NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
Tui special report: The operator hails ‘massive progress’ and explains the aims of the Tui Care Foundation, in this Responsible Travel special edition, sponsored by Tui. Ian Taylor reports
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Tui moves a step closer to hitting its green targets
Tui reported taking 8.3 million customers on ‘greener, fairer holidays’ last year as it approaches its 2020 goal of 10 million – just one goal of its ‘Better Holidays, Better World’ strategy launched in 2015.
The group defines a ‘greener,
fairer holiday’ as one where the hotel has a sustainability certification recognised by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. Tui’s Sustainability Report
2017, published in June, noted four out of five hotels the group owns or manages had attained certification by the mid-point of the six-year programme. Group director of sustainable
Jane Ashton: ‘We’ve made progress’
development Jane Ashton said: “We’ve made massive progress on greener, fairer holidays, but we still have areas to work on. It’s not a done deal that we’ll hit our target. “The largest proportion [of these
holidays] are to our own hotels and those of our biggest partners. The challenge is to keep hotels certified [given] the ethos is to sharpen the criteria over time. The bar is constantly being raised, so it’s a challenge to keep the numbers up let alone to grow them. “Our purchasing team is really supportive in persuading non-Tui hotels to seek certification. It is driving better practice.” The Better Holidays, Better
World strategy “encompasses the whole organisation”, Ashton said, explaining: “Every area is working to maximise the positive and minimise the
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“Every area is working to maximise the positive and minimise the negative impacts of tourism”
negative impacts of tourism. “On social impacts there are
one or two prime examples. The Tui Collection is going from strength to strength with high customer satisfaction [scores] and community benefit, and the growth in the Tui Care Foundation has been phenomenal in the past year.” But she said: “Our real aim is
to create a sea change across the leisure tourism sector – in impacts, in social performance and in community performance – and at scale. We aim to get more and more suppliers through certification.” Tui’s Sustainability Report
highlighted continuing improvement in the fuel efficiency of its airline fleet and a 5.5% reduction in CO2 emissions per passenger per night in its cruise fleet; the sale of more than one million Tui Collection excursions that “have sustainability at their heart”; and €7.3 million raised to enhance positive impacts and support good causes through the
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Tui initiatives
AIRLINE CARBON IMPACT: “We’ve been sharing best practice, driving down weight [on the aircraft], driving down the carbon and environmental impacts. Some things are now so embedded they are just part of what we do.” PLASTICS: “We’re trying to reduce the use plastics across the business – at head office, in hotels, airlines and cruise ships.” TUI CRUISES: A food waste- reduction project on Mein Schiff 4 cut waste by 17%. Ashton said: “Food waste was a big concern for people. In time it will be implemented across our cruise business.” TUI HOTELS: Investment in renewables. Robinson Club Apulia has one of Europe’s largest hotel photovoltaic facilities – its 3,280 solar panels produce enough energy to power 450 households.
TUI CARE FOUNDATION
TUI TURTLE AID: Launched in June with partnerships in Greece, Turkey and Cape Verde, it aims to protect one million new-born turtles by 2020. TUI ACADEMIES: Offer vocational training to local and disadvantaged youth, especially girls, to work in the industry.
PICTURE: MATT SPRAKE; ILVY NJIOKIKTJIEN; FRAN AFONSO; GUENTHER SCHWERIG
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