2024
Certificate number: BAR 081/2023 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.
Ponte Pedra Melides Country House
Certificate number: BAR 081/2023 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
Ponte Pedra Melides Country House is committed to making great efforts towards sustainability. Read on to find out more:
The global sustainability of Ponte Pedra Melides Country House
From Biosphere we recognize and highlight the effort that Ponte Pedra Melides Country House has made to meet the 169 goals of the 2030 Agenda, even with what this means for their business management. You can congratulate them by writing to any of our social media about your experience with Ponte Pedra Melides Country House and we will share it: Twitter Biosphere and Instagram Biosphere
- They apply responsible production and consumption criteria.
- They encourage sustainable mobility.
- They promote labor empowerment in their work systems.
Attributes
Food and beverages
Eco and Environment
Climate Change
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 Ponte Pedra Melides Country House:
The sustainability of the processes of catchment, supply, sanitation and treatment of the resource is guaranteed in the following way:
- They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
- They apply measures to reuse water in their facilities.
- They carry out campaigns to inform and raise awareness about cleanliness and the responsible use of water.
- Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
- They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
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. Ponte Pedra Melides Country House 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.
The entity implements sustainable consumption and production patterns, for example:
- They control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.
- 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.
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 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 collaborate with programs and social projects in their environment.
- They promote social-economic growth 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 promote knowledge about sustainable development.
- They care about training their staff.
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.
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 promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
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 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 Ponte Pedra Melides Country House has managed to prove it.
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.
- Its gastronomic offer is prepared following health safety protocols.
The creation of decent and productive employment is one of the fundamental pillars of economic and sustainable growth, which is why Ponte Pedra Melides Country House has decided to work along these lines.
In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:
- They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.
- Encourage innovation and continuous improvement among their employees.
- They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
To achieve efficient use of resources we need to innovate and improve our infrastructure and industry. In pursuit of this goal Ponte Pedra Melides Country House undertakes efforts such as:
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.
- Adopt resilience measures in the face of eventualities and disasters.
- 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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