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The Long Run is a community of like-minded, innovative people committed to leveraging the power of their business for the health of the planet and the well-being of people. GER® and Fellow Members of The Long Run own, directly manage or significantly influence the management of a natural area of conservation value whilst Affiliate Members represent individuals or organisations who ethos is aligned with The Long Run’s vision and mission.
Global Ecosphere Retreats® represent the highest level of membership in The Long Run community. Each nature-based tourism business has met the GER® recognition requirement in all areas of the 4Cs and is a centre of excellence in sustainable business practices.
Travel Partners are tour operators, agents, travel designers and any business selling travel that actively aligns itself with The Long Run’s community and commitment to the 4Cs — Conservation, Community, Culture and Commerce.
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Cottars joined The Long Run because it was an organisation focused on securing land for the conservation of natural biodiversity. However, it has also allowed Cottars to distinguish itself from its competitors and to be a first choice for environmentally aware travel agents and clients.
- Calvin CottarOwner, Cottar’s Camp, Kenya
GER® members of The Long Run are centres of excellence in sustainability. Each GER® member has undergone all the necessary steps of the rigorous GER® recognition process. Being a GER® demonstrates their commitment as a leader in sustainable tourism and the extensive positive impacts their business has on biodiversity and the well being of people through pursuing the holistic balance in Conservation, Community, Culture and Commerce (4Cs).
Fellow Members are travel destinations and lodges that own, manage or significantly influence areas of biodiversity. They are committed to a continuous journey of improvement towards excellence in sustainability and the 4Cs — Conservation, Community, Culture and Commerce. Fellow Members receive onsite visits from The Long Run’s team of experts to brainstorm challenges and develop action plans. They also receive continuous remote support individually, and as part of our regular 4C Calls. Each member works towards the prestigious and GSTC-recognised Global Ecosphere Retreats® (GER®) standard and becomes a center of excellence.
Affiliate Members are highly regarded, expert non-profits, academics, institutions and media platforms that align closely with our ethos and help The Long Run to collaborate, inspire and promote its mission. They are ambassadors of The Long Run and the 4Cs approach and provide vital in-kind support to assist our vision and mission. Affiliate members tend to be invited to join The Long Run.
Travel Partners are tour operators, agents, travel designers and any business selling travel that actively aligns itself with The Long Run’s community and commitment to the 4Cs — Conservation, Community, Culture and Commerce. Travel partners gain access to our experts, members, events and network, and can tap into a menu of ‘pay as you go’ services for those wanting further dedicated technical and strategic support. In return, partners support and promote the work of The Long Run and Fellow and GER® Members.
BE INSPIRED by some amazing stories from our members, supporters and friends around the globe. Get INSIGHT into the people and places that put The Long Run philosophy into practice and who are dedicated to achieving sustainability through the balance of the 4Cs.
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Enigma is an owner-run, boutique DMC based in Cusco and Lima, specializing in curating fully-tailored, genuine and inspirational private journeys in Peru with meticulous planning, seamless operation and highly personalized service.
They carefully design and operate their own experiences, with the direct involvement of their senior management, seasoned field experts and guides, local personalities, and friends. Their journeys aim at offering homecoming, meaningful and authentically immersive experiences. They are passionate, creative, flexible, take pleasure in the details and love to go the extra mile.
Enigma believes in the capacity of travel to transform and enrich lives through sharing some of Peru’s most diverse and untouched beauty. This privilege comes with a deep-held responsibility to be highly conscious, sensitive and respectful. In their wish for future generations to experience and love Peru the way they do, their R&S strategy, deeply rooted in their ethos since the beginning, is based on four main points which fully align with The Long Run: Responsible Operation, Social Commitment, Environmental Respect and Conservation of Cultural Heritage.
Their will is to inspire a higher level of consciousness amongst all they interact with, while also getting inspired by The Long Run’s industry peers and initiatives worldwide.
Enigma has been a B-corporation-certified company since March 2022.
