2024

Certificate number: BHO 022/2019 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.

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Certificate number: BHO 022/2019 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.

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Sustainability efforts

Do you want to learn more about Grande Hotel do Porto' Sustainability Plan? Read on to find out how sustainable their management is.

The global sustainability of Grande Hotel do Porto

Sustainability efforts such as that of Grande Hotel do Porto require recognition such as Biosphere Certified, want to know more? Continue reading.

They take measures to prevent food waste.
They carry out awareness campaigns on the use of energy.
They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.

Attributes

Local gastronomy

Recycling

Sustainability areas

Environment and Climate Change

Society and Culture

Local development

Environment and Climate Change

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 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 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.

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 help maintain the native flora and fauna, preventing the intrusion of invasive species.

Society and Culture

In order to promote inclusive economic development, from this entity:

They collaborate with programs and social projects in their environment.

To promote healthy activities and prevent health risks:

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 promote knowledge about sustainable development.

To become a powerful tool for women's empowerment, from this entity:

They adopt labor measures for gender equality.

To work to avoid the pernicious effects of overcrowding, from this entity:

Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.

To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:

They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.
They inform about the available public services and the places of interest of the place.
They apply policies against all forms of corruption and exploitation
They use indicators to measure quality

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.

In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:

They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.

To achieve efficient use of resources we need to innovate and improve our infrastructure and industry. In pursuit of this goal Grande Hotel do Porto undertakes efforts such as:

We all have to put ourselves at the service of the communities, and to this end, in this entity:

Adopt resilience measures in the face of eventualities and disasters.
They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.
Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.

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 collaborate with academic institutions in favor of sustainable development.
They share their good practices and sustainable experiences with other entities.