Sonaisali Island Resort
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Sonaisali Staff
This accommodation provider has taken action to address one or more issues (whether environmental, social or cultural) which will contribute positively to the long term viability of the destination and hence their site displays a Caring for the destination rating.
Main area of focus in Caring for the Destination:
Sonaisali Island Resort commits to continually improve the enviroment an social sustainability performance at the resort and they strive to make appropriate year on year improvements.
Sonaisali Island Resort commits to continually improve the enviroment an social sustainability performance at the resort and they strive to make appropriate year on year improvements.
Detailed description of the Caring for the Destination Initiative:
The resort commit to providing benchmarking measures to Green Globe annually and planning to set a target of meeting the baseline perfomance standard for each relevant Green Globe 21 performance indivcator as soon as practicable and then ensuring achievement of best practice of at least one indicator annually. Solid and Liquid waste minimization & Resource Conservation will be the indicators that will work towards.
Their enviroment programmes for next year will include:
1) To significantly increase the proprtion paper used for recyling and water
retention in all of the garden and lanscaping areas.
2) Implement and Improve th reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink principle.
3) To educate all Sonaisali island Resort product suppliers. Resorts initial aim
being increasing bulk purchases throughout departments and creating a
resort that is free of non-biodegradable chemicals.
4) To implement and improve nethods of reducing solid wastegenerated going
to landfill.
5) To provide support to the Mamanuca Enviroment Society for coral reef
conservation and enviromental protection progarmmes within the mamanuca
group of islands
6) To improve staff and guest understanding and participation in resource
conservation efforts implemented by the resort and the surrounding
Mamanuca Island group
7) Increase Staff training sessions, communications and involvement on the
Green Globe 21 standards.
8) Follow through on the resort initiative "save mangroves" starting in July
2006.
Third Party Verification:
Das Österreichische Umweltzeichen für Tourismusbet
Das Österreichische Umweltzeichen für Tourismusbet
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