2023

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.
Grande Hotel do Porto

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.
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
From Biosphere we recognize and highlight the effort that Grande Hotel do Porto 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 Grande Hotel do Porto and we will share it: Twitter Biosphere and Instagram Biosphere
- Its gastronomic offer is prepared following health safety protocols.
- They promote knowledge about sustainable development.
- They collaborate with programs and social projects in their environment.
Attributes
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 Grande Hotel do Porto:
The sustainability of the processes of catchment, supply, sanitation and treatment of the resource is guaranteed in the following way:
- They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
- Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
- 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 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.
- They control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.
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 provide information on the natural resources of the territory.
- 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.
- They participate in international humanitarian solidarity projects.
To promote healthy activities and prevent health risks:
- They collaborate with health systems in favor of collective health.
- They apply safety and risk prevention measures.
- They implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.
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 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.
- 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 apply policies against all forms of corruption and exploitation
- 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.
- They care about knowing and improving the satisfaction of their customers.
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:
- They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.
- Adopt resilience measures in the face of eventualities and disasters.
- Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.
To incorporate equality criteria, in this entity:
- Facilitate universal accessibility for their customers and workers.
- They apply social integration, non-discriminatory and inclusive policies.
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.
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