The Green Key label guarantees quality and sustainability.
Anyone who gets this label commits themselves to make major efforts in the following areas :
- Record water and energy consumption
- Save water and energy
- Prevent and sort waste
- Protect biodiversity
- Sustainable food and transport
- Informing and empowering guests to reduce the environmental footprint of their stay
- Use of more ecological products for cleaning and maintaining accommodations
- Open communication and discussion possible in terms of the environment, social responsibility and continuous improvement
All of these fields help create a collection of criteria. With this long list, Green Key is easily the most ambitious label that exists.
Green Key follows a sustainable policy in terms of :
- Individuals : Staff, owners, directors, clients
- Enterprise : Administration, communication, policies, purchasing, mission statement
- Chain : Suppliers, associations, inter-municipal organisations, sector federations, partners, sponsors
- Community : Green spaces, waste prevention, sustainable food and transport
Green Key takes it all much further with measures that help save the environment. These criteria are revised every 4 years, so that the label remains up to date with global trends. These requirements are also recognised by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GCTC) and by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
