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GreenStep Sustainable Tourism Destination Standard Achieves GSTC-Recognition

News / December 13, 2021

The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) is pleased to announce that the GreenStep Sustainable Tourism Destination Standard has achieved the ‘GSTC-Recognized Standard’ status. GreenStep Sustainable Tourism Standards are used by GreenStep Solutions in their assessment and verification programs which provide tools, resources, and consultative support to destinations and businesses across the tourism industry. […]

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Measuring Sustainability: Tourism Congress Carbon Footprint & the State of the Canadian Tourism Industry

Energy & Carbon / November 29, 2021

Written by Angela Nagy For the first time ever, the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC), in partnership with GreenStep Solutions, is measuring the carbon footprint of the 2021 Tourism Congress. This will help TIAC to better understand its environmental impacts and what opportunities exist to reduce these impacts for future national events. The carbon

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GreenStep Accepted Into Competitive United Nations Accelerator Program

News / November 16, 2021

KELOWNA, BC CANADA – November 16, 2021 Kelowna-based GreenStep Solutions has been selected out of hundreds of applicants, as one of only ten companies in Canada to be accepted into the United Nations (UN) Global Compact Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Ambition Programme. GreenStep will participate in a six-month accelerator that aims to challenge and support

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GreenStep Becomes Signatory of the Glasgow Declaration

News / November 4, 2021

KELOWNA, BC CANADA – November 4, 2021 – GreenStep announced today that it has become a signatory of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, which officially launched today at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). As a signatory of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism, GreenStep has committed to aligning its

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Is Regenerative Tourism More Sustainable?

Green Innovation, Green Marketing & Communications / October 28, 2021

Written by Angela Nagy Sustainability can seem complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. One of the things I find frustrating, and which makes sustainability confusing and unapproachable for many businesses and destinations, is the regular changing of the goalposts or the language that describes what we’re ultimately trying to achieve. Over the past decade

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All the Taste, Without the Waste – Planet Bee Honey Farm’s Zero-Waste Success

Member Spotlight / October 24, 2021

We love hearing stories about our Sustainable Tourism members finding more sustainable ways of doing business. Our most recent success story comes from Planet Bee Honey Farm, who has shared their journey to implementing a zero waste tasting station. They have also provided key information about how other business owners can implement these changes in

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Member Spotlight: Wicked Tours

Member Spotlight / October 1, 2021

Wicked Tours has a reputation for offering some of the best wine tours across the Okanagan Valley. They have recently been reassessed by GreenStep, to achieve Sustainable Tourism GOLD Certified. We recently caught up with owner Nicholas Wilson to learn more about how Wicked Tours is taking action to become a more sustainable business. Tell

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Carbon Prices On the Rise: How and Why to Measure the Carbon Footprint of Your Hotel or Tourism Business

Energy & Carbon, Green Business Management / September 27, 2021

By Angela Nagy, CEO, GreenStep Solutions With the re-election of a Liberal minority government in Canada, carbon pricing, which is supported by a wide range of academic, public sector, energy executives, and other business leaders, is here to stay and it’s on the rise. If you want to better understand the risks and opportunities that

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