2024
Certificate number: BHO 026/2022 RTI
The Biosphere Certified label is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It is a guarantee that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.
Certificate number: BHO 026/2022 RTI
The Biosphere Certified label is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It is a guarantee that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.
Sustainability efforts
Do you want to learn more about Albergaria do Calvário' Sustainability Plan? Read on to find out how sustainable their management is.
The global sustainability of Albergaria do Calvário
There is no Planet B, but there are sustainable solutions. With a strong plan like Albergaria do Calvário we confirm your contribution to the resilience of the planet.
- Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
- They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
- They support SMEs and local businesses in the development of their activity.
Attributes
Food and beverages
Mobility
Eco and Environment
Climate Change
Think Global, Act Local
Sustainability areas
Environment and Climate Change
The actions of a sustainable entity must provide solutions to the water crisis and the lack of resources. These are the different contributions offered by Albergaria do Calvário:
The sustainability of the processes of catchment, supply, sanitation and treatment of the resource is guaranteed in the following way:
- Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
- They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
- They carry out campaigns to inform and raise awareness about cleanliness and the responsible use of water.
- They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
- They apply measures to reuse water in their facilities.
The company contributes to ensuring and promoting universal access to clean, smart and modern energy services:
- They adopt energy efficiency measures in their facilities.
- They carry out awareness campaigns on the use of energy.
The entity implements sustainable consumption and production patterns, for example:
- They promote the 3Rs in their facilities and production models: reduce, recycle and reuse.
- They apply responsible production and consumption criteria.
- They adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.
As a global response to climate change, the entity carries out actions such as:
- They measure and offset the carbon footprint of their activity.
To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:
- They collaborate to prevent pollution of the seas, oceans and rivers.
As a strategy and measures relating to the prevention of negative impacts, from this entity:
- They carry out activities that respect the natural heritage and the local fauna.
- They act to reduce the impacts of their activity on biodiversity.
Society and Culture
In order to promote inclusive economic development, from this entity:
- They promote social-economic growth in their environment.
- They collaborate with programs and social projects in their environment.
Albergaria do Calvário has decided to strive to improve the well-being of others through initiatives related to Sustainable Development Goal 3.
To promote healthy activities and prevent health risks:
- They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
- They implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.
- They collaborate with health systems in favor of collective health.
- They apply safety and risk prevention measures.
To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:
- They promote knowledge about sustainable development.
- They care about training their staff.
To become a powerful tool for women's empowerment, from this entity:
- They promote labor empowerment in their work systems.
- They adopt labor measures for gender equality.
To work to avoid the pernicious effects of overcrowding, from this entity:
- They create alliances with local companies to avoid Overtourism.
- Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
- They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
Democracy is necessary for sustainable development, so we must recognize the efforts of this entity to work on actions such as:
To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:
- They use indicators to measure quality
- They care about knowing and improving the satisfaction of their customers.
- They apply policies against all forms of corruption and exploitation
- They inform about the available public services and the places of interest of the place.
- They make known their commitments, good practices and sustainable efforts.
Governance and Economy
To ensure a responsible consumption model, actions are carried out, such as:
- Its gastronomic offer is prepared following health safety protocols.
- They prioritize and publicize products from local agriculture and KM0.
The creation of decent and productive employment is one of the fundamental pillars of economic and sustainable growth, which is why Albergaria do Calvário has decided to work along these lines.
In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:
- They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.
- They facilitate work-life balance and the employment of less favored groups.
- Encourage innovation and continuous improvement among their employees.
- They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
We all have to put ourselves at the service of the communities, and to this end, in this entity:
- Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.
- Adopt resilience measures in the face of eventualities and disasters.
Albergaria do Calvário strives to ensure equal opportunities and the elimination of discriminatory elements in our daily lives, giving opportunities to those who normally do not receive them.
To incorporate equality criteria, in this entity:
- They support SMEs and local businesses in the development of their activity.
- They apply social integration, non-discriminatory and inclusive policies.
- Facilitate universal accessibility for their customers and workers.
It is necessary to build alliances for sustainability. To this end:
- They share their good practices and sustainable experiences with other entities.
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