Environment:
MGM Resorts makes list of America’s most environmentally responsible companies
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Thursday
20 October 2011
12:52 p.m.
For the second year in a row, MGM Resorts International has been named one of Newsweek Magazine’s 500 most environmentally responsible U.S. companies. It was the highest-ranked casino and the third highest-ranked hotel company on the list.
MGM has strived to reduce energy and water consumption, increase recycling and reduce waste at its properties. CityCenter is the largest LEED Gold certified development in the world, and Aria and Vdara were the first hotels in Las Vegas to achieve a LEED Gold rating. In 2010, 12 MGM properties also won awards under the Green Key Eco-Rating Program, the largest international program evaluating sustainable hotel operations.
“For our customers, environmental stewardship is a key area of awareness,” MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren said in a statement. “Our guests are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their expectations, and we are proud to be a leader.”
MGM this year moved up in Newsweek’s ratings to the 157th spot. The company ranked 174th in 2010.
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I'm wondering where all the people are that have been saying for a couple years now that MGM was going to be filing bankruptcy and selling off all their properties?