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		Green Globe	Earth Check	Biosphere	Green Key US/Global	Green Key Europe	Travelife	ISO 14001

Standard/ Excerpt of standard available online		x					X

Standard	Sustainability management Plan	x	x	X	x	x	x	x
	Legal compliance	x		X		x	X	x
	Employee Training	x		X		x	x
	Customer Satisfaction	x		X
	Accuracy of PR	x		X		x
	Design & Construction	x			x
	Sustainable Design	x		X	x
	Interpretation	x	x
	Communication Strategy	x					X
	Health & Safety	x			x		X


	Social Economic	x	x	X			x
	Community Development	x	x	X
	Local Employment	x	x	X			x
	Fair Trade	x					X
	* Supporting local businesses	x		X
	* higher percentage of the price paid is transferred directly to the provider of the goods and services (tourism multiplier)	x
	* reduced ecological footprint	x
	* fair prices and wages	x					X
	* Lower costs du to fewer middlemen	x
	* Enhance visitor experience	x
	Support local entrepreneurs	x
	Respect local communities	x		X			x
	Exploitation policy	x
	Equitable hiring	x		X			X
	Employee protection	x
	Basic services - business activities do not jeopardise provision of basic services and utilities to local communities	x		X			X

	Cultural Heritage	x	x	X
	Code of Behaviour	x	x
	Historical Artefacts	x
	Protection of sites	x
	Incorporation of Culture	x	x	X

	Environmental	x		X	x	x	x
	Conserving resources	x
	Purchasing policy	x
	Consumable goods	x
	Energy consumption	x	x	X			x
	Water consumption	x	x	X		x	x

	Reducing pollution	x				x
	Greenhouse gas emissions	x	x		x	x	x
	Wastewater management	x	x	X		x	x

	Waste management plan	x	x	X		x	x
	Planning & Reducing	x		X		x
	Reuse	x		X		x
	Recycle	x		X		x
	Harmful substances	x	x			x	X
	Other pollutants	x

	Conserving biodiversity, ecosystems and landscapes	x					x
	Wildlife species	x		X
	Wildlife in captivity	x
	Landscaping	x
	Biodiversity conservation	x					x
	Interactions with wildlife	x					X

Based on	Individually designed criteria	x	x	X	x	x	x
	Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria	x	x	X			x
	Global Partnership for Sustainable Tourism Criteria (STC)	x	x
	Baseline Criteria	x	x
	Agenda 21	x	x
	ISO 14001	x	x
	VISIT						x
	EM Standard
	EU Ecolabel



Standard provided to	Hotels & Resorts	x	x	X	x	x	x	x
	Attraction	x				x		x
	Business (Whole Sale/ Retail)	x	x					x
	Congress Center, Meeting Venues	x	x					x
	Cruise Ships (River & Ocean)	x		X				x
	Golf Courses	x						x
	Meeting & Events	x			x			x
	Organization	x						x
	Restaurant	x				x		x
	Spa, Health Center	x						x
	Transportation (Mass Transportation, Bus Company, Limousine Service, Car Rental)	x						x
	Travel Industry (Tour Operators, Destination Management Companies, Meeting & Incentive Industry)	x					x	x
	Tour Operators	x	x	X			x	x
	Destinations	x	x	X			x	x
	Small Accomodations	x				x		x
	Industry	x	x					x
	Supply Chain	x	x				x	x
	Airport	x	x	X				x
	Educational Institutes	x	x	X			x	x
	Administration	x	x					x
	Communities	x	x					x
	Youth Hostels	x						x
	Nature Parks						x	x
	Institutes	x					x	x
	Travel Agent Associations	x						x
	Enterprises	x	x					x
	Campsites	x	x			x		x
	Interest groups	x					x	x


Audit	Third-party independent audit	x	x				x	x (optional)
	Onsite audit	x		X				x (optional)
	Self-assessment				x	x		x (optional)
	Compliance Agreement							x (optional)

Membership Fee	set rates		x		x	not mentioned on webpage		x
	by rooms	x		X
	by employees	x		X
	by region	x
	by guest						x

By company recognized benefits of becoming sustainable	Reduce operational costs	x	x	X	x	x	x	x
	Utility savings through application / implementation of standard	x		X			x	x
	Competitive advantage / distinguish business against other non-sustainability compliant businesses	x		X			x	x
	quality staff choose sustainable businesses deliberately	x			x		x
	Contributing to sustainability	x					x
	Environmental leadership	x	x	X
	Understanding your potential risk exposure	x	x					x
	Avoid accusation of green wash	x	x
	Helps business identify weaknesses & opportunities	x	x
	Assurance of genuine claims of sustainability	x	x
	Greenhouse gas emissions	x	x	X
	Energy efficiency	x	x	X			x	x
	conservation management	x	x
	noise control	x	x	X
	waste water management	x	x	X				x
	storage of environmental hamful substances	x	x	X
	Visitor satisfaction	x			x		x

Membership network	Network to connect to other members	x	x		x		x
	Information and Resource basis for sustainability training/ member training	x	x				x
	Connecting to auditors and sustainability consultants	x	x				x

Social Media	Facebook	x	x		x	x	X	x
	Twitter	x	x	X			X	x
	Trip Advisor	x
	Yotube	x	x	X		x		x
	Linked-In		x
	Google Earth	x
	App	x

Websites/ Presence on the Internet	Company website listing	x	x	X	x	x	X
	Booking website listing (such as www.greenglobe.travel)	x
	Blog	x	x
	Newsletter	x	x				x
	Press releases	x	x		x	x	x
	Case Studies	x	x		x		x
	Videos	x	x			x