2024
Certificate number: BAR 069/2023 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.
Monte do Olival
Certificate number: BAR 069/2023 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
Did you know that Monte do Olival has committed to the following sustainable actions? Learn more below:
The global sustainability of Monte do Olival
Read on if you want to chart a similar course to Monte do Olival and lead a sustainable lifestyle.
- They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.
- They promote social-economic growth in their environment.
- They provide information and access to accessible and more sustainable transport.
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 Monte do Olival:
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.
- Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
- They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
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 promote the 3Rs in their facilities and production models: reduce, recycle and reuse.
- They prioritize the purchase and consumption of local and sustainable products and services.
A company not only contributes to climate change, but is also affected by it. That is why Monte do Olival 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 promote resilience to climate change.
- They encourage sustainable mobility.
- They measure and offset the carbon footprint of their activity.
To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:
- 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 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.
Monte do Olival 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 promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
- They apply safety and risk prevention measures.
- They implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.
- They participate in projects aimed at promoting better health for people.
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 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, Monte do Olival has decided to:
To work to avoid the pernicious effects of overcrowding, from this entity:
- Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
- They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
- They provide information and access to accessible and more sustainable transport.
- They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.
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 apply policies against all forms of corruption and exploitation
- They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.
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.
- They take measures to prevent food waste.
In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:
- They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.
- They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
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.
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.
It is necessary to build alliances for sustainability. To this end:
- They share their good practices and sustainable experiences with other entities.
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