2023
Certificate number: BHR 021/2019 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.
Pensão David
Certificate number: BHR 021/2019 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
What has Pensão David committed to? Read on to learn more:
The global sustainability of Pensão David
Pensão David has a solid sustainability plan, formed by good practices that have been endorsed by our audit team.
- Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
- They collaborate to prevent pollution of the seas, oceans and rivers.
- They adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.
Attributes
Km0
Local gastronomy
Shows
Recycling
Solidarity project
Environment and Climate Change
The sustainability of the processes of catchment, supply, sanitation and treatment of the resource is guaranteed in the following way:
- They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
- They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
- Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
The company contributes to ensuring and promoting universal access to clean, smart and modern energy services:
- They adopt energy efficiency measures in their facilities.
Resources are not infinite, so Pensão David tries to make efficient use, implement a circular economy and work with responsible consumption patterns.
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 collaborate with other entities to promote sustainability in the territory.
- They control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.
- They prioritize the purchase and consumption of local and sustainable products and services.
- They adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.
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 help maintain the native flora and fauna, preventing the intrusion of invasive species.
- They provide information on the natural resources of the territory.
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 apply safety and risk prevention measures.
- They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
- 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.
- 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 promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
- They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.
Through SDG 16, Pensão David is committed to transparency, honesty, participation and equity. As well as to stop exploitation, intolerance, and the abuses of the economic system.
To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:
- They apply policies against all forms of corruption and exploitation
- They care about knowing and improving the satisfaction of their customers.
- They make known their commitments, good practices and sustainable efforts.
- They use indicators to measure quality
- They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.
Governance and Economy
It's not easy to specialize in a Sustainable Development Goal like this, but Pensão David has done it. Prioritizing environmentally sustainable suppliers, helping to avoid deforestation or raising social awareness are some ways to help curb world hunger. Read on to find out how this entity does it.
To ensure a responsible consumption model, actions are carried out, such as:
- Its gastronomic offer is prepared following health safety protocols.
- They prioritize and publicize products from local agriculture and KM0.
- They take measures to prevent food waste.
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.
This entity makes great efforts to create a healthier, more accessible and intelligent world.
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.
- 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 create agreements and alliances in favor of sustainability
Pensão David
S. Pedro do Sul (Viseu) Portugal
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