2026

Certificate number: BHO 097/2023 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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Certificate number: BHO 097/2023 RTI

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Sustainability efforts

Wickaninnish Inn is creating a solid Biosphere Sustainability Plan... do you want to know about it?

Attributes

Positive Local Impact

Solidarity project

Sustainability areas

Environment and Climate Change

Society and Culture

Local development

Environment and Climate Change

The sustainability of the processes of catchment, supply, sanitation and treatment of the resource is guaranteed in the following way:

Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
They carry out campaigns to inform and raise awareness about cleanliness and the responsible use of water.

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 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.

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.

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 apply safety and risk prevention measures.

To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:

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.

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

They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.

To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:

They use indicators to measure quality

Governance and Economy

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:

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

The great efforts of Wickaninnish Inn to eliminate barriers and integrate the rest of the people regardless of their condition should be recognized. To this end, this entity carries out actions such as:

To incorporate equality criteria, in this entity:

Facilitate universal accessibility for their customers and workers.
They support SMEs and local businesses in the development of their activity.
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.