2024

Certificate number: BHO 267/2022 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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The One Palácio da Anunciada

Certificate number: BHO 267/2022 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.

Go to The One Palácio da Anunciada

Sustainability efforts

What has The One Palácio da Anunciada committed to? Read on to learn more:

The global sustainability of The One Palácio da Anunciada

We can confirm that The One Palácio da Anunciada has completed a large part of our catalog of Biosphere activities, accrediting dozens of best practices to our audit team. What a feat!

They support more sustainable uses of marine resources.
They care about training their staff.
They control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.

Attributes

Food and beverages

Km0

Vegetarian

Vegan

Vegetable garden

Authentic entertainment

Shows

Mobility

Car sharing

Electric charging

Eco and Environment

Less Plastic

Recycling

Eco articles

Animal project

Green cleaning

Climate Change

Green spaces

Energy control

Accessibility

Adapted access

Think Global, Act Local

Positive Local Impact

Solidarity project

Sustainability areas

Environment and Climate Change

Society and Culture

Local development

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 The One Palácio da Anunciada:

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 adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
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.

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 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 The One Palácio da Anunciada to fight against this scourge.

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

They collaborate with other entities to promote sustainability in the territory.
They prioritize the purchase and consumption of local and sustainable products and services.
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.
They adopt measures to minimize the waste they generate with their activity.

As a global response to climate change, the entity carries out actions such as:

They promote resilience to climate change.
They encourage sustainable mobility.

Sustainable business management must include the perspective of respect for the marine environment and its resources. In this sense, The One Palácio da Anunciada has carried out the following actions:

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.
They carry out actions to raise awareness and protect marine ecosystems.

From Biosphere we congratulate The One Palácio da Anunciada 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 carry out activities that respect the natural heritage and the local fauna.
They strive to prevent the degradation of terrestrial ecosystems and habitats.
They act to reduce the impacts of their activity on biodiversity.
They help maintain the native flora and fauna, preventing the intrusion of invasive species.

Society and Culture

The One Palácio da Anunciada'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.

The One Palácio da Anunciada 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 participate in projects aimed at promoting better health for people.
They apply safety and risk prevention measures.
They implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.
They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
They collaborate with health systems in favor of collective health.

To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:

They care about training their staff.
They promote knowledge about sustainable development.

Through sustainability, the role of women in companies can be strengthened. That's why The One Palácio da Anunciada 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 control and evaluate their measures of empowerment and equality.
They promote labor empowerment in their work systems.
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, The One Palácio da Anunciada has decided to:

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

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

Democracy is necessary for sustainable development, so we must recognize the efforts of this entity to work on actions such as:

To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:

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

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 The One Palácio da Anunciada has managed to prove it.

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

For their supplies, they prioritize agri-food products and suppliers that follow more respectful and sustainable practices.
Its gastronomic offer is prepared following health safety protocols.
They prioritize and publicize products from local agriculture and KM0.
They take measures to prevent food waste.

The creation of decent and productive employment is one of the fundamental pillars of economic and sustainable growth, which is why The One Palácio da Anunciada has decided to work along these lines.

In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:

They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
They facilitate work-life balance and the employment of less favored groups.
Encourage innovation and continuous improvement among their employees.
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 The One Palácio da Anunciada undertakes efforts such as:

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.
They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.
Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.
Promote improvements in the infrastructure of the neighbourhood/community around them.

The One Palácio da Anunciada 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:

Facilitate universal accessibility for their customers and workers.
They support SMEs and local businesses in the development of their activity.
They apply social integration, non-discriminatory and inclusive policies.

Now, more than ever, it is time to unite and cooperate for sustainability. From Biosphere we congratulate The One Palácio da Anunciada 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.