Sustainability tips for your business
Here, we have gathered information, inspiration, and tips on how companies and businesses in the tourism industry can work with sustainability issues in all three dimensions: ecological, social, and economic sustainability.
Visit Skellefteå: Handbook for the UN’s 17 Global Goals
A handbook created to inspire sustainability efforts based on the UN’s 17 Global Goals for sustainable development. The handbook includes sub-goals that make it easier to see what is relevant to your sustainability work and also includes practical tips on what you can do today.
Here you can find the handbook!
Västerbotten Experience – Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Västerbotten Experience is a method for building a long-term sustainable tourism industry that benefits visitors and residents, creates new jobs, and fosters growth based on the conditions of nature and culture. The link below lists the companies that operate according to the Västerbotten Experience method and what makes them sustainable businesses.
Here you can find companies that operate sustainably!
GSTC Criteria for Businesses in the Tourism Industry
GSTC stands for Global Sustainable Tourism Council and is an international organization founded on the initiative of the UN to promote a sustainable tourism industry. GSTC has developed a global standard in the form of criteria for sustainable tourism that form the basis of many of today’s certifications. These criteria can be used and applied in a wide range of different types of businesses in the tourism industry and are comprehensive across all parts of sustainability, thus providing a very good foundation to work from to operate more sustainably in your business.
Here you can read the criteria in Swedish!
Visit Sweden’s Knowledge Bank: Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality Industry
The Knowledge Bank contains tips and inspiration for a sustainable tourism industry. Here you will find, among other things, webinars targeted at actors in the tourism industry that address issues such as sustainability and profitability, sustainable travel, visitor perspectives, sustainability communication, and more. You will also find tips and advice on working with sustainability in practice in this knowledge bank.