Our project brings together businesses, the community, and visitors to collaborate in building resilience and reducing emissions in the visitor economy and has led us to develop The Bude Way’s unique Green Leaf Accreditation Scheme.
The scheme evaluates and recognises tourism businesses that adhere to sustainable and responsible practices, or are making positive changes within their business to become more sustainable.
It’s totally free for tourism businesses in the wider Bude area, and we’ll use the answers provided to calculate a score in each of the five sections which equates to the 1, to or 3 ‘leaf’ gradings.
You’ll be provided with a logo to use on your website and marketing.
There are many existing national and international schemes, but we feel it is particularly important we create a unique scheme for Bude.
We encourage all accommodation providers to carry out the quick form with the intention of gauging how sustainable the business is right now and to see the areas in which improvements might be made.
Should you wish to join other existing accreditation schemes you can read about some available options here.
6 Benefits of Joining a Scheme
- Proves your commitment: It helps to demonstrate your commitment to the environment and community by increasing sustainable business practices
- Reduce carbon footprint: It’s a great way of reducing not just your carbon footprint, but also energy, water and waste bills
- Monitor and improve: Certification provides your business with a useful management framework to monitor and help improve your sustainable practices
- Raise awareness: It can help raise awareness and facilitate behavioural change of guests, staff, and suppliers
- Marketing advantage: Accreditation will give you a platform to promote your business to the increasing number of consumers actively seeking sustainable businesses
- Supporting your visitors: Accreditation make it easier for visitors to make environmentally conscious travel decisions
