As a travel company who engage with various stakeholders in tourism, namely consumers, tour guides, travel agencies, hotels, transport companies, restaurants, and attractions, we understand our key role and influence in the sustainable development of tourism. Therefore, we are committed to promoting sustainability. We aim to follow, implement and promote good sustainability practices to maximize positive impacts and minimize negative impacts on tourism of our operations and to influence our clients and partners to do the same.
Our sustainability policy is divided into 9 themes. Each theme consists of a set of principles and practical actions accordingly.
1. Sustainability Management & Legal compliance
We commit to sustainability management, practiced by these following actions:
● To have an appointed employee who is responsible for sustainability coordinator
tasks;
● To have a sustainability mission statement that is communicated to customers,
partners and suppliers;
● To have an accessible and written sustainability policy that aims for a reduction of
the negative social, cultural, economic and environmental impacts of the company’s
activities; and includes employee related health and safety aspects;
● To conduct baseline assessment of the company’s performance on sustainable
practices;
● To have sustainability action plan with clear targets, actions, measures,
responsibilities and time planning;
● To develop documented procedures to monitor and evaluate the implementation of
the sustainability policy, objectives and targets;
● To ensure company’s transparency in sustainability by public reporting and
communicating;
● To ensure that all staff are fully aware of our Sustainability Policy and are committed
to implementing and improving it.
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We commit to complying with all national legislation, regulations and codes of practice.
2. Internal management: social policy & human rights
We commit to sustainable internal management by having clear written and
well-communicated social policy that includes the following principles:
● To grant employees the freedom of employment and contract termination with
notice (ideally minimum one month) and without penalty
● To include labor conditions according to national labor law and a job description in
the employment contract;
● Wage rate is to be mentioned in the contract and equals or above the national legal
wage;
● To determinate and compensate of overtime working hours based on agreement;
● To provide medical and liability insurance according to the national law;
● To grant employees fixed paid yearly holiday and unpaid annual leave allowance;
● To have health and safety policy for employees which complies to national legal
standards;
● To have first aid sets and trained staff are available at all relevant locations;
● To obey national concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment;
We commit to practice human rights by ensuring the enforcement of following practices:
● To declare not to hinder trade union membership, collective labor negotiations and
representation of members by trade unions;
● To prohibit discriminations, regard to recruitment, conditions of employment, access
to training and senior positions, or promotion in terms of gender, race, age,
disability, ethnicity, religion/beliefs or sexual orientation;
3. Internal Management: Environment and community relations
We commit to practice environmental protection and enhance community relations by
ensuring the enforcement of following practices:
● Actively reduce the use of disposable and consumer goods;
● Favor the purchase of sustainable goods and services, office and catering supply,
giveaways and merchandise;
● Purchase products in bulk, to reduce the amount of packaging materials;
● Set copy and printing machines by default to double-sided printing or other forms of
paper saving modes;
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