2025

Certificate number: BHR 008/2021 RTI

The Biosphere Certified badge is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being properly implemented. It serves as a guarantee that the organisation is actively honouring its sustainability commitments.

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Certificate number: BHR 008/2021 RTI

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Sustainability efforts

Cerro da Fontinha is creating a solid Biosphere Sustainability Plan... do you want to know about it?

The global sustainability of Cerro da Fontinha

A Biosphere Sustainability Plan such as Cerro da Fontinha translates not only into a commitment to sustainability, but also into a contribution with significant impact.

They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
They help maintain the native flora and fauna, preventing the intrusion of invasive species.
Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.

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Food and beverages

Km0

Vegetarian

Eco and Environment

Less Plastic

Environmental project

Recycling

Climate Change

Green spaces

Renewable energies

Think Global, Act Local

Positive Local Impact

Sustainability areas

Environment and Climate Change

Society and Culture

Local development

Environment and Climate Change

The actions of a sustainable entity must provide solutions to the water crisis and the lack of resources. These are the different contributions offered by Cerro da Fontinha:

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

They carry out campaigns to inform and raise awareness about cleanliness and the responsible use of water.
Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.

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. Cerro da Fontinha 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.

A company not only contributes to climate change, but is also affected by it. That is why Cerro da Fontinha is developing an enabling framework to reduce emissions and create a better world.

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

They promote resilience to climate change.
They encourage sustainable mobility.
They measure and offset the carbon footprint of their activity.

To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:

They collaborate to prevent pollution of the seas, oceans and rivers.

As a strategy and measures relating to the prevention of negative impacts, from this entity:

They act to reduce the impacts of their activity on biodiversity.
They help maintain the native flora and fauna, preventing the intrusion of invasive species.
They provide information on the natural resources of the territory.

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 participate in projects aimed at promoting better health for people.
They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
They apply safety and risk prevention measures.

To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:

They promote knowledge about sustainable development.
They care about training their staff.

To become a powerful tool for women's empowerment, from this entity:

They adopt labor measures for gender equality.
They promote labor empowerment in their work systems.

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, Cerro da Fontinha has decided to:

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

They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
They create alliances with local companies to avoid Overtourism.
Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.
They provide information and access to accessible and more sustainable transport.

Democracy is necessary for sustainable development, so we must recognize the efforts of this entity to work on actions such as:

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 make known their commitments, good practices and sustainable efforts.
They use indicators to measure quality
They use indicators to measure their sustainable progress.
They apply policies against all forms of corruption and exploitation
They care about knowing and improving the satisfaction of their customers.

Governance and Economy

Actions such as the following favor a sustainable use of land and make it possible to achieve responsible consumption patterns. This is not always easy, but Cerro da Fontinha has managed to prove it.

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

Its gastronomic offer is prepared following health safety protocols.
They take measures to prevent food waste.
For their supplies, they prioritize agri-food products and suppliers that follow more respectful and sustainable practices.
They prioritize and publicize products from local agriculture and KM0.

In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:

They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.
They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.

To achieve efficient use of resources we need to innovate and improve our infrastructure and industry. In pursuit of this goal Cerro da Fontinha undertakes efforts such as:

We all have to put ourselves at the service of the communities, and to this end, in this entity:

Adopt resilience measures in the face of eventualities and disasters.
They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.
Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.

To incorporate equality criteria, in this entity:

They apply social integration, non-discriminatory and inclusive policies.
Facilitate universal accessibility for their customers and workers.

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

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