EarthCheck Partners with Afnor
2 August 2011, Paris, France - EarthCheck partners with
AFNOR Certification to deliver sustainability services and
audits for its customers across Europe.
EarthCheck, the leading certifier for the travel and tourism
industry, has announced that it will work with AFNOR Certification to audit and
certify its European customers. This will be done using
EarthCheck's internationally recognised standards for sustainable
development, environmental protection and social
responsibility.
The alliance is designed to provide a platform of services
allowing EarthCheck Members to benefit from the experience of
AFNOR's 1500+ auditors and gain access to services that are
in-language and delivered locally.
"We intend for AFNOR Certification to become a key partner
for us in Europe," explained EarthCheck CEO Stewart Moore.
"They will help us build our client portfolio and service the
needs of our Members across Europe."
The first AFNOR audit will be of the Evian Resorts Hotel
Ermitage; a new Member of the EarthCheck Program. Audits will then
extend further to include Novotel hotels; all of which hope to
achieve EarthCheck certification in 2012.
EarthCheck certification is reviewed annually and requires the
independent, third party auditing of a Member's operational
practices. Members must agree to be open to scrutiny of their
sustainable development polices, and submit data relating to their
consumption of natural resources, their waste management practices,
pesticide and cleaning product use, and initiatives to support the
wellbeing of host communities.
Presently, more than 1200 businesses, communities and government
across the world trust EarthCheck to help them report GHG emissions
and manage their environmental impacts. Among them are
InterContinental Hotels Group, ACCOR, Taj Hotels, Sandals, Langham
Hotels International, Carlson Asia Pacific, Dusit, Banyan Tree, and
most recently Evian Resorts.
Editor's Notes
About EarthCheck
EarthCheck is the travel and tourism industries most used
system of benchmarking, certification and environmental management.
EarthCheck has more than 1200 organizations in over 65 countries
and is the choice of many leading companies. The EarthCheck program
is based on years of scientific research and contains more than a
decade of comparative data from the tourism industry. EarthCheck
complies with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Greenhouse Gas Protocol and the ISO 14064 standard on accounting
for emissions of greenhouse gases. Go to: www.earthcheck.org
About AFNOR Certification
AFNOR Certification, subsidiary of the AFNOR Group, is
the leading certification body in France and figures amongst the
world leaders. For over 20 years, AFNOR Certification has
helped companies and communities in their "Quality" efforts.
Through its 27 offices on five continents, AFNOR offers a genuinely
local service to its customers. AFNOR Certification is based on a
network of 1500 experienced auditors, notably in the field of
tourism. Sustainable development has long been part of AFNOR's
priorities. Go to: www.afnor.org
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