Georgy Pyle
Sustainability manager, Fairmont Royal York, Toronto
Georgy Pyle’s passion and creativity is awakened at the intersection of luxury hospitality and environmental stewardship. As the Sustainability manager at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto, which recently received the Canada Green Building Council’s (CAGBC) Zero Carbon Building – Performance Standard certification, Pyle leads hotel-wide sustainability efforts in line with Accor’s own long-term commitments to net-zero emissions and the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance’s new Pathway to Net-Positive Hospitality.
Pyle is responsible for hotel-wide waste-reduction efforts, driving the elimination of single-use plastics, identifying new pathways for waste diversion and spearheading strategies to improve hotel-capture rates. She also calculates and establishes food-waste baselines in collaboration with the F&B team to support a 25-per-cent reduction by 2025 through the support of Orbisk image recognition-enabled food-waste monitors. Pyle’s role has provided her with the opportunity to support not only the F&B team, but also the Engineering, Kitchen, Housekeeping and Laundry departments as they relate to sustainability.
Guided by a highly driven work ethic, Pyle, a graduate from George Brown College’s Hospitality and Tourism Management program, has carved her own path at the Fairmont Royal York. From an F&B intern to F&B supervisor to Sustainability manager in two years, she has brought about transformative change and will continue to support sustainable development worldwide.
