Tourism in New Zealand relies upon us maintaining the pristine environment, stunning scenery and indigenous culture that sets New Zealand apart. We attract visitors from all corners of the globe and we need to provide quality and sustainable travel experiences. By becoming involved in Green Globe, we can all do 'our bit' to sustain and improve our land, waters, and air for future generations.
Green Globe is the worldwide benchmarking and certification system for the travel and tourism industry across the triple bottom line of economic, social and environmental management.
Green Globe is a collective of award-winning, unique, and innovative tourism operations demonstrating responsible behaviour. For travellers, choosing a Green Globe Benchmarked or Certified participant provides some confidence that you have chosen a tourism operator that honours their commitment to sustainability.
NZ's first Certified Hotel - Langham Hotel Auckland
Accolades continue to come for Langham Hotel Auckland who successfully Benchmarked and Certified their Five-Star property within 4 months! Congratulations on this absolutely impressive achievement we are certainly proud of the steps you have taken since your extensive refurbishment. We applaud Langham Hotel for their ongoing commitment to improving their operations and undergoing the Green Globe Certification Risk Assessment.
Langham Hotel achieved Best Practice in Water Saving initiatives, Paper, Cleaning Products and Pesticides. Since their first Benchmarked assessment Langham Hotel have made an impressive reduction in Water Consumption, moving from Baseline to 36% above Best Practice, all other indicators where above Baseline which means that they are operating above average.
While Langham Hotel are still developing and planning for improvements they have implemented a number of initiatives that have been reflected in their Green Globe Benchmarking, including low flow aerators on all their showers and taps and generating a small portion of their own energy with an heat exchange unit. The Langham Hotel continues to show its commitment to better and more sustainable business by employing a full time Environmental Projects Supervisor, Nicholas Blake. We continue to look forward to working with Langham Hotel to continue to achieve their sustainability goals.
CONGRATULATIONS TO WHITE ISLAND TOURS, WINNER OF THE GREEN GLOBE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD! We would like to recognise the outstanding achievement of this certified operator. All the best to Peter and Jenny Tait, and Dougal Stewart and his team for their fantastic success!
Since 2003, the Green Globe Environmental Award recognises the importance of conserving our natural environment. It is open to any entrant who is Certified, Benchmarked or in the process of being Benchmarked with Green Globe. For more information on these prestigious awards, check out the Tourism Industry Awards website.