We offer an array of tools to assess, support, and certify the sustainability practices of tourism businesses.
The Good TravelScan encourages medium and small family-run enterprises (SMEs) that have no previous knowledge or experience in sustainability management to take a first step in the right direction.
Join our program for financial savings on energy, water, and waste disposal. Certification boosts guest satisfaction and ratings, attracting more visitors. Enjoy a best-price guarantee and gain self-awareness in your sustainability journey. Showcase your performance transparently and get promoted in the Good Travel Guide with 65% or more in results, providing travelers with easy ways to explore destinations.
Support local community development
Offer equal opportunities and fair employment to all and to the local community.
Minimize energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Adapt to the climate emergency in a green way
Avoid waste, especially single-use disposables and plastics
Prevent noise, air and water pollution and waste of water
Promote local, eco-friendly and Fairtrade products
Promote ecological protection and regeneration
Protect the local cultural heritage and sense of place
Use a sustainable tourism management system and publicly communicate sustainability performance
With the Good Travel Seal (GTS), we offer sustainability certification for any type of businesses with 4 certification levels that can be followed in steps, but you can start with any level.
Who is this program for?
Certificate Validity
Participate in the Good Travel Seal for cost savings on energy, water, and waste disposal. Enjoy a best-price guarantee for two years, and there's no registration cost.
Certification leads to improved reviews and higher ratings, attracting happier guests and more visitors, demonstrating enhanced management and service quality.
The Good Travel Seal emphasizes full transparency, allowing you to showcase your strengths in various areas. A label alone isn't sufficient; displaying your overall performance is a strategic advantage.
Certified businesses achieve a 19% reduction in water use, 24% less waste production, and 10% lower CO2 emissions compared to non-certified ones. This benefits both the environment and company profits.
Unlike traditional certifications, the Good Travel Seal promotes your business by featuring it on platforms like the Good Travel Guide, Sustainable First, Ecohotels.com, Tourism 2030, and Booking.com, offering travelers convenient access to explore sustainable destinations.
The Climate Action Standard is a support tool for businesses that want to improve their sustainability performance by focusing on tackling climate change and the aspects that affect the economic well-being of the business.
Who is this program for?
Certificate Validity
For all business types:
The Climate Action Assessment & Certification is available to all businesses, also beyond leisure & tourism.
Also available for GTS and GTS+ members:
Performance can be assessed for all businesses participating in GTS and GTS+, without an extra audit.
Receive a climate performance chart and a certification:
Participation in the Climate Action Standard provides a Climate Action Performance Chart and a certificate.
First step towards sustainable management:
Can be used as the 1st step of engaging into the Good Travel Seal, the Good Planet Seal or GTS+, because almost all criteria of the Climate Action Standard are included in the Good Travel Seal Standard.
Together, let us future-proof our host communities and the tourism and hospitality industry to make the planet a better place to travel and nurture equal opportunities for future generations.
Please let us know how we can best help you achieve your sustainability goals and green actions.