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The Latin American Travel Association (LATA) is a membership association that aims to promote Latin America as a tourist destination and stimulate the growth of travel to the region.
LATA Members represent an ever-growing travel community with unrivalled passion and knowledge for Latin America. The association is comprised of over 360 companies including tourism boards, airlines, hotels, tour operators, representation companies, and the travel press.
The Long Run team has partnered with LATA to help strengthen its membership’s sustainability by mentoring cohorts of LATA members through the Strategic Planning for Sustainability training.
Peter and Jamie Fisher founded Fisher Private Travel in 2021, having worked for ten years for various UK and US operators and agencies. Peter and Jamie wanted to have more control over the clients they choose to work with, the suppliers they partner with, and the type of holidays they plan.
The business aims to create the same diverse, creative, and experiential type of holidays for their clients wherever they’re traveling in the world. Through their work in the travel industry, they’re fortunate to be very aware of the positive impact travel can have on local communities.
Tourism as a source of employment for local communities is an essential part of how they choose the suppliers they work with. Analysing and understanding how their suppliers re-invest in local communities through education and providing sustainable long-term opportunities inspires them to continue pushing for positive impact travel.
At Fisher Private Travel, they believe sustainable travel is at the core of creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Travel bridges cultural gaps and provides an economic lifeline for many. As a result, they only work with knowledgeable professionals across the globe who share their ethos and inspire with their passion to preserve biodiversity, conserve wildlife, and uplift local communities.
AYU IN THE WILD founded by Chamintha and Rajindra Jayasinghe, is a small owner-run boutique DMC based in Sri Lanka intentionally curating a limited number of imaginative journeys, since 2012.
Each trip supports Ayu in the Wild’s positive impact initiatives including, ‘Classroom in the Wild’ – initiated by the Founders in 2014 to teach spoken English to children in a disconnected community in Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle. They also support home-grown conservation efforts and champion tourism that benefits the island through their pioneering digital platform – Sustainable Travel Sri Lanka.
“Ayu” means “life” in Sanskrit and their trips foster a greater understanding of life in a multi-cultural biodiversity hotspot through unique experiences with fascinating locals. Joining The Long Run aligns well with their vision to demonstrate the importance of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry protecting the island through low footfall responsible tourism.
Launched in Sep 2022, Postcard is a travel media and representation company for boutique hoteliers and travel designers who curate immersive experiences that showcase the local stories of the land. We invite them to publish local stories of their people, culture, history, food, nature and wildlife. We share these stories with our global community of mindful travellers through our suite of digital media products and invite them to book with our partners.
Postcard’s media products include a storytelling and lead generation website, the ‘Mindful Travel’ newsletter and blog, social media channels and an upcoming podcast. At Postcard, they believe responsible travel starts with building empathy and educating travellers about the people and places they visit. Its mission is to build the “Wikipedia of local stories” by partnering with hotels and tours that uplift local communities and promote responsible tourism.
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Cottar’s Safari Services (CSS) has been committed to conserving crucial wilderness areas in East Africa through travel since 1919. CSS donates 20% of its yearly net profits to securing critical wildlife corridors and biodiversity in the Olderkesi area of Kenya that in turn supports the local community. The Olderkesi Conservancy protects a crucial and fragile wildlife migratory corridor outside of the Maasai Mara National Reserve.
Cottar’s Safari Services’ motivation goes far deeper than simply providing places to stay; they only recommend destinations and safari properties that meaningfully support conservation, community, or cultural projects. They have screened some 100 lodges, camps and villas in East Africa based upon a set of strict criteria that proves those three tiers are being adhered to. For CSS, it is about worth to the planet and engaging experiences. If they can ensure happiness on an exceptional, life-changing safari while keeping the natural world safe, then that’s one step forward in their effort for regenerative travel. They aim to ensure that guests who travel with Cottar’s Safari Services return home with a greater understanding of the conservation and community work that their safari contributed to.
