2024
Certificate number: BHO 191/2024 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.
Certificate number: BHO 191/2024 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
What has Quinta da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort committed to? Read on to learn more:
The global sustainability of Quinta da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort
A Biosphere Sustainability Plan such as Quinta da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort translates not only into a commitment to sustainability, but also into a contribution with significant impact.
- They inform about the available public services and the places of interest of the place.
- They collaborate with academic institutions in favor of sustainable development.
- Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.
Attributes
Food and beverages
Authentic entertainment
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 Quinta da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort:
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 care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
- Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
- They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
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 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 apply responsible production and consumption criteria.
- They promote the 3Rs in their facilities and production models: reduce, recycle and reuse.
A company not only contributes to climate change, but is also affected by it. That is why Quinta da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort 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 measure and offset the carbon footprint of their activity.
- They promote resilience to climate change.
- They encourage sustainable mobility.
To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:
- They support more sustainable uses of marine resources.
- They collaborate to prevent pollution of the seas, oceans and rivers.
From Biosphere we congratulate Quinta da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort for measures such as the prevention of negative impacts, or the conservation and restoration of landscapes, biodiversity and geodiversity. Read on to know the rest.
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 strive to prevent the degradation of terrestrial ecosystems and habitats.
- They carry out activities that respect the natural heritage and the local fauna.
Society and Culture
Quinta da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort'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.
Quinta da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort 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 implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.
- They apply safety and risk prevention measures.
- They collaborate with health systems in favor of collective health.
- They participate in projects aimed at promoting better health for people.
Quinta da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort is adapting to the real needs of its employees, customers and other stakeholders, keeping sustainable development as its main objective.
To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:
- They care about training their staff.
- They promote knowledge about sustainable development.
- They participate in the development of educational projects of other entities.
Through sustainability, the role of women in companies can be strengthened. That's why Quinta da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort 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 adopt labor measures for gender equality.
- They control and evaluate their measures of empowerment and equality.
- They promote labor empowerment in their work systems.
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, Quinta da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort has decided to:
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.
- They provide information and access to accessible and more sustainable transport.
- Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
- They create alliances with local companies to avoid Overtourism.
- They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:
- They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.
- They apply policies against all forms of corruption and exploitation
- They inform about the available public services and the places of interest of the place.
- They use indicators to measure quality
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 Quinta da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort 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 prioritize and publicize products from local agriculture and KM0.
- For their supplies, they prioritize agri-food products and suppliers that follow more respectful and sustainable practices.
The creation of decent and productive employment is one of the fundamental pillars of economic and sustainable growth, which is why Quinta da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort 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.
- They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
- They facilitate work-life balance and the employment of less favored groups.
To achieve efficient use of resources we need to innovate and improve our infrastructure and industry. In pursuit of this goal Quinta da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort 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.
- Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.
- They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.
Quinta da Comporta - Wellness Boutique Resort 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.
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
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