomeToGo team is dedicated to connecting people, facilitating cultural exchange, and fostering meaningful global interactions."

At HomeToGo, our team members are our driving force, which is why Work-Life Balance is central to our success. We are committed to fostering their well-being by creating a supportive and flexible environment where every individual can thrive.

HomeToGo's ESG strategy prioritizes Leadership Diversity, fostering an innovative, accountable, and inclusive workplace. We embrace diverse perspectives at all management levels to strengthen decision-making and reflect our global community.

As a UN Global Compact signatory, HomeToGo is committed to sustainable corporate practices, upholding its Ten Principles on human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption.

Our success is built on integrity, accountability, and transparency. This foundation of sound governance ensures that as we scale, our growth remains responsible, our actions stay transparent, and our long-term success is sustainable.

Our commitment to strong corporate governance is the foundation of HomeToGo’s sustainable growth. We prioritize transparency, security, and ethical leadership to safeguard the interests of our stakeholders - guests, partners, team, communities, and shareholders.

HomeToGo prioritizes platform integrity and trust through a robust fraud prevention framework. 

We safeguard our global community of guests, hosts, and partners across the value chain, from listing verification to payment processing, continuously refining our approach to ensure security and maintain stakeholder trust.

At HomeToGo, our corporate culture is the very heartbeat of our sustainable governance and ethical decision-making.

As a global platform connecting people and places, we are deeply committed to cultivating an innovative, accountable, and profoundly inclusive workplace.

Data security is crucial for HomeToGo's long-term success. We prioritize the secure and responsible handling of vast daily data, aiming to prevent incidents and maintain operational integrity. 

We are committed to continuously strengthening security measures and protocols across the HomeToGo Group.

At HomeToGo, we believe in enhancing security one team member at a time by improving awareness of our whistleblowing platform, the "HomeToGo Speak-up System." Through this initiative, our teams are encouraged to speak up; thus improving our compliance and security, including anti-corruption and potential misconduct.