If you are conservation and community-minded or are interested in learning and understanding more about the 4Cs (conservation, community, culture, and commerce), then CSS has the perfect team to guide you on an impactful journey throughout East Africa.
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As we continue to develop resources to expand positive impact within the travel industry, we’ve created a new Resources page to pull reports and training together in one place.
Please take a look HERE, and feel free to share our new Breaking Down Barriers: Sustainability Accessible to All report HERE. Holly has social media assets so please contact her at [email protected] if you would like to share those.
We are delighted to announce that the dates for the 2022 Members Annual Meeting have been set and plans for the agenda are underway.
The meeting will take place at Borana Lodge and Lengishu in Kenya from the 22nd – 26th of October. We have received overwhelming responses from over 40 participants who are planning to attend the meeting.
For all those who have confirmed attendance, we have sent an email with all the details on the logistics and how to make your 20% deposit payment now to secure your spot. Please get in touch with Joy at [email protected] in case of any questions.
Glove Travel’s purpose is to Design experiences that inspire a better world.
Glove Travel curates tailor-made journeys in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay & Antarctica. An international team living in their chosen destinations, designing adventures for the inquisitive, savvy traveler, willing to share their unique perspective on their corner of the world. Every trip is designed from scratch, they don’t copy-paste. Travelling is more than just hopping on a plane, switching time zones, and being in a new destination. They grant insider access like no one else does. They are passionate travelers, curious souls, detail lovers, and natural hosts.
They believe that small actions can generate a big impact and that traveling can inspire people to make a positive impact on our planet. Travelers have the privilege of getting to know other cultures, other values, natural places, new ecosystems, and the great biodiversity of our planet, and as such, begin to understand the importance of the natural balance in the world.
The trips they design always seek to generate new, valuable, and impactful experiences so that travelers return home with the knowledge of how to live a more sustainable life. With greater empathy for other cultures and their customs comes a better mutual understanding between us as humans.
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Fireblade Aviation is owned and managed by the Oppenheimer family, the owner of our Fellow Member Tswalu Kalahari. It is situated within the Denel Precinct of OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa. Fireblade has been operational since 2014 and subscribes to the Oppenheimer Creed of leaving the world the world better than how we found it. Fireblade’s vision is to share its passion for aviation through sustainable means and its mission is to become the leading private aviation company in Africa. Aviation is a challenging sector when it comes to sustainability, and we are excited to support Fireblade in pushing the boundaries and helping our partner on its journey.
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Steppes Travel uses exploration as a force for good. It was born on the Great Steppe in 1989 by founder Nick Laing. Since then, they have made it their purpose to carefully create pioneering journeys in the world’s far-flung places.
Through The Steppes Fund for Change and a collection of local initiatives across the planet, contributions are made towards supporting women’s education, protecting endangered wildlife, and regenerating land to create a forest in Brigg, UK. They ensure that your flight emissions are completely offset, and their on-the-ground partners never use plastics.
Steppes Travel already sells many of The Long Run property members and has always been vocal about sustainable and conservation-led travel, so we are very delighted to have them on board.
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Dolomite Mountains creates unique, active outdoor experiences in Northern Italy’s Dolomites and Beyond. They craft the ultimate custom adventures for the most exclusive clientele, who demand low impact programs with outstanding quality and value.
Their roots are in the Dolomites, one of the most beautiful mountain landscapes on Earth and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Dolomites’ vertical walls and long, narrow valleys provide an unparalleled location for hiking, biking, climbing, and skiing – and much more!
At Dolomite Mountains, they believe in the value of sharing their love of the mountains and natural places with others – but they also know that we need to care for these places if they are to be here for future generations. That’s why they have partnered with The Long Run.
As part of this partnership, they are offering a series of Sustainable Journeys, trips that offer more sustainable, lower impact ways to explore the Dolomites. Rediscover classic itineraries that avoid the most heavily trafficked trails, yet still offer the same magnificent vistas and panoramas. Or explore wilder trails in more remote areas, where nature reigns supreme. Or adventure through a variety of valleys, taking in the similarities and differences within each landscape and culture.
