2024

Certificate number: BAR 023/2023 RTI

The Biosphere Certified badge is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It guarantees that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.

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A Casa da Avó Rosa

Certificate number: BAR 023/2023 RTI

The Biosphere Certified badge is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It guarantees that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.

Go to A Casa da Avó Rosa

Sustainability efforts

Here are some examples of how A Casa da Avó Rosa is committed to working towards global sustainability:

The global sustainability of A Casa da Avó Rosa

A Casa da Avó Rosa has a solid sustainability plan, formed by good practices that have been endorsed by our audit team.

They promote knowledge about sustainable development.
They adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.
They care about knowing and improving the satisfaction of their customers.

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Society and Culture

Local development

Environment and Climate Change

Water is one of our most precious assets. The A Casa da Avó Rosa makes great efforts to ensure its proper use, so that future generations will not suffer from shortages.

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

They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
They apply measures to reuse water in their facilities.
They carry out campaigns to inform and raise awareness about cleanliness and the responsible use of water.
They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.

The company contributes to ensuring and promoting universal access to clean, smart and modern energy services:

They adopt energy efficiency measures in their facilities.
They carry out awareness campaigns on the use of energy.

Resources are not infinite, so A Casa da Avó Rosa tries to make efficient use, implement a circular economy and work with responsible consumption patterns.

The entity implements sustainable consumption and production patterns, for example:

They adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.
They prioritize the purchase and consumption of local and sustainable products and services.
They control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.
They promote the 3Rs in their facilities and production models: reduce, recycle and reuse.
They apply responsible production and consumption criteria.

As a global response to climate change, the entity carries out actions such as:

They promote resilience to climate change.

To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:

They support more sustainable uses of marine resources.

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.
They carry out activities that respect the natural heritage and the local fauna.

Society and Culture

In order to promote inclusive economic development, from this entity:

They promote social-economic growth in their environment.
They collaborate with programs and social projects in their environment.

To promote healthy activities and prevent health risks:

They implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.
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 adopt labor measures for gender equality.

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

They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.
Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
They create alliances with local companies to avoid Overtourism.

To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:

They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.
They inform about the available public services and the places of interest of the place.
They care about knowing and improving the satisfaction of their customers.
They use indicators to measure quality

Governance and Economy

To ensure a responsible consumption model, actions are carried out, such as:

They prioritize and publicize products from local agriculture and KM0.
They take measures to prevent food waste.

In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:

They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.

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:

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

To incorporate equality criteria, in this entity:

They support SMEs and local businesses in the development of their activity.

It is necessary to build alliances for sustainability. To this end:

They share their good practices and sustainable experiences with other entities.