Certification

The Green Destinations standard allows for Award (for certain levels of compliance) or Certification (for complete compliance) of destination sustainability achievements, by one of our partner award and certification programmes:         

The QualityCoast and Green Destinations Award programmes follow an approach that includes the opportunity to obtain a Bronze, Silver or Gold award for achieved levels of sustainability performance, and Certification for 100% compliance. These programmes provide the logos, flags, media coverage and other marketing opportunities to share your sustainability achievements with the outside world: consumers, tour operators, residents and the like.

Process
Applicants to these Awards and Certification programs submit their application to our online Assessment & Reporting System. In this online platform, applicants shall provide explanation and evidence for their compliance to each individual criterion of the Green Destinations Standard. If sufficient evidence is provided by the destination, an auditor will visit the destination to evaluate compliance. After this process, the compliance score of all criteria within each of the six themes (including the optional criteria, but excluding the non-applicable criteria) will define a score in 6 sustainability themes. The six thematic scores will define the Green Destinations / QualityCoast Award level.

More information:

www.greendestinations.org/awards-certification/ contact@greendestinations.org