2026

Certificate number: OFI 012/2022 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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Certificate number: OFI 012/2022 RTI

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Sustainability efforts

Punt d'Informació Turístic La Tossa is creating a solid Biosphere Sustainability Plan... do you want to know about it?

The global sustainability of Punt d'Informació Turístic La Tossa

A Biosphere Sustainability Plan such as Punt d'Informació Turístic La Tossa translates not only into a commitment to sustainability, but also into a contribution with significant impact.

They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.
They promote knowledge about sustainable development.
They create alliances with local companies to avoid Overtourism.

Attributes

Food and beverages

Km0

Local gastronomy

Mobility

Car sharing

Eco and Environment

Environmental project

Recycling

Less Plastic

Animal project

Climate Change

Renewable energies

Accessibility

Visual support

Braille

Think Global, Act Local

Positive Local Impact

Local employment

Local offer

Sustainability areas

Environment and Climate Change

Society and Culture

Local development

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 Punt d'Informació Turístic La Tossa:

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 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.

According to the UN, access to electricity in the poorest countries has begun to accelerate, while energy efficiency continues to improve and renewable energy is achieving excellent results. Punt d'Informació Turístic La Tossa is doing its bit in the following ways:

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 prioritize the use of green and more renewable energy sources.
They adopt energy efficiency measures in their facilities.

Did you know that, according to UNEP, 931 million meals are wasted in the world every year? Here are the efforts it is making Punt d'Informació Turístic La Tossa to fight against this scourge.

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

As a global response to climate change, the entity carries out actions such as:

They encourage sustainable mobility.
They measure and offset the carbon footprint of their activity.

From Biosphere we congratulate Punt d'Informació Turístic La Tossa for measures such as the prevention of negative impacts, or the conservation and restoration of landscapes, biodiversity and geodiversity. Read on to know the rest.

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.
They provide information on the natural resources of the territory.
They help maintain the native flora and fauna, preventing the intrusion of invasive species.
They carry out activities that respect the natural heritage and the local fauna.

Society and Culture

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

They collaborate with programs and social projects in their environment.
They promote social-economic growth in their environment.

Punt d'Informació Turístic La Tossa has decided to strive to improve the well-being of others through initiatives related to Sustainable Development Goal 3.

To promote healthy activities and prevent health risks:

They apply safety and risk prevention measures.
They implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.
They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
They participate in projects aimed at promoting better health for people.
They collaborate with health systems in favor of collective health.

Punt d'Informació Turístic La Tossa is adapting to the real needs of its employees, customers and other stakeholders, keeping sustainable development as its main objective.

To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:

They participate in the development of educational projects of other entities.
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 promote labor empowerment in their work systems.
They adopt labor measures for gender equality.

The constant urbanization of environments can generate long-term problems, such as forgetting the memory of the community. To avoid these mistakes and meet these challenges, Punt d'Informació Turístic La Tossa has decided to:

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

They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
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 create alliances with local companies to avoid Overtourism.

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 use indicators to measure quality
They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.
They make known their commitments, good practices and sustainable efforts.
They care about knowing and improving the satisfaction of their customers.
They use indicators to measure their sustainable progress.
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 take measures to prevent food waste.
They prioritize and publicize products from local agriculture and KM0.

The creation of decent and productive employment is one of the fundamental pillars of economic and sustainable growth, which is why Punt d'Informació Turístic La Tossa has decided to work along these lines.

In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:

Encourage innovation and continuous improvement among their employees.
They facilitate work-life balance and the employment of less favored groups.
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 Punt d'Informació Turístic La Tossa undertakes efforts such as:

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.
Adopt resilience measures in the face of eventualities and disasters.
They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.

Punt d'Informació Turístic La Tossa strives to ensure equal opportunities and the elimination of discriminatory elements in our daily lives, giving opportunities to those who normally do not receive them.

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.
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.