2024
Certificate number: BHO 160/2023 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.
Casa das Muralhas - Heritage House
Certificate number: BHO 160/2023 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.
Sustainability efforts
Casa das Muralhas - Heritage House is striving to create its own Biosphere Sustainability Plan, do you want to know more?
The global sustainability of Casa das Muralhas - Heritage House
From Biosphere we recognize and highlight the effort that Casa das Muralhas - Heritage House has made to meet the 169 goals of the 2030 Agenda, even with what this means for their business management. You can congratulate them by writing to any of our social media about your experience with Casa das Muralhas - Heritage House and we will share it: Twitter Biosphere and Instagram Biosphere
- They provide information on the natural resources of the territory.
- They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.
- They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
Attributes
Food and beverages
Eco and Environment
Think Global, Act Local
Sustainability areas
Environment and Climate Change
The sustainability of the processes of catchment, supply, sanitation and treatment of the resource is guaranteed in the following way:
- Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
- They carry out campaigns to inform and raise awareness about cleanliness and the responsible use of water.
- They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
According to the UN, access to electricity in the poorest countries has begun to accelerate, while energy efficiency continues to improve and renewable energy is achieving excellent results. Casa das Muralhas - Heritage House is doing its bit in the following ways:
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.
- They prioritize the use of green and more renewable energy sources.
The entity implements sustainable consumption and production patterns, for example:
- They apply responsible production and consumption criteria.
- They control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.
- They adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.
- They promote the 3Rs in their facilities and production models: reduce, recycle and reuse.
As a global response to climate change, the entity carries out actions such as:
- They promote resilience to climate change.
- They measure and offset the carbon footprint of their activity.
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 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 promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:
- They care about training their staff.
- 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.
The constant urbanization of environments can generate long-term problems, such as forgetting the memory of the community. To avoid these mistakes and meet these challenges, Casa das Muralhas - Heritage House has decided to:
To work to avoid the pernicious effects of overcrowding, from this entity:
- They create alliances with local companies to avoid Overtourism.
- They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
- They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.
- Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:
- They inform about the available public services and the places of interest of the place.
- They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.
- They use indicators to measure quality
Governance and Economy
To ensure a responsible consumption model, actions are carried out, such as:
- They take measures to prevent food waste.
- They prioritize and publicize products from local agriculture and KM0.
The creation of decent and productive employment is one of the fundamental pillars of economic and sustainable growth, which is why Casa das Muralhas - Heritage House has decided to work along these lines.
In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:
- They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
- They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.
- They facilitate work-life balance and the employment of less favored groups.
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.
- They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.
Casa das Muralhas - Heritage House strives to ensure equal opportunities and the elimination of discriminatory elements in our daily lives, giving opportunities to those who normally do not receive them.
To incorporate equality criteria, in this entity:
- They apply social integration, non-discriminatory and inclusive policies.
- Facilitate universal accessibility for their customers and workers.
- 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.
- They collaborate with academic institutions in favor of sustainable development.
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