2024
Certificate number: BIC 005/2023 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.
Epicentre, centre de visitants del Geoparc
Certificate number: BIC 005/2023 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
What has Epicentre, centre de visitants del Geoparc committed to? Read on to learn more:
The global sustainability of Epicentre, centre de visitants del Geoparc
Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals entails certain difficulties, but Epicentre, centre de visitants del Geoparc has done it, and with flying colors.
- They control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.
- They promote social-economic growth in their environment.
- They make known their commitments, good practices and sustainable efforts.
Attributes
Food and beverages
Authentic entertainment
Eco and Environment
Climate Change
Accessibility
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:
- They apply measures to reuse water in their facilities.
- They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
The company contributes to ensuring and promoting universal access to clean, smart and modern energy services:
- They carry out awareness campaigns on the use of energy.
- 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 control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.
- They prioritize the purchase and consumption of local and sustainable products and services.
- 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.
To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:
- They promote the respectful use of beaches and marine environments.
From Biosphere we congratulate Epicentre, centre de visitants del Geoparc for measures such as the prevention of negative impacts, or the conservation and restoration of landscapes, biodiversity and geodiversity. Read on to know the rest.
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 strive to prevent the degradation of terrestrial ecosystems and habitats.
- They act to reduce the impacts of their activity on biodiversity.
- 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.
Epicentre, centre de visitants del Geoparc 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 apply safety and risk prevention measures.
- They participate in projects aimed at promoting better health for people.
- They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
- They collaborate with health systems in favor of collective health.
- They implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.
To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:
- They participate in the development of educational projects of other entities.
- 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.
- 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, Epicentre, centre de visitants del Geoparc has decided to:
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.
- They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
- They provide information and access to accessible and more sustainable transport.
To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:
- They inform about the available public services and the places of interest of the place.
- They make known their commitments, good practices and sustainable efforts.
- They care about knowing and improving the satisfaction of their customers.
Governance and Economy
To ensure a responsible consumption model, actions are carried out, such as:
- 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.
The creation of decent and productive employment is one of the fundamental pillars of economic and sustainable growth, which is why Epicentre, centre de visitants del Geoparc 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.
We all have to put ourselves at the service of the communities, and to this end, in this entity:
- Promote improvements in the infrastructure of the neighbourhood/community around them.
- Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.
- They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.
To incorporate equality criteria, in this entity:
- Facilitate universal accessibility for their customers and workers.
- They support SMEs and local businesses in the development of their activity.
Now, more than ever, it is time to unite and cooperate for sustainability. From Biosphere we congratulate Epicentre, centre de visitants del Geoparc for their efforts in SDG 17, an SDG perhaps more complex than the rest, but more necessary than ever.
It is necessary to build alliances for sustainability. To this end:
- They collaborate with academic institutions in favor of sustainable development.
- They share their good practices and sustainable experiences with other entities.
- They create agreements and alliances in favor of sustainability
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