2024
Certificate number: BHO 246/2022 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.
Boavista Guest House
Certificate number: BHO 246/2022 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
What has Boavista Guest House committed to? Read on to learn more:
The global sustainability of Boavista Guest House
From Biosphere we recognize and highlight the effort that Boavista Guest House has made to meet the 169 goals of the 2030 Agenda, even with what this means for their business management. You can congratulate them by writing to any of our social media about your experience with Boavista Guest House and we will share it: Twitter Biosphere and Instagram Biosphere
- They create alliances with local companies to avoid Overtourism.
- They create agreements and alliances in favor of sustainability
- They encourage sustainable mobility.
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 Boavista Guest House:
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 apply measures to reuse water in their facilities.
- 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.
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 prioritize the use of green and more renewable energy sources.
The entity implements sustainable consumption and production patterns, for example:
- They adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.
- They prioritize the purchase and consumption of local and sustainable products and services.
- They control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.
- They promote the 3Rs in their facilities and production models: reduce, recycle and reuse.
As a global response to climate change, the entity carries out actions such as:
- They measure and offset the carbon footprint of their activity.
- They encourage sustainable mobility.
To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:
- They carry out actions to raise awareness and protect marine ecosystems.
- They support more sustainable uses of marine resources.
As a strategy and measures relating to the prevention of negative impacts, from this entity:
- They provide information on the natural resources of the territory.
- 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 collaborate with programs and social projects in their environment.
- They participate in international humanitarian solidarity projects.
Boavista Guest House 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 participate in projects aimed at promoting better health for people.
- They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
- They collaborate with health systems in favor of collective health.
- They implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.
- They apply safety and risk prevention measures.
To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:
- They care about training their staff.
- They participate in the development of educational projects of other entities.
To become a powerful tool for women's empowerment, from this entity:
- They promote labor empowerment in their work systems.
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.
To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:
- They make known their commitments, good practices and sustainable efforts.
- They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.
- They use indicators to measure quality
- They inform about the available public services and the places of interest of the place.
Governance and Economy
To ensure a responsible consumption model, actions are carried out, such as:
- They take measures to prevent food waste.
- Its gastronomic offer is prepared following health safety protocols.
The creation of decent and productive employment is one of the fundamental pillars of economic and sustainable growth, which is why Boavista Guest House 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 protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
- Encourage innovation and continuous improvement among their employees.
To achieve efficient use of resources we need to innovate and improve our infrastructure and industry. In pursuit of this goal Boavista Guest House undertakes efforts such as:
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.
- They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.
- Adopt resilience measures in the face of eventualities and disasters.
To incorporate equality criteria, in this entity:
- They apply social integration, non-discriminatory and inclusive policies.
Now, more than ever, it is time to unite and cooperate for sustainability. From Biosphere we congratulate Boavista Guest House for their efforts in SDG 17, an SDG perhaps more complex than the rest, but more necessary than ever.
It is necessary to build alliances for sustainability. To this end:
- They create agreements and alliances in favor of sustainability
- They collaborate with academic institutions in favor of sustainable development.
- They share their good practices and sustainable experiences with other entities.
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