2024
Certificate number: OFI 015/2024 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.
Destination Osoyoos
Certificate number: OFI 015/2024 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
Did you know that Destination Osoyoos has committed to the following sustainable actions? Learn more below:
The global sustainability of Destination Osoyoos
Read on if you want to chart a similar course to Destination Osoyoos and lead a sustainable lifestyle.
- Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
- They implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.
- They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.
Attributes
Food and beverages
Mobility
Eco and Environment
Think Global, Act Local
Sustainability areas
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 Destination Osoyoos:
The sustainability of the processes of catchment, supply, sanitation and treatment of the resource is guaranteed in the following way:
- They apply measures to reuse water in their facilities.
- They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
- They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
- 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.
The company contributes to ensuring and promoting universal access to clean, smart and modern energy services:
- They adopt energy efficiency measures in their facilities.
The entity implements sustainable consumption and production patterns, for example:
- They collaborate with other entities to promote sustainability in the territory.
- 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 encourage sustainable mobility.
- They promote resilience to climate change.
To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:
- They collaborate to prevent pollution of the seas, oceans and rivers.
- They carry out actions to raise awareness and protect marine ecosystems.
As a strategy and measures relating to the prevention of negative impacts, from this entity:
- They help maintain the native flora and fauna, preventing the intrusion of invasive species.
Society and Culture
In order to promote inclusive economic development, from this entity:
- They collaborate with programs and social projects in their environment.
- They promote social-economic growth in their environment.
Destination Osoyoos has decided to strive to improve the well-being of others through initiatives related to Sustainable Development Goal 3.
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.
- They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
- They participate in projects aimed at promoting better health for people.
To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:
- They promote knowledge about sustainable development.
Through sustainability, the role of women in companies can be strengthened. That's why Destination Osoyoos is committed to revising its organizational structure. Read on to find out how:
To become a powerful tool for women's empowerment, from this entity:
- They promote labor empowerment in their work systems.
- They adopt labor measures for gender equality.
- They control and evaluate their measures of empowerment and 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.
- They provide information and access to accessible and more sustainable transport.
To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:
- They care about knowing and improving the satisfaction of their customers.
- They inform about the available public services and the places of interest of the place.
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.
The creation of decent and productive employment is one of the fundamental pillars of economic and sustainable growth, which is why Destination Osoyoos has decided to work along these lines.
In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:
- They facilitate work-life balance and the employment of less favored groups.
- They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.
- They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
- Encourage innovation and continuous improvement among their employees.
To achieve efficient use of resources we need to innovate and improve our infrastructure and industry. In pursuit of this goal Destination Osoyoos undertakes efforts such as:
We all have to put ourselves at the service of the communities, and to this end, in this entity:
- They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.
- Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.
- Promote improvements in the infrastructure of the neighbourhood/community around 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.
It is necessary to build alliances for sustainability. To this end:
- They create agreements and alliances in favor of sustainability
- They share their good practices and sustainable experiences with other entities.
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