2026

Certificate number: BHR 005/2023 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.

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Herdade do Barrocal de Baixo

Certificate number: BHR 005/2023 RTI

Sustainability efforts

Herdade do Barrocal de Baixo is creating a solid Biosphere Sustainability Plan... do you want to know about it?

Attributes

Vegetable garden

Green spaces

Sustainability areas

Environment and Climate Change

Society and Culture

Local development

Environment and Climate Change

Water is one of our most precious assets. The Herdade do Barrocal de Baixo makes great efforts to ensure its proper use, so that future generations will not suffer from shortages.

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.
They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
They apply measures to reuse water in their facilities.
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 prioritize the use of green and more renewable energy sources.
They carry out awareness campaigns on the use of energy.

The entity implements sustainable consumption and production patterns, for example:

They adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.
They apply responsible production and consumption criteria.
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 promote resilience to climate change.

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 act to reduce the impacts of their activity on biodiversity.

Society and Culture

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

They participate in international humanitarian solidarity projects.

To promote healthy activities and prevent health risks:

They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
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 care about training their staff.

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

They provide information and access to accessible and more sustainable transport.
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 care about knowing and improving the satisfaction of their customers.
They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.
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 prioritize and publicize products from local agriculture and KM0.
Its gastronomic offer is prepared following health safety protocols.

One of the biggest challenges in any sector is the creation of decent employment. We are proud to report that Herdade do Barrocal de Baixo strives to make a better place through the creation of decent work opportunities:

In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:

They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
They facilitate work-life balance and the employment of less favored groups.
Encourage innovation and continuous improvement among their employees.

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

Promote improvements in the infrastructure of the neighbourhood/community around them.
Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.
They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.

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.