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The Langham, Auckland treated children and families from The Hearing House to a special Wonderland Afternoon Tea yesterday to herald the start of its charitable partnership for the year.
A visitor from The Netherlands has put the finishing touches on a beautiful outdoor kitchen and dining area constructed from mostly recycled materials at Queenstown’s Top 10 Holiday Park “Creeksyde”.
While the rest of the world’s businesses grapple with how to adjust their operations to minimise environmental impacts, those in the Apple Isle provide a breath of fresh air.
The birthplace of Qantas, the home of Waltzing Matilda and the best place to two-step with dinosaurs, Winton may be a small Outback town, but it’s about as true-blue as you can get on Australia Day.
Key EC3 Global client and partners in the Caribbean, Sandals Resorts International (based in Jamaica), are extending a much needed helping hand to their Caribbean neighbours.
Eaton Hotel Hong Kong has achieved the prestigious Benchmarked Bronze status under the Earthcheck Benchmarking programme through EC3 Global. The programme recognises Eaton Hotel Hong Kong’s commitment to operating at the world’s highest environmental standard.
Please note that the team at EC3 Global will be taking a well-deserved break from 24 December 2009 through to 11 January 2010.
Yet another year has almost passed and for some, 2009 brought more than its fair share of challenges.
In recent years, the Travel and Tourism sector has received a great deal of media attention relating to its transportation emissions.
With Queensland’s storm and bushfire season looming, Tourism Queensland is hosting a series of workshops which educate Queensland tourism operators on how to respond in the event of a weather related crisis such as flood, cyclone, bushfire and dust storm.
This year, the Australian Carbon Market Expo attracted 100 exhibitors and 800 delegates from 20 countries around the world.
Ecolab is committed to making the world a cleaner, safer, healthier place and doing it in a sustainable manner.
Nomad Safaris are a New Zealand Tour Operator, operating in Queenstown.
EC3 Global’s DESTINO initiative arose from a need to find solutions to the problem of Climate Change and uncontrolled tourism development, in various regions of Latin America.
WWF-Australia is engaged in a new project aimed at increasing the number of Traditional Owners working in, and benefitting from, the booming multi-million dollar tourism industry in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
While world struggles with how to prosper in a carbon-constrained economy, some organisations have been quietly planting the seeds of change. Find out the winners in this year’s Seed Awards and nominate your company for recognition in 2010.
The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre is committed to being an industry leader in addressing social and environmental sustainability.
Originally the Mayan Resort and the golf course were located on the cattle grazing plains of Rivieria Maya. It was not until the year 2000 when the construction of the Resort began.
Globalization and global warming are accelerating the deterioration of our natural resources and it widely affected to our world‘s environment.
EC3 Global is always looking for innovative ways to assist our clients to address their CSR and environmental responsibilities. This Year we have worked with Green Flight which provides a one stop global tool for companies / individuals to offset their flights.
WWF-Australia is engaged in a new project aimed at increasing the number of Traditional Owners working in and benefitting from the booming multi-million dollar tourism industry in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Condé Nast Traveler has recognized The Haciendas as the world’s best overall advocate for social and environmental commitment, and the leader among all its competitors.
EC3 Global’s Certification Manager Ms Shey Parry, attended the launch of the new Negril Library, funded by EC3 member Rockhouse Hotel.
Dusit International advances its commitment to protecting the environment by undertaking benchmarking under the Green Globe Company Standard as delivered by EC3 Global in order to receive independent and comprehensive proof of its environmental commitment and become certified by 2010.
When it comes to Sustainability, Six Senses Resorts & Spas is exemplary for the Spa sector.
Proudly supported by Sandals Resorts International, the recent Green Globe Training Workshop was held at the Sandals Royal Caribbean Montego Bay, Jamaica late July with delegates from all over the Caribbean attending to up-skill in the enhanced Certification and Benchmarking programme as delivered by EC3 Global.
WWF Australia is campaigning for much more investment in Australia’s vital national parks system to help preserve countless animal species threatened with extinction.
