2024

Certificate number: BHO 071/2022 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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Hotel Villa Emilia

Certificate number: BHO 071/2022 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

Hotel Villa Emilia is committed to making great efforts towards sustainability. Read on to find out more:

The global sustainability of Hotel Villa Emilia

Hotel Villa Emilia has a solid sustainability plan, formed by good practices that have been endorsed by our audit team.

Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.
They use indicators to measure their sustainable progress.

Attributes

Food and beverages

Km0

Local gastronomy

Eco and Environment

Less Plastic

Recycling

Environmental project

Eco articles

Climate Change

Renewable energies

Reduced Carbon Footprint

Sustainability areas

Environment and Climate Change

Society and Culture

Local development

Environment and Climate Change

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.

The company contributes to ensuring and promoting universal access to clean, smart and modern energy services:

They prioritize the use of green and more renewable energy sources.
They adopt energy efficiency measures in their facilities.

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

They apply responsible production and consumption criteria.
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 measure and offset the carbon footprint of their activity.

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 provide information on the natural resources of the territory.

Society and Culture

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

They collaborate with programs and social projects in their environment.

To promote healthy activities and prevent health risks:

They apply safety and risk prevention measures.
They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
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 care about training their staff.

In the words of Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary, "Women's equality must be a central component in any attempt to solve social, economic and political problems." A statement that serves as the focus of Hotel Villa Emilia's gender policy.

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.

We can all help create more diverse and sustainable communities. Read on to learn more about their great efforts:

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

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

Through SDG 16, Hotel Villa Emilia is committed to transparency, honesty, participation and equity. As well as to stop exploitation, intolerance, and the abuses of the economic system.

To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:

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

Governance and Economy

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

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 facilitate work-life balance and the employment of less favored groups.

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.

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

They collaborate with academic institutions in favor of sustainable development.