2025

Certificate number: BHO 051/2024 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.

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Holiday Inn Porto Gaia

Certificate number: BHO 051/2024 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

Here are some examples of how Holiday Inn Porto Gaia is committed to working towards global sustainability:

The global sustainability of Holiday Inn Porto Gaia

A Biosphere Sustainability Plan such as Holiday Inn Porto Gaia translates not only into a commitment to sustainability, but also into a contribution with significant impact.

They prioritize and publicize products from local agriculture and KM0.
They apply social integration, non-discriminatory and inclusive policies.
They collaborate with academic institutions in favor of sustainable development.

Attributes

Food and beverages

Km0

Vegetarian

Mobility

Car sharing

E-bikes

Eco and Environment

Less Plastic

Recycling

Environmental project

Eco articles

Climate Change

Green spaces

Think Global, Act Local

Positive Local Impact

Solidarity project

Local employment

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 Holiday Inn Porto Gaia:

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.
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.

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. Holiday Inn Porto Gaia 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 carry out awareness campaigns on the use of energy.
They prioritize the use of green and more renewable energy sources.
They adopt energy efficiency measures in their facilities.

Did you know that, according to UNEP, 931 million meals are wasted in the world every year? Here are the efforts it is making Holiday Inn Porto Gaia to fight against this scourge.

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

They adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.
They control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.
They collaborate with other entities to promote sustainability in the territory.
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 encourage sustainable mobility.
They promote resilience to climate change.

Sustainable business management must include the perspective of respect for the marine environment and its resources. In this sense, Holiday Inn Porto Gaia has carried out the following actions:

To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:

They promote the respectful use of beaches and marine environments.
They collaborate to prevent pollution of the seas, oceans and rivers.
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 strive to prevent the degradation of terrestrial ecosystems and habitats.

Society and Culture

Holiday Inn Porto Gaia's efforts to fight poverty are growing, read on to learn more:

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

They promote social-economic growth in their environment.
They participate in international humanitarian solidarity projects.
They collaborate with programs and social projects in their environment.

Holiday Inn Porto Gaia 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 collaborate with health systems in favor of collective health.
They apply safety and risk prevention measures.
They participate in projects aimed at promoting better health for people.
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 promote labor empowerment in their work systems.
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, Holiday Inn Porto Gaia 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 offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.
They provide information and access to accessible and more sustainable transport.
Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.

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

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 Holiday Inn Porto Gaia 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.
They prioritize and publicize products from local agriculture and KM0.

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.

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.
Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.

Holiday Inn Porto Gaia 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 support SMEs and local businesses in the development of their activity.
They apply social integration, non-discriminatory and inclusive policies.
Facilitate universal accessibility for their customers and workers.

Now, more than ever, it is time to unite and cooperate for sustainability. From Biosphere we congratulate Holiday Inn Porto Gaia 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 create agreements and alliances in favor of sustainability
They share their good practices and sustainable experiences with other entities.