The latest information from the Carbon Trust in the UK provides some salient lessons concerning the pending regulatory environment that will come with the new carbon economy.
The Great Barrier Reef has been nominated as one of Australia’s National Landscapes, under the program developed by Tourism Australia and Parks Australia
Earthcheck undertakes an extensive data collection and analysis to establish the required methodologies and emission factors to bring the tool up to international greenhouse gas reporting standards along with the quantified uncertainty associated with the parameters.
The Adelaide Convention Centre has become the first convention centre in Australia to obtain Green Globe Silver Certification. Here it shares why it decided to pursue environmentally friendly practices, the processes it followed and some of its amazing success.
Tourism Queensland is embarking on an Australian first to implement a statewide sustainability program for the tourism industry
WWF–Australia has been buoyed by the strong commitment of the tourism industry in Far North Queensland to work towards protecting the Great Barrier Reef for future generations
For three decades, Sandals resorts have appealed to couples in love, yet it is also the nature lovers and ecologically cultivated guests who are drawn to the environmental element that the Green Globe certified hotel chain has to offer.
The recently completed AUD$65 Million refurbishment of the InterContinental Melbourne "The Rialto" own by Eureka Funds Management, has been awarded Green Globe Certified status.
Chiva-Som International Health Resorts Co., Ltd. is truly holistic in its approach to wellness and provides a sanctuary where guests come to rest, relax, rejuvenate and focus on their lifelong goal of improved health and longevity.
Club Data Online (CDOL) in conjunction with EC3 Global are pleased to deliver to the licensed club industry a proven web-based reporting program that allows clubs to effectively set, measure, benchmark, report and manage their internal sustainability management programs.
While each tourist destination is unique and will have different issues to deal with, there are key areas of risk management which are common across destinations.
Through its work with Banyan Tree, the team at EC3 Global identified a number of initiatives that truly inspired not only the company internally, but become a call to action when presenting to the broader travel and tourism community around the globe.
The Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) has taken an industry leadership role within Australia over the last few years and committed to reducing their ecological footprint.
Langham Hotels International (LHI) is one of the leaders in the Tourism Industry in its vision of creating a sustainable world.
The El Quseir Mövenpick Resort in Egypt has been a Green Globe member for more than five years and has also already achieved Certified Gold Status.
Australia's Coastal Wilderness (ACW) is a region located in the South-Eastern corner of Australia covering sections of both southern New South Wales and East Gippsland in Victoria.
EC3 Global was announced winner of the Australian Computer Society (ACS) award for Green IT (corporate) on Monday 16th March
EC3 Global in partnership with NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service has released an enhanced version of EC3’s environmental benchmarking tool, Earthcheck, to allow 120 lodges, hotels, and apartments measure and monitor their environmental footprint.
The Green Globe Auditor Training Workshop, proudly sponsored by ECOLAB was held at the Eaton Hotel Hong Kong 24th – 27th February 2009.
EC3 Global's Performance Solutions Manager, Wayne McKinnon, recently spent a week travelling through south western Victoria delivering Industry Performance Analysis Tool (IPAT) workshops to the members of the Great Southern Touring Route.
A new online carbon calculator for holiday makers in Australia has just been launched by EC3 Global in cooperation with the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC).
The Adelaide Showground has recently committed to reducing their energy and water consumption through a comprehensive sustainability action plan.
CDOL Earthcheck is a new, web-based program that will – for the first time - enable licensed clubs to measure and manage their business’s environmental performance.
Cara Holcombe, of EC3 Global's Consultancy arm selected to participate in an exclusive United Nations Environment Program.
EC3 Global expands its succesful Sustainability Challenge to encompass grades 6 - 10 and a focus on more aspects of sustainability.
Appointment of new GM of Consulting Services at EC3 Global adds new skills across a broad range of sectors.
A large majority of the population struggle to understand how the practice of environmental sustainability can be applied to their everyday lives. The successful introduction of a sustainability education programme by Gold Coast City Council
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