Environmental & Social Commitment

At South West Tourism, we believe that the ‘Green Dream' is not only desirable, but also possible. As well as working with other businesses and organisations throughout the region to persuade them that this is the only way forward, we are working hard to make our own company as sustainable as possible, trying to lead by example.

So what have we done?
Well, we've put in place some core policies on the environment, purchasing, printing (as an industry we are collectively responsible for mountains of printed material!), and travel.

Environmental and Social Policy

All members of staff have taken part in workshops and events to help them understand the issues and what they as individuals, and we as a company can do to reduce our impacts.

Staff sustainability handbook

And we have taken action
See what we have done in our virtual scrap-book!

SWT Taking Action

We have been rewarded
We have a Silver GTBS award and hope that we have recently put enough additional measures in place to get gold!

We have just been short-listed to receive a prestigious ‘Business Commitment to the Environment' award for our pioneering work to embed sustainability across the region and beyond.

And we continue to look for ways that we can improve our own performance and work towards the Towards 2015 vision - that the South West becomes internationally recognised as a model tourism destination that is truly ‘sustainable'!