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Tourism Accreditation
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Audubon Green Leaf™
Geographic Scope: United States
Sectors Covered: hotels
Web site: www.terrachoice.ca
Description: Internationally recognized, the Audubon Green Leaf™ Programs provide hotels essential support to motivate and educate staff on environmental best practices. The eco-rating level requires a complete, professional audit of the entire operations, verifying a hotel’s eco-rating of one to five Green Leafs, while also providing an extensive recommendation report for the hotel to keep striving forward.
Blue Flag
Geographic Scope: International
Sectors Covered: beaches and marinas
Web site: www.blueflag.org
Description: Since 1987, Blue Flag has symbolized high environmental standards for water quality, beach cleanliness and waste disposal, providing up-to-date information for visitors, environmental education and a commitment to preserving coastal ecosystems.
Certification for Sustainable Tourism
Geographic Scope: Costa Rica
Sectors Covered: accommodations and tourism operators
Web site: www.turismo-sostenible.co.cr
Description: The Certification in Sustainable Tourism Program (CST) is a product of the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) consisting of a scale of 1 to 5 levels of sustainable tourism achievement. CST certifies tourism providers based on the degree to which they comply with a sustainable business model taking into consideration natural, cultural and social resource management.
Eco-Certified Sustainable Travel
Geographic Scope: North America
Sectors Covered: accommodations, visitor attractions, tourism operators, and transportation service providers
Web site: www.sustainabletravelinternational.org
Description: Since 2002, Sustainable Travel International has been developing an eco-certification program for travel and tourism providers who incorporate financially viable, environmentally and socially responsible business practices into their operations. The program is being launched in 2006.
Green Deal
Geographic Scope: Guatemala
Sectors Covered: accommodations, guides, restaurants, communities and tourism operators
Web site: www.greendeal.org
Description: Since 1999, Green Deal has provided sustainable tourism certification based on process-based management systems and specific performance-based criteria that cover quality control, environmental, and socio-cultural issues.
Green Globe 21
Geographic Scope: International
Sectors Covered: communities, accommodations, visitor attractions, tourism operators, and their administrative offices
Web site: www.greenglobe21.com
Description: Green Globe 21 is an excellent global benchmarking, certification and improvement system for sustainable travel and tourism. It is based on Agenda 21 and principles for Sustainable Development endorsed by 182 Heads of State at the United Nations Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit. It provides companies, communities and consumers with a path to sustainable travel and tourism.
Green Seal, Inc.
Geographic Scope: United States
Sectors Covered: accommodations including hotels, motels and lodges
Web site: www.greenseal.org
Description: Since 1995, the Green Seal has been awarded to products that meet stringent environmental standards for the product category as demonstrated by rigorous evaluation and testing as well as a site visit. Green Seal standards are set so that they identify the most environmentally preferable products currently available; thus, they are leadership standards.
Green Tourism Business Scheme
Geographic Scope: Scotland and the United Kingdom
Sectors Covered: B&Bs, self-catering accommodation, hotels, guesthouses, youth hostels, holiday parks, visitor attractions, and tourism companies
Web site: www.green-business.co.uk
Description: Since 1998, the Green Tourism Business Scheme eco-label has offered bronze, silver and gold awards to travel and tourism providers who fulfil the most important criteria in all of its environmental categories
Ibexes
Geographic Scope: Switzerland
Sectors Covered: hotels and restaurants
Web site: www.oe-plus.ch
Description: The Ibex eco-label is reserved for Swiss hotels and restaurants engaged in environmentally, socially and economically responsible business practices. Sustainability is the core focus of this eco-label that rewards 1 to 5 Ibexes to companies that care for the well-being of their guests, of nature and of society.
La Clef Verte
Geographic Scope: France
Sectors Covered: campgrounds
Web site: www.laclefverte.org
Description: Since 1999, La Clef Verte (The Green Key) has awarded its eco-label to campgrounds that adopt responsible business practices, maintain biodiversity and preserve their resources, guaranteeing that they respect the environment.
Legambiente Turismo
Geographic Scope: Italy
Sectors Covered: accommodations, hotels and campgrounds
Web site: www.legambienteturismo.it
Description: Since 1997, Legambiente Turismo has awarded its eco-label to eco-friendly accommodations committed to environmental protection and sustainable business practices.
Milieubarometer
Geographic Scope: The Netherlands
Sectors Covered: campgrounds, youth hostels, and holiday parks
Website: www.milieubarometer.com
Description: Since 1998, Milieubarometer's "Environmental Barometer" has shown visitors the level of environmental quality awarded to tourism providers with three different categories of its eco-label: Bronze, Silver, and Gold which fulfils even the high standards of the state ecolabel, "Milieukeur".
Nature and Ecotourism Accreditation Program (NEAP)
Geographic Scope: Australia
Sectors Covered: accommodations, tours, and attractions
Web site: www.ecotourism.org.au/neap.asp
Description: NEAP certifies eco-tourism products and tours not operators. Certification is backed by a commitment to best practice ecological sustainability, natural area management and the provision of quality eco-tourism experiences. NEAP is now being exported to the rest of the world as the International Eco-tourism Standard.
PAN Parks®
Geographic Scope: Europe
Sectors Covered: National Parks, forest reserves
Web site: www.panparks.org
Description: PAN Parks guarantee nature protection for Europe's natural capital by certifying parks that pass verification carried out by independent experts in accordance with PAN Parks' core Principles, Criteria & Indicators. These principles cover relevant environmental, social, economic and cultural aspects and ensure new standards for conservation and sustainable development.
Qualmark™
Geographic Scope: New Zealand
Sectors Covered: accommodations, transportation providers, and tourism businesses
Web site: www.qualmark.co.nz
Description: Qualmark™ is New Zealand tourism's official mark of quality. All accommodation and tourism businesses that have Qualmark™ certification have been independently assessed as professional and trustworthy based on quality, service, and cost. Ratings are based on one to five stars, and sustainable business practices are currently not evaluated as part of this program.
Saskatchewan Ecotourism Accreditation Program
Geographic Scope: Saskatchewan, Canada
Sectors Covered: attractions, accommodations and guided tours
Web site: www.ecotourism.sk.ca
Description: The Ecotourism Society of Saskatchewan (ESS) accredits eco-tourism attractions and businesses which follow the principles of eco-tourism and meet criteria for quality and sustainable business practices.
Description: This seal of certification gives travelers to the Galapagos assurance that they are traveling with an operator who cares about the conservation of the islands and has taken every measure to ensure that passengers enjoy a memorable and educational adventure without harming local and flora
The Green Key
Geographic Scope: Denmark, Estonia, Greenland, and Sweden
Sectors Covered: hotels, youth hostels, conference- and holiday centers, campgrounds, holiday homes, leisure facilities, and restaurants
Web site: www.green-key.org
Description: Since 1994, The Green Key has offered a "diploma" to responsible tourism providers who fulfill a long list of environmental criteria including those related to company policy and action plans. Frequent inspection visits help to ensure the credibility of this eco-label.
The Luxembourg Ecolabel
Geographic Scope: Luxembourg
Sectors Covered: accommodations, hotels, youth hostels, holiday apartments, gîtes, and campgrounds
Web site: www.emweltzenter.lu/emweltzenter/oekofonds/welcome.htm
Description: Since 1999, The Luxembourg Ecolabel has promoted environmentally and socially responsible tourism with the support of the country's Ministry of Tourism in co-operation with its Ministry of Environment.
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