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There are many different companies offering environmental certification
and benchmarking. Greenstop.Net has drawn up this list to help
you decide where you fit at the moment. Are you already doing
things, for example, which would qualify you for a greenstop?
What do you need to do to improve or even start on the road to
environmental excellence? Read the list below and then decide.
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How do you manage the company in terms of numbers of people
and their impacts on waste, energy and water management?
Do you take measures to:
- minimise waste
- compost waste
- prevent the wasteful use of water
- reduce energy consumption
Do you buy locally produced goods?
Do you buy natural/organic goods?
How do you inform visitors and others about the environmental
and social implications of their tourism? How do you use information
technology?
Do you publish environmental information in your brochures and
on your website?
Do you raise these issues at slideshows/exhibitions/ during sales
promotions?
Do you provide information for your clients during the holiday
or stay?
Do you try to run a paper free office as far as possible?
Do you communicate online wherever possible?
Do you have an online brochure?
Do you have an online booking facility?
What is it that makes your company a role model? What is innovative
about is? How does what you are doing contribute to a better quality
of life for everyone now, and for future generations?
Do you involve your staff in the above initiatives and in the
decision making process?
Do you involve the local community?
Do you and your staff contribute to the well-being of the local
community or communities you work in?
How does your company benefit the local community?
Do you inform and educate travellers/guests about the dangers
of environmental damage from tourism and the benefits of responsible
tourism?
Do you work with the local communities to develop awareness and
encourage conservation of their local natural and cultural heritage?
Do you assist local communities with projects, which support
their local economy and/or heritage?
How does your company protect the cultural, built and natural
heritage?
Where possible do you repair any damage done by your passengers/clients
and vehicles during trips?
Are you involved in or do you contribute financially to any local
initiatives, which are working towards the protection of the cultural,
built or natural heritage?
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