2023
Certificate number: BHR 004/2019 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.
Predicados do Douro Palace
Certificate number: BHR 004/2019 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
Predicados do Douro Palace is striving to create its own Biosphere Sustainability Plan, do you want to know more?
The global sustainability of Predicados do Douro Palace
Predicados do Douro Palace has a solid sustainability plan, formed by good practices that have been endorsed by our audit team.
- They collaborate to prevent pollution of the seas, oceans and rivers.
- They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
- They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.
Attributes
Local gastronomy
Recycling
Green spaces
Adapted access
Sustainability areas
Environment and Climate Change
Water is one of our most precious assets. The Predicados do Douro Palace 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 adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
- 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 care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
The company contributes to ensuring and promoting universal access to clean, smart and modern energy services:
- They carry out awareness campaigns on the use of energy.
- They adopt energy efficiency measures in their facilities.
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 control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.
- They adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.
- They apply responsible production and consumption criteria.
As a global response to climate change, the entity carries out actions such as:
- They promote resilience to climate change.
- 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 collaborate with health systems in favor of collective health.
- 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.
We can all help create more diverse and sustainable communities. Read on to learn more about their great efforts:
To work to avoid the pernicious effects of overcrowding, from this entity:
- They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.
- 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.
Through SDG 16, Predicados do Douro Palace 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 make known their commitments, good practices and sustainable efforts.
- 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.
- 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.
In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:
- They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.
- They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
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:
- 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.
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