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Almond Resorts'
Environmental & Social Sustainability Policy
Almond Resorts recognizes that our business has an important
role to play in protecting and enhancing the environment for the
residents of Barbados as well as our guests. We also recognize
that we have a social commitment to the local and regional
community. To this end our hotels are committed to take actions:
• To achieve sound environmental practices across our entire
operation while complying with all laws, regulations and
industry standards.
• To implement programs to minimize our use of energy, water
and non-renewable resources, without compromising service
• To minimize hazardous chemical use in preference for natural
alternatives.
• To achieve reductions in waste produced, by the application of
the 4R’s: Rethink, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, and other
initiatives such as composting.
• To invite our staff, guests and business partners to
participate in our efforts to protect and enhance the
environment.
• To forge collaborative partnerships, Ministerial, Regional,
Community, and NGO, to ensure the longevity of the tourism
product and to achieve wider environmental goals.
• To provide all employees with the training and resources
required to meet our environmental objectives and ensure that
all Department Heads are involved in setting environmental
targets.
• To communicate our policies and practices to our employees,
guests and suppliers and to make this policy available to all
stakeholders and the general public on request.
• To adopt a purchasing policy that support environmental
products and local products and services wherever possible.
• To promote all that is local: Food, Art, Craft, History,
Music, Culture etc.
• To mitigate environmental impacts to our precious ecosystems:
Tropical Forest, Mangroves, Beach, Sea-grass beds and Coral
Reefs and Beach Vegetation etc.
• To regularly monitor our environmental performance relative to
our policies, objectives and targets, and to maintain a
continuous commitment to improve our environmental practices on
a yearly basis.
• To review this policy annually.
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Almond Resorts' Green Globe Participation
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