ACT FOR A
RESPONSIBLE
EUROPEAN
TOURISM
YOU ARE A HOST
Why should you act?
Why you ?
You can create change because:
As a hosting provider, you have a great deal of power to act, whether it's :
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in the structure you manage (materials, insulation, energy consumption...)
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or in terms of raising awareness among the public with whom you are in direct contact!
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As an accommodation professional, you are directly concerned by the impacts of climate change: heatwave summers or lack of snow in the mountains, for example, depending on your location, impact your occupancy rates.
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The adoption of environmental sustainability criteria is increasingly becoming a genuine criterion of choice that weighs heavily on travelers' decisions: hotels that have been renovated and repositioned on the market experience almost immediate growth on average!
Why now ?
To become a change maker, you have to go through four stages that can be summed up in these words:
Measure - Reduce - Contribute - Adapt
Measure
Rising sea levels and coastal erosion
The Hotel Le Signal in Soulac-sur-Mer (France) is a symbol of coastal erosion and the very real impact that climate change can have on the profession. Sea levels could rise by more than a meter by 2100 (IPCC), causing flooding and the disappearance of coastal destinations.
© LAURENT THEILLET/PHOTOPQR/SUD OUEST/MAXPPP
Taking the measure of change
What are your main sources of GHG emissions in your activity?
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Measuring your carbon footprint is the essential starting point for any progress initiative! It enables you to identify the main sources of emissions in your business and act accordingly to reduce them.
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There are calculators to help you! Take a look at these, specialized for the lodging business:
Reduce
How to reduce your impact on climate?
Discover some eco-gestures that can help you!
Contribute
As an accommodation provider, you play a major role in visitor behavior!
You're constantly conveying messages of awareness, learning and respect to travelers.
Here are a few tips you can apply to not only reduce your negative impacts, but also maximize your positive ones!
Adapt
Adapt!
While it's vital to act now to reduce our negative impact on our environment, the effects of change are already being felt, the consequences are already there, and the challenge now is to avoid exacerbating them and adapt to them.
Here are a few tips to help you do just that!
