New Zealand Tourism Sustainability Commitment news, including media releases, and articles about tourism businesses putting the Commitments into action.
YHA New Zealand has reconfirmed its carboNZero certification by celebrating a 21% reduction in carbon emissions since 2016.
Air New Zealand has introduced new coffee cups made from plants, not plastic, on board all flights and in lounges across its global network.
Follow TIA on our journey to achieve the 14 Business Sustainability Commitments.
TIA and Toitū Envirocare (formerly Enviro-Mark Solutions) have partnered up to help tourism businesses measure their carbon footprint
RefillNZ has come up with a solution to tackle Aotearoa's single-use plastic bottle problem.
Cosy Corner Holiday Park in Mount Maunganui are doing their bit to reduce plastic waste and have been rewarded for their efforts.
Discover Waitomo commits to going completely plastic-free by 2021.
Premium tourism company, Southern Discoveries, celebrates fourth year sponsoring Tawaki Project.
VisitorPoint is right on the money with its commitment to paying all staff the Living Wage.
TIA Sustainability Advocate Megan Williams talks to the Otago Daily Times about her work to encourage tourism operators to sign up to the New Zealand Tourism Sustainability Commitment.
On behalf of the tourism industry, TIA has lodged a submission supporting the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill.
More than 100,000 single-use cups have been prevented from going into landfills as a result of the CupCycling™ scheme which supports cafes to offer reusable takeaway cups.
There are now so many birds along the Old Ghost Road cycle trail that some mountain bikers and trampers are rating their interactions as the best part of their whole experience.
A goat, a jar of peanut butter and a communal knife are among the weapons employed by Okere Falls' growing band of environmental warriors. The Okere Project brings local businesses, householders and holidaymakers together to trap animal pests, clear invasive plants and restore birdlife and native flora in their community.
Swedish academic and sustainable tourism specialist Stefan Gössling on tourism and its climate impacts spoke at the inaugural Tourism Policy School in Queenstown in 2019. He gave a short, sharp scientific appraisal of tourism and its climate impacts. Stefan is a professor at the Linnaeus University School of Business and Economics and Lund University's Department of Service Management.
