Sustainability tips for your business
Here we have gathered information, inspiration, and tips on how companies and activities within 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 developed to inspire sustainability work based on the UN’s 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. The handbook includes, among other things, sub-goals that make it easier to see what is relevant for your specific sustainability work and also contains practical tips on what you can do today.
Here you will find the handbook!
Responsible Tourism Program – Sustainable Business
The Responsible Tourism Program is a program to build a long-term sustainable tourism industry that is good for visitors and residents, provides new job opportunities, and creates growth based on the conditions of nature and culture among Västerbotten’s tourism companies, municipalities, and tourism organizations. The link below lists the companies connected to the program and what makes them sustainable businesses.
Here you will find companies working sustainably!
GSTC Criteria for Activities 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 for many of today’s certifications. These criteria can be used and applied in a variety of types of activities within the tourism industry and are comprehensive in all areas of sustainability, thus providing a very good foundation to start from to work 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 directed towards actors within the tourism industry that highlight issues such as sustainability and profitability, sustainable travel, visitor perspectives, sustainability communication, and more. You will also find tips and advice for working with sustainability in practice in this knowledge bank.