2026
Certificate number: BHO 237/2022 RTI
The Biosphere Certified badge is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being properly implemented. It serves as a guarantee that the organisation is actively honouring its sustainability commitments.
Cerdanya Viva
Certificate number: BHO 237/2022 RTI
The Biosphere Certified badge is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being properly implemented. It serves as a guarantee that the organisation is actively honouring its sustainability commitments.
Sustainability efforts
Cerdanya Viva is committed to making great efforts towards sustainability. Read on to find out more:
The global sustainability of Cerdanya Viva
A Biosphere Sustainability Plan such as Cerdanya Viva translates not only into a commitment to sustainability, but also into a contribution with significant impact.
- They apply responsible production and consumption criteria.
- They adopt energy efficiency measures in their facilities.
- They adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.
Attributes
Mobility
Eco and Environment
Climate Change
Accessibility
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 Cerdanya Viva:
The sustainability of the processes of catchment, supply, sanitation and treatment of the resource is guaranteed in the following way:
- They carry out campaigns to inform and raise awareness about cleanliness and the responsible use of water.
- Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
- They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
- They apply measures to reuse water in their facilities.
- They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
According to the UN, access to electricity in the poorest countries has begun to accelerate, while energy efficiency continues to improve and renewable energy is achieving excellent results. Cerdanya Viva is doing its bit in the following ways:
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.
- They prioritize the use of green and more renewable energy sources.
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.
- They control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.
A company not only contributes to climate change, but is also affected by it. That is why Cerdanya Viva is developing an enabling framework to reduce emissions and create a better world.
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 promote resilience to climate change.
- They encourage sustainable mobility.
To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:
- They collaborate to prevent pollution of the seas, oceans and rivers.
From Biosphere we congratulate Cerdanya Viva for measures such as the prevention of negative impacts, or the conservation and restoration of landscapes, biodiversity and geodiversity. Read on to know the rest.
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 help maintain the native flora and fauna, preventing the intrusion of invasive species.
- They act to reduce the impacts of their activity on biodiversity.
- They strive to prevent the degradation of terrestrial ecosystems and habitats.
Society and Culture
In order to promote inclusive economic development, from this entity:
- They participate in international humanitarian solidarity projects.
- They collaborate with programs and social projects in their environment.
Cerdanya Viva 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 collaborate with health systems in favor of collective health.
- They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
- They implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.
- They apply safety and risk prevention measures.
Cerdanya Viva is adapting to the real needs of its employees, customers and other stakeholders, keeping sustainable development as its main objective.
To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:
- They promote knowledge about sustainable development.
- They care about training their staff.
- They participate in the development of educational projects of other entities.
Through sustainability, the role of women in companies can be strengthened. That's why Cerdanya Viva is committed to revising its organizational structure. Read on to find out how:
To become a powerful tool for women's empowerment, from this entity:
- They promote labor empowerment in their work systems.
- They control and evaluate their measures of empowerment and equality.
- They adopt labor measures for gender equality.
The constant urbanization of environments can generate long-term problems, such as forgetting the memory of the community. To avoid these mistakes and meet these challenges, Cerdanya Viva has decided to:
To work to avoid the pernicious effects of overcrowding, from this entity:
- They provide information and access to accessible and more sustainable transport.
- They create alliances with local companies to avoid Overtourism.
- They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.
- They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
- Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:
- They inform about the available public services and the places of interest of the place.
- They use indicators to measure quality
- They make known their commitments, good practices and sustainable efforts.
Governance and Economy
Actions such as the following favor a sustainable use of land and make it possible to achieve responsible consumption patterns. This is not always easy, but Cerdanya Viva has managed to prove it.
To ensure a responsible consumption model, actions are carried out, such as:
- For their supplies, they prioritize agri-food products and suppliers that follow more respectful and sustainable practices.
- Its gastronomic offer is prepared following health safety protocols.
- They take measures to prevent food waste.
- 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 Cerdanya Viva 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.
- Encourage innovation and continuous improvement among their employees.
- They facilitate work-life balance and the employment of less favored groups.
- They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
To achieve efficient use of resources we need to innovate and improve our infrastructure and industry. In pursuit of this goal Cerdanya Viva 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.
- Promote improvements in the infrastructure of the neighbourhood/community around them.
- They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.
To incorporate equality criteria, in this entity:
- 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 create agreements and alliances in favor of sustainability
- They collaborate with academic institutions in favor of sustainable development.
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