Responsible Tourism
Caring for our Environment
Our objective is to be a responsible corporate citizen and mitigate the existing or anticipated adverse impacts of our business and strengthen the positive ones. By integrating CR into everything we do, we aim to achieve an optimum balance between our business activities and our social, economic and environmental responsibilities." Peter Rothwell, CEO
Employees: Valuing our people, Building awareness, Making a mark internally, Listening to our people, Training & development.
Sustainable Supply Chain: Supplier Code of Conduct, Travelife Sustainability System, Knowledge Transfer, Procurement & Production
Sustainable Products: ananea, Travelife Award, Offsetting carbon emissions, Fair Trade Travel, Volunteer Travel, Sustainable Travel Trends & Tips
Human Rights: Child Protection, Fair working conditions
Environmental Stewardship: Climate change, coral reef protection, Water, Reducing waste, Biodiversity.
To date Kuoni has already initiated (and in some cases completed) over 30 sustainability projects in its focus areas. For more details information please refer to our 3rd Corporate Responsibility Report which can be found on our group website.
SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL
- We utilise regional tour guides to sustain local communities directly
- We offer opportunities to take part in community projects to leave a positive legacy
- We source food from local suppliers
- We ensure all our suppliers conform with Kuoni’s Code of Conduct covering the environment, human rights & labour conditions, sexual exploitation of children and adolescents, local sourcing & benefiting communities.
- Responsible Tourism – we are a member of the Federation of Tour Operators (FTO)
- We care for the places we love to visit by supporting The Travel Foundation
CALCULATING YOUR CO2 EMISSIONS
Varying contributions can be made and are welcome through Kuoni’s
collaboration with myclimate in order to calculate the co2 emissions and
cost for compensation of the flights. One example is a waste disposal
project on Bali encouraging locals to recycle their waste for a reasonable fee.
An example of an individual compensating their challenge is calculated Below.
| From: | London LHR, UK |
| To: | Beijing, China |
| Flight class: | Economy return |
| Distance: | 16,330km |
| No of passengers: | 1 |
| Total Co2 emissions: | 3.408t |
| Total cost for compensation of flights: | £49.00 |
