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Effective measures are needed to accelerate the green and digital transitions and improve the resilience of the tourism ecosystem. This is an effort in which all groups and stakeholders, in the tourism ecosystem, have a role to play. Hospitality, as part of this ecosystem, leaves a heavy environmental footprint on a daily basis. Although there are many environmental management systems in place to control and monitor ecological performance, hospitality lacks Sustainability Leadership. Sustainable leadership is when we consider the wider impact of our actions on society and the environment. On 10 March 2020, the Commission adopted a new industrial strategy. The aim was to help EU industry lead the green and digital transformations and to boost the EU’s global competitiveness and open strategic autonomy by 2030 (European industrial strategy | European Commission (europa.eu)). The COVID-19 pandemic, even though has stressed the importance of digital interventions to benefit the environment, it has shifted the priorities of the market to other directions. This dictates the need for immediate actions to accelerate the green and digital transitions and consequently increase the resilience of the EU industrial ecosystems. The tourism ecosystem was the hardest hit by the pandemic and therefore, it faces major challenges to achieve the twin transition.

To expedite this twin transition, VET will have a critical role in changing the Leadership model of the industry, shifting from traditional Leadership to Sustainability Leadership. VET can deploy innovative training, including e-tools to allow the successful implementation of sustainability principles in order to make hospitality more competitive. HOSP-ECO will deploy a VET methodology to help Hospitality Management acquire Sustainability Leadership skills by developing a training course and e-tools to facilitate sustainability culture change.