Green Tourism Certified

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM CERTIFICATION

Green Tourism Certified

Green Tourism Certified is a rigorous sustainable tourism certification and ESG framework for tourism and hospitality, built to stand up to customer and procurement scrutiny. It gives businesses a clear, evidence-led way to demonstrate credible progress across environmental, social and governance priorities.

Green Tourism digital ESG certification programme

12

weeks to certification

10

practical ESG modules

1

independent audit

A practical route to independent certification

Green Tourism Certified helps you bring your sustainability work together, organise the evidence already in place and identify any gaps. With expert guidance throughout, your business can prepare for assessment with confidence. The Sustainability Check gives you a quick view of your current position.

  • Stronger tenders
    Provide credible sustainability evidence for buyers, partners and procurement teams.
  • Confident communication
    Support what you say about sustainability with clear evidence and independent assessment.
  • Clearer priorities
    Give your team a shared framework for action, ownership and improvement.
  • Operational savings
    Identify practical opportunities across energy, carbon, water, waste and resource use.
  • Greater visibility
    Use recognised certification to strengthen customer confidence and industry visibility.

A clear route to credible, independently audited certification.

1.

Start with the Sustainability Check

Complete the Sustainability Check and receive a score across core sustainability themes.

Take the Sustainability Check →

2.

Join Green Tourism

Use the 12-week digital programme to identify priorities, take practical action and gather evidence.

Join Green Tourism →

3.

Complete the ESG modules

Your Certification Advisor helps you interpret the criteria, answer questions and prepare for audit.

See our ESG Framework →

4.

Submit for independent audit

Your evidence is reviewed separately from the programme guidance and advisor support.

Read The Criteria that dives our modules →

5.

Earn Green Tourism Certified

A successful audit gives your business credible proof of independently assessed sustainability progress.

Talk to us about certification. Book a Discovery Call →

Trusted by diverse UK and International tourism and hospitality businesses.

English Heritage
4C Group
Best Western Hotels and Resorts
Accor
Verdant Parks
University of Leeds
The Doyle Collection
PREM Group
RBH Hospitality Management
Cairn Group
Village Hotels
Dalata Hotel Group PLC
Leonardo Hotels
Liberty
Caravan and Motorhome Club
Hotel du Vin
Malmaison
De Vere
Hand Picked Hotels
EHC

Everything you need to prepare for your independent audit is built into the programme

The programme brings your criteria, action planning and evidence into one digital system. Certification Advisor guidance is included to help you interpret the requirements and prepare for audit.

  • Ten practical modules aligned with ESG principles
  • Clear actions and evidence requirements
  • Digital guidance, tools and practical resources
  • Certification Advisor support
  • Carbon Tracker, included with membership
  • Independent third-party audit

Turn carbon data into better business decisions

Measure Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions across one site or an entire group. See where emissions come from, identify opportunities to reduce carbon and costs, and generate clear reports. Included with Green Tourism membership or available to purchase.

  • Independently validated by Control Union against ISO 14064-3 requirements
  • One of the world’s first tourism and hospitality carbon trackers to achieve this validation
  • Track progress over time
  • Compare individual sites and group totals

Start your sustainability journey today.