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Club Med’s sustainability initiatives include Green Globe certification
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Monday, 03 June, 2019, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Bali
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For over 60 years, sustainability has been part of Club Med’s DNA. Club Med resorts are extremely vigilant with energy efficiency, saving, treating and recycling water, promoting renewable energy sources, controlling the water treatment and recycling techniques.
Its sustainability initiatives include:
Bye to single-use plastic: Club Med has taken efforts to eradicate single-use plastic items from all its resorts worldwide, to reduce their footprint and keep the ocean clean.
Green Globe certified: Currently, 74 per cent of Club Med resorts worldwide have been awarded the Green Globe certification for sustainable tourism. These include Club Med Bali, Club Med Cherating Beach, Club Med Phuket, and many more.
Monitoring the use of water: Over the last few years, Club Med has made a conscious effort to reduce water consumption in their resorts, reducing it by 12.5 per cent in hydric-stressed zones from 2010 to 2015. Moreover, 100 per cent of the water waste is treated, and currently 89 per cent of the resorts have water flow reducers.
From farm to fork: Ninety per cent of food materials and produce in the Club Med resorts are purchased from local and agro-ecological farmers, providing guests with in-season, organic and pesticide-free food that goes directly from farm to fork. Also, Club Med Bali has witnessed 56 per cent less food wastage due to the use of a new innovative technology called Winnow. This programme is currently being rolled out across all Club Med Asian resorts.
Ecological walks: Ecological walks are conducted regularly to collect waste from local areas. These educational and fun eco treks are a perfect opportunity to reconnect with nature. In Club Med Cherating Beach, for example, guests get to reconnect with nature, discover the incredible preserved forests surrounding the resort, and learn about wildlife protection.
Preservation of biodiversity: From respecting the fauna and flora of the natural areas during the construction of resorts to protecting endangered species, Club Med resorts play an important role in the preservation of biodiversity.
The turtle nursery at Club Med Bintan Island allows to nurse sea turtles back to health and promote their breeding.
The artificial reef at Club Med Kani and fish refuge at The Finolhu Villas helps to preserve the ocean’s biodiversity in the Maldives.
Club Med Cherating Beach’s natural site provides a home for macaque monkeys and many more tropical species.
Coral reef preservation at Club Med Kani
Club Med trains over 15,000 GOs (Gentil Organisateur) each year on sustainability to help preserve the environment.
These GOs then raise awareness among the guests through eco-initiatives, bring forward new ideas on how Club Med can become more sustainable, and coordinate the environmentally-friendly initiatives in the resorts.
Club Med has real experts on biodiversity and sustainability in the resorts, including marine biologists at Club Med Kani in Maldives.
Guests staying at the resort can create their very own coral habitat for marine life. With a web-like pattern and a strong metal structure, these frames will last a lifetime.
Led by their own marine biologist, they stand to learn a valuable lesson on conservation while taking part in the greater good.
They can choose the size of coral frame they prefer, attach the coral of their choice, and place it in the sea to begin a new reef where fish will come to explore.
They can follow the evolution of their coral with photos posted regularly on our partner Reefscapers’ dedicated online platform.
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