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Green Passport
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forum anders reisen (far), Germany
- Network of
130 small and medium-sized tour operators (with 100.000 clients
and turnover of about EUR 100 million)
- Strict criteria
for its members; for instance, flights under a distance of 700
km are not offered
- Establishment
of atmosfair – Germany's most successful offset provider
– in cooperation with the German Federal Agency for Environment
and Germanwatch
- Partner of
the project "Travelife" that aims at the integration
of sustainability criteria
in the whole product-chain of package tours
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INFORMATION
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Scandic hotel chain, Sweden
- 147 hotels
with a revenue of more than EUR 720 million in 2007
- All Swedish
hotels are certified with the Swan ecolabel
- Monthly sustainability
indicator reporting of the hotels: An average night at Scandic
in 2006 produced 3.1 kilos of fossil CO2 per guest
- The chain
announced in 2007 their objective that "[...] our activities
have zero fossil CO2 emissions by 2025."
- Recognition
by many awards: for instance, IMEX
Green Meetings Award 2008 (Gold)
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Harbour Air, Canada
- Transports
more than 300,000 passengers a year
- In January
2008, Harbour Air began offsetting every aspect of its corporate
operations including lights, heating, paper consumption and ground
transportation
- Partnership
with the Offsetters
Climate Neutral Society
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Hidden Valley Cabins, Australia
- Comfortable
holiday off the beaten track
- Australia's
1st carbon neutral resort and tour company operating on 100% solar
power
- Certification
by Ecotourism Australia as Advanced Ecotourism (highest standard)
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VELIB – Bikes in Paris, France
- Project of
the local authorities in cooperation with private investors
- Vélib’
is a self service bike hire system available 24 hours a day, 7
days a week
- A bike-station
every 300m and 20,000 bicycles
- First 30
min are free of charge, then about a €1,- for 30 min
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England's Northwest, UK
- The project
is managed by Sustainability Northwest in cooperation with governmental,
academic and non-governmental organisation
- Analysis
of climate change impacts on tourism
- Development
of a practical framework for adaptation
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Atmosfair, Germany
- Offsetting
Organisation
- Founded in
the year 2003; turnover of around a Million; joint initiative
of forum anders reisen, Germanwatch and the German Federal Environment
Ministry
- Only Gold
Standard projects; cooperation with the travel industry (e.g.
Thomas Cook)
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ADFC, Germany
- German Bicycle
Federation
- Founded in
the year 1979; around 100.000 members
- A German
organisation which has been successfully motivating politicians
to develop bicycle tourism (almost CO2-free form of travel) (e.g.
Bett&Bike
and Discovering
Germany by Bike)
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SAMO – Soft mobility in Werfenweg, Austria
- Destination
with around 1,800 beds
- A project
in cooperation of the local municipality and tourism association
- Tourists
can exchange the key of their car against a SAMO pass which allow
to use all means of transport for free (e.g., electro scooters,
bicycles, go-kart, local taxi, Segway) – around 3000 people
participate per year
- Pick up service
at the station
- Network with
Alpine
Pearls
- Awarded with
several prices (e.g., Eurosolar 2003, Energy Globe 2006 in Austria)
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