Where do I start?

Where do I start?

The pathway to achieving sustainability in tourism can be complicated by a variety of programs and initiatives that aim to help you make progress. To assist operators taking the first step a simple process has been developed that puts understanding the need first, before action, and puts reducing your impacts before offsetting or being carbon neutral.

Simply put, first step is to UNDERSTAND
Then REDUCE
Then what you cannot reduce, REUSE
Then what you cannont reduce or reuse, RECYCLE
Then what you cannot reduce, reuse or recycle, OFFSET
(Adapted from "Start a Sustainable Event Policy", Jeremy Garling)

Follow the 'Pathway to Sustainability for Tourism Operators' to assit you with each step:

Step 1: Getting Started
Step 2: Your Sustainability Plan
Step 3: Measuring Success
Step 4: Implementing Sustainability
Step 5: Certification and Offsetting - Be recognised for your efforts
Step 6: Monitoring

For more information on what else you can do and case study examples, click here.