Evidence your commitment to sustainability
Turning words into the numbers that matter
It’s hard to pitch commitment convincingly until there are numbers to back it up. If you want to demonstrate you’re embedding sustainability in your destination strategy, we’re here to help you evidence the action you’re taking. We are a world leading sustainability certification provider. We work collaboratively with destination stakeholders and the GDS-Movement to create change.
How we can help?
Is your destination eager to make sustainability part of your strategy to drive competitive advantage? We provide manageable ways for tourism and hospitality businesses to adopt more sustainable activities. All of which are auditable and achievable.
Bring to businesses in your destination
- Greater understanding of sustainability and how it affects their business
- Increased determination to improve sustainability
- Greater confidence around the ‘how’ and practical guidance on actions
- Tools to help businesses deliver change / improvements
- Guidance on how to promote their sustainability work in marketing channels, to customers and the local community
Examples of our services to support destinations
Belfast
- Green Tourism and Green Meetings certification fully funded for all businesses in the visitor economy
- Webinar support to recruit and support businesses through their assessment
- Resulted in a joint whitepaper between Green Tourism, Visit Belfast, The GDS-Movement
- Ongoing support in place for businesses to continue, and advance within our certification programmes
Visit Scotland
- Up to £500 off Green Tourism and Green Meetings certification for SMEs in Scotland
- Over 200 businesses recruited from all corners of Scotland
- Worked with destinations nationwide to raise the profile of the opportunity to businesses
- Webinar support to recruit and support businesses through their assessment
Plymouth
- Green Tourism and Green Meetings certification full funded for up to 100 businesses in the visitor economy
- Webinar support to recruit and support businesses through their assessment
- Ongoing discounts in place for businesses to continue, and advance within our certification programmes
Visit Moray Speyside
- Produced sustainability support resources for businesses
- Tailored the resources to the needs and the challenges of the businesses in the destination
- Launched to businesses at a business networking event
- Promoted by the Green Tourism CEO at the destinations’ annual conference
Visit Lanarkshire
- Produced a range of sustainability support resources for businesses
- Tailored the resources to the needs of businesses in the destination
- Launched at a webinar in partnership with the destination
South Downs National Park
- Worked with the destination and stakeholders to create a bespoke assessment criteria
- Advised on the design of the processes powering a bespoke award for businesses
- Launched the programme in partnership with the National Park
Services available for destinations
Green Tourism can support you in a number of ways
- Support and advice to develop your Destination Sustainability Strategy
- Supported / funded package for businesses to achieve a Sustainability Certification
- Dedicated sign-up page online with your destination branding
- Discounted memberships for businesses linked to Destination promotion.
- Technical webinars throughout the year to support local business e.g.
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- Starting your sustainable journey: baseline measures, getting teams involved, action plans
- Practical changes: Identifying quick wins and low-cost improvement
- Customer expectations and communication: Including tourism trends and marketing your green achievements
- Developing a sustainability strategy, policy, and plan
- Best practice green events and meetings: practical examples as well as other sources of support
- Destination branded sustainability resources e.g. templates for sustainability policy, procurement checklist, supplier screening questionnaire etc
Get in touch
Simply fill in the form and one of our team will get back to you within two working days. Alternatively, email [email protected] or call us on 01738 632162 and we will be delighted to help.