2024
Certificate number: BHO 114/2023 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.
HOTEL abba Fonseca
Certificate number: BHO 114/2023 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
Do you want to learn more about HOTEL abba Fonseca' Sustainability Plan? Read on to find out how sustainable their management is.
The global sustainability of HOTEL abba Fonseca
A Biosphere Sustainability Plan such as HOTEL abba Fonseca translates not only into a commitment to sustainability, but also into a contribution with significant impact.
- They collaborate with academic institutions in favor of sustainable development.
- Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
- They control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.
Attributes
Food and beverages
Mobility
Eco and Environment
Climate Change
Accessibility
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 HOTEL abba Fonseca:
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 care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
- They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
- 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.
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. HOTEL abba Fonseca 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 prioritize the use of green and more renewable energy sources.
- They carry out awareness campaigns on the use of energy.
Did you know that, according to UNEP, 931 million meals are wasted in the world every year? Here are the efforts it is making HOTEL abba Fonseca to fight against this scourge.
The entity implements sustainable consumption and production patterns, for example:
- They prioritize the purchase and consumption of local and sustainable products and services.
- They apply responsible production and consumption criteria.
- They promote the 3Rs in their facilities and production models: reduce, recycle and reuse.
- 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 adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.
A company not only contributes to climate change, but is also affected by it. That is why HOTEL abba Fonseca 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 encourage sustainable mobility.
- 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 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
HOTEL abba Fonseca's efforts to fight poverty are growing, read on to learn more:
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.
- They participate in international humanitarian solidarity projects.
HOTEL abba Fonseca 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 collaborate with health systems in favor of collective health.
- 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.
- They care about training their staff.
Through sustainability, the role of women in companies can be strengthened. That's why HOTEL abba Fonseca 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 control and evaluate their measures of empowerment and equality.
- 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, HOTEL abba Fonseca has decided to:
To work to avoid the pernicious effects of overcrowding, from this entity:
- Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
- They provide information and access to accessible and more sustainable transport.
- They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
- They create alliances with local companies to avoid Overtourism.
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.
- They use indicators to measure quality
- 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 HOTEL abba Fonseca 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.
The creation of decent and productive employment is one of the fundamental pillars of economic and sustainable growth, which is why HOTEL abba Fonseca 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 protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
- They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.
To achieve efficient use of resources we need to innovate and improve our infrastructure and industry. In pursuit of this goal HOTEL abba Fonseca undertakes efforts such as:
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.
- They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.
- Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.
HOTEL abba Fonseca 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.
- They support SMEs and local businesses in the development of their activity.
- 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 HOTEL abba Fonseca 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 create agreements and alliances in favor of sustainability
- They collaborate with academic institutions in favor of sustainable development.
- They share their good practices and sustainable experiences with other entities.
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