DESCRIPTION
• 9 areas of Sustainable Practices:
- Energy Conservation
- Hazardous Waster Management
- Water Conservation
- Indoor Air Quality
- Solid Waste Management
- Community Outreach
- Building Infrastructure
- Land Use
- Environmental Managemeni
CERTIFICATIONS (green hotel certification worldwide - certifications ecohotel dans le monde)
Green Globe
Green Seal
LEEDS Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Green Key EcoRating Program
Green Guard
Ecocrownhospitality
Earthcheck
Green Tourism Business Scheme
ENERGY STAR
Rainforest Alliance
Audubon Green Leaf™ Eco-Rating Program
EcoRooms & EcoSuites : This is an approval and certification program requiring 100% compliance with eight criteria that are guestroom related. The program requires all guest rooms to be 100% non-smoking.
The U.S. Green Building Council
The Sustainable Tourism Eco-certification Program™ (STEP)
The Certification for Sustainable Tourism Program (CST)
Ecolabel Europe
Going Green: The Prince of Wales Foundation International Tourism Partnership (ITP) program is a primer and an excellent starter program to develop energy, water, and waste conservation programs.
Canada's EcoLogo Label program certifies products from the United States and Canada in over 120 categories
Japan's Eco Mark
Taiwan's Green Mark and Energy Label programs provide certification and ecolabeling for green and energy efficient products
Eco-Hotel Certification - TÜV Rheinland Group
Nordic Swan Eco-label
Korea's Environmental Labeling Association
India's Ecomark Scheme
France : La Clef Verte, Hôtels au naturel, Gites Panda
Singapore's Green Label Scheme and Green Mark
Sweden's Good Environmental Choice
France's NF Environment
Germany's Blue Angel program provides ecolabeling for a wide variety products
Australia's Environmental Choice
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
The Institute for Green Business Certification, Inc. (IGBC)
Green-e Look for the logo and reduce your impact
STSC :
GSTC : Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria
Voluntary Initiative for Sustainability in Tourism (VISIT)
EMAS : Système européen de management et d’audit environnemental
Certifications existantes en Amérique Centrale et Amérique du Sud (avec mes remerciements à Victor Manuel Apaza Moya)
CST : Certification for Sustainable Tourism (CST), Costa Rica
Smart Voyager : Smart Voyager, Ecuador
STCNA :
Brazilian Standard NBR ABNT 15.401 -- Sustainable Management for Accommodations
GREAT Green Deal, Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico
