Partners In Sustainability Presents Green Globe Certification

In the “Partners in Sustainability” series, we turn the spotlight on our clients who are setting new standards for social and environmental responsibility in business. All of them have made the commitment to sustainability by ensuring that their operations are aligned with their values. We invite them to speak directly to the connection between green printing, sustainability and their particular organization. Today, we continue the series with Green Globe Certification an internationally acclaimed sustainability service provider specializing in the tourism industry.

About Green Globe

Green Globe Certification is an international company based in Los Angeles, California and provides sustainability certification, training & education, and marketing services reaching 83 countries worldwide. Partnerships have been launched in Mexico, Brazil and South America, South Africa, Middle East, the Caribbean and Europe. Green Globe Certification also maintains a global network of independent auditors who provide third party inspection and validation.

The Green Globe Certification Standard, the extensive checklist of environmental and socially responsible actions, is based on internationally accepted criteria developed during the 15 years of the Green Globe program. The Green Globe Standard meets and exceeds all the requirements of the Tourism Sustainability Council (TSC), which is the agreed international standard for sustainable operation, and management of travel and tourism businesses.

Green Globe’s Roots in Sustainability

The Green Globe program traces its roots back to the United Nations Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992, where 182 heads of state from around the world endorsed the Agenda 21 principles of sustainable development. The Earth Summit was unprecedented for a U.N. conference, as it was the first time world leaders acknowledged, as a group, that consumption of non-renewable resources was leading to environmental degradation.

In the early 1990’s the term sustainable tourism was in its infancy. Pioneering tourism operators concerned about the effect their operations had on the environment and how best to measure that impact, were often categorized into special interest tourism. Green Globe was developed to provide a way forward for tourism organizations who were interested in measuring their environmental impact and then developing and implementing strategies to reduce those impacts.

Green Printing and Sustainability

Green Globe Certification has been using Greenerprinter exclusively for all its print work for more than 2 years. Green Globe Certification’s key business is to assess and certify the sustainable operations and management of business, mainly in the tourism industry. As such, it is important that its own operations conform to reducing energy and water usage, while committing to recycling and green printing practices. Greenerprinter has been able to deliver through the supply of printing solutions (brochures, business cards and greeting cards) that manage to reduce Green Globe’s environmental footprint.

Many thanks to Bradley Cox, Director of Communications, Green Globe, for his assistance in providing this information.