Highland Experiences joins Green Tourism

Highland Experiences joins Green Tourism

Green Tourism is an organisation which promotes sustainable tourism across the globe. Highland Experiences has now joined with Green Tourism to gain their accreditation. More importantly by signing up to their accreditation process Highland Experiences will be developing its climate action plan over the next few months to reduce its carbon impact.

The action planning process covers three areas –

People – championing investment and improvement in local communities. When businesses devote some time and energy to contribute to local people, it becomes part of investing in a truly sustainable and ethical mindset. By encouraging staff and individuals to play their part in a business’s green journey, they will feel respected and valued; as well as ensuring a happy and eco-aware workforce.

Places – Living and operating sustainably is a process that involves promoting and caring for the natural environment, helping conserve the local area and its economy and supporting local suppliers of ethically-produced, seasonally-grown food and drink. We encourage our members to actively introduce guests or consumers to genuine experiences, both in the great outdoors and those involving arts, craft and culture.

Planet – We are committed to a low carbon future and finding new ways to reduce our industry’s footprint. We aim to inform and inspire our participating businesses about the circular economy, ecological and cultural diversity and ensuring efficient use of our planet’s resources. We work with selected partners and affiliates to strengthen our offer as one of the world’s leading eco-friendly accreditation organisations.

As part of the Visit Scotland Destination Net Zero Programme, Highland Experiences is joining with green Tourism and showing a commitment to responsible tourism practices and meet the needs of visitors, who are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of sustainability.

Highland Experiences joins Green Tourism and is working with Green Tourism to gain their prestigious accreditation. This involves auditing all our sustainability measures and developing an action plan to reduce our environmental impact and work with our customers to do the same.  To see the other action we are taking to improve our planet take a look at the Highland Experiences Sustainability Page.