At Blind Experiences, they believe there is nothing better than surprise! It is the secret ingredient in our best memories, it inspires wonder and intensifies the best emotions. For Blind Experiences, it goes even further, inspiring life-altering journeys to amazing destinations; finding tailor-made activities designed specifically for every one of their clients. With the journey revealed through 10 date-stamped envelopes, bit by bit, surprise by surprise, the trip comes to life – a travel adventure where every moment is a thrill!
Becoming part of The Long Run community voices Blind Experiences’ commitment to playing a positive role in tourism – guiding their explorers to what really matters when travelling: to Connect, to Learn, to Exchange and to Grow, working together for a sustainable future. They believe that this shared vision can be achieved with their sense of adventure. They respect the environment and have a deep commitment to sustainability, after all, where would we find our surprises without all the wonders of the world.
AMADI creates conscious conservation-led safaris and journeys across Africa. They specialise in high-end adventures and ultra-lux private safaris infused with multi-day conservation immersions. With a team based between Zurich, London, and Cape Town, their mission is to raise awareness for nature and create lasting positive impact through travel. AMADI commits 1% of revenue to a range of impact initiatives such as leasing land directly from communities. In addition, AMADI is carbon neutral certified and each trip’s carbon emissions are calculated and offset for their guests.
Joining The Long Run was a logical step for AMADI. They vet all the properties they send their clients to for their quality and environmental standards. The Long Run certified properties follow some of the highest standards in the industry and resonate with AMADI’s ethos of tourism.
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We’re looking forward to seeing you this week for The Long Run’s 11th Annual Meeting.
Please see the schedule with daily Zoom links HERE.
We Travel was born out of a need to create travel experiences that give back something to the communities visited by its travellers. Its founding members have all witnessed the weight of the tourist industry at close hand. Anders, Jakob, Lars, and Mikkel have collectively spent more than 60 years as travellers, with travellers, and creating trips for travellers. And, time and again, their most striking experiences have been their encounters with local people, whether it be an employee at a hotel, a street food cook, or a local member of the community.
We Travel was founded in 2017 with the explicit aim of offering bespoke travel experiences that are unique and which give something back to a destination and its people – from hideaways to hammocks. For a start, the focus is on South East Asia, because the founders of We Travel are experts in this region. Soon, the rest of the world will be part of the portfolio.
– We Travel hand picks all hotels and tours to make sure they support one or more of the components, which make up socially responsible travel: Conservation, people, environment, and identity.
– We Travel deals directly with hotels and small tour operators.
– We Travel redefines the idea that luxury is merely a matter of price and stars.
– We Travel invests a part of its profits in local projects, for instance, a project for 150 families in a Lombok village called The Rainbow Village.
Classic Safari Africa is an association of 33 independent, privately owned camps, and lodges in some of the most beautiful, wildest, and remotest wildlife and wilderness areas in East and Southern Africa. Established in 1996, these unique, owner-operated establishments offer genuine hospitality and intimate knowledge of Africa’s natural environment. Membership to Classics is only extended to those who display a holistic approach to their livelihoods. Members are all dedicated to conservation and the involvement of local communities, sharing, and conserving the true African spirit.
In an increasingly corporate and globalised business environment, Classic Safari Africa members include some of the last great characters of the African safari world. They are all passionate about their camps and operations and are intimately involved with every aspect of day-to-day operations. As ecotourism standards and expectations continue to rise, Classic Safari Africa continues to grow and thrive, hono1uring the principles upon which it was founded.
CSA has joined The Long Run as a Travel Partner to disseminate and share 4Cs insights to strengthen its members’ sustainability practices and bring new Fellow Members into The Long Run community. Currently, there are two Global Ecosphere Retreats® within CSA – Wolwedans (Namibia) and Cottars 1920’s Camp (Kenya) and one Fellow Member, The Hide Safari Camp (Zimbabwe).
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In May 2020, FORTH Representation became Blue Planet Collection to mark a shift away from mainstream tourism towards sustainability. Disturbed by the extent to which mass tourism is clearly damaging destinations, we made an ethical decision to be proactive in promoting the amazing work of a healthier and more regenerative travel industry.
Mission
The Blue Planet Collection’s mission is to work solely with travel and hospitality businesses that are already committed to or are on a clear path to, protecting and enhancing the communities, cultures, wildlife, and landscapes they are found in. This includes private nature reserves, eco-lodges, responsible travel operators, local DMCs, biospheres, and sustainable destinations.
Vision
Our vision is to support travel agents, tour operators, and the travel industry generally, introducing them to our partner eco-suppliers, highlighting the positive benefits they receive when working with committed sustainable suppliers. By connecting those that put people and the planet first, and influencing others to do the same, we hope to be part of a kinder and more responsible travel supply chain.
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The Cayuga Collection consists of eight lodges and sustainable hotels throughout Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. All Cayuga properties seek to redefine the symbiosis of sustainability and luxury while always providing a sense of place by taking into account local culture and customs. To Cayuga, sustainability is about more than reusing your towel twice and simply recycling. Cayuga has banned single-use plastics from their properties for almost ten years and strives to sustain and enhance the local community and environment.
Most recently, Cayuga’s sustainable efforts saw the Collection win the People Award at the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2018 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards. Cayuga exclusively hires locally, training members of the communities that surround each of their properties and offers them benefits such as healthcare and opportunities for career progression.
Hans Pfister, the co-founder of Cayuga, was among the pioneers who were invited to the founding meeting for The Long Run in London with Jochen Zeitz in 2009. He comments, “The COVID-19 crisis showed who is for real, and we were impressed with the work of the Long Run during this difficult time. Therefore, Cayuga wanted to join again to work together on making tourism better.”
You can also read the Collection’s elevator pitch HERE.
Introductory Video: Meet the Cayuga Collection HERE
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Journeys With Purpose (JWP) provides a series of immersive Hosted Experiences with inspirational leaders, truly extraordinary People with Purpose, created to inform and catalyse the celebration and advancement of nature conservation projects across the world.
These hosted experiences, based on a Seven Worlds, One Planet approach, are a global curriculum designed around the recovery and conservation of our natural world, with opportunities to participate and collaborate on restoring vibrant landscapes, biodiversity, wildlife, and livelihoods. They are with the most ambitious, exciting, and successful initiatives to protect and restore the diversity of nature and wildlife across our seven continents.
By experiencing these remarkable achievements of harmonising nature and communities, we can all be inspired to protect, conserve, and restore our natural world, and safeguard our own future – this is the mission of Journeys with Purpose.
JWP aligns with The Long Run’s vision and mission of sustainability in its commitment to champion the 4Cs with its hosted experiences – Conservation, Community, Culture, and Commerce.
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Conservation Experience with Kristine Tompkins at Iberá National Park, Argentina
Kristine Tompkins and her late husband Doug, founders of Tompkins Conservation, are “the greatest conservationists of our, or indeed any, era” (Lisbet Rausing), and have secured over 15 million acres of land and 30 million acres of marine areas for nature protection in 15 new and expanded national parks in Argentina and Chile.
Journeys With Purpose and Satopia Travel present a once-in-a-lifetime conservation-hosted experience with Kristine and wild jaguars at Iberá National Park, Argentina.
By joining this exclusive and immersive experience with Kristine, guests will learn about the history, challenges, and successes of this truly remarkable landscape-scale restoration and rewilding journey. Further recognition of the work Kris, her team, the local communities, and the provincial and national authorities have achieved is demonstrated in Leonardo DiCaprio’s personal Instagram post in support of Tompkins Conservation’s work – After a 70-year absence, Jaguars once again roam free in the Iberá Wetlands of Argentina. In addition, please see Maria Shollenbarger’s recommendation in the Financial Times, “I spy big cats in Argentina”, and National Geographic’s Meet the adventurer: conservationist Kris Tompkins on reviving the wilds of Chile and Argentina.
Here is the webinar JWP did with Kris and Jonathan Baillie earlier in 2021, which was a great success, and the full Itinerary and Guestlist application.
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Duncan Grossart, the founder of JWP has done a couple of talks on rewilding from around the world – “Rewilding, and Why It Matters”, and a more recent follow-up to this with the Green Angel Syndicate – https://greenangelsyndicate.com/insight. See also Rewilding: Restoring the World’s Natural Ecosystems.
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Niarra Travel is a forward-thinking travel company headquartered in London, born out of a passion to do things differently and a need to put people and the planet first.
Niara means “with utmost purpose” in Swahili, and Niarra Travel operates according to two guiding principles of purpose and transparency to ensure that each trip has a positive impact on the ground, delivering exceptional experiences while providing maximum benefit to the destinations visited.
Niarra Travel achieves this by scrutinizing every chosen partner based on their sustainability pillars, so they know that their trips contribute to the long-term sustainability of habitat restoration, wildlife conservation, and local development. And their transparent fee model means that more money goes to where it’s needed. In turn, their clients get access to some of the most inspiring people, places, and regeneration projects on the planet.
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Greener Act is the first-ever App that allows individuals to make positive changes by engaging in community projects and supporting local causes, at home and when travelling the world.
Downloading their Free App gives individual Travellers arriving a particular destination awareness of local sustainable activities, crafted by responsible Organisations: Greener Places, Greener Events, Greener Causes and Greener Clusters.
Through this digital platform, local Organisations are now empowered to create, measure and deliver more sustainable, conscientious and purposeful experiences.
By showing interest, participating and contributing, Travellers actively demonstrate their commitment towards community engagement and environmental protection.
Find out more about how you can kickstart the Greener Revolution below.
As you know, The Long Run would like to better capture our members’ impacts, particularly, members’ contribution to mitigating the climate and biodiversity crises.
In order to assist us with this process, we are appealing to all members to share any studies that you have been involved with/or know of that are looking at the environmental values (incl. carbon sequestration) or the ecosystem values/services of the area you are located in and are helping to protect.
This will allow us to better estimate how much carbon is sequestrated by your property, our membership in total, and provide an estimate of ecosystem values.
We look forward to receiving any study or information you may have access to! Please send to [email protected].
Piet van Zyl is the founder of Positive Impact Forever. He is a hospitality sustainability practitioner with 28 years’ experience in energy, water, and waste optimization. He is an EarthCheck standards auditor and accredited Building Planning and Design professional.
Piet follows a holistic “Permaculture”, “Blue” or “Circular” economy approach. He is a professional, innovative, future-oriented, and strategic thinker and believes that there is always a better way to do things. Piet specializes in Zero Waste to Landfill projects for hotels, businesses, and islands.
As a sustainability coach, Piet promotes those properties that are serious about the environment and help them in implementing and communicating every initiative they implement but also to be transparent on what they are still working on or not doing yet.
Positive Impact Forever has developed a Zero Waste program for hotels and businesses called Z6R0WASTE – This program takes a hotel, business, or destination through 6 steps on their journey toward zero-waste going to a landfill. Once implemented, the property is awarded based on the percentage of waste diverted from the landfill after submitting at least 6 months of auditable data.
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Basecamp Explorer Kenya operates safari camps across the Maasai Mara. It is a wildlife and conservation-oriented organisation working closely with the community. Basecamp Explorer’s vision is to be exemplary by safeguarding an ecosystem while providing a livelihood source for the local Maasai community. For example, Basecamp Maasai Mara has restored the biodiversity of an essential habitat via a tree-planting project that ensures the community is more resilient to climate change. Efforts not only contribute to protecting wildlife but to reviving the original balance of the Maasai Mara ecosystem.
Community projects include a new training and education centre that features a conference centre, a video editing room, recreational literature and movies, and a Basecamp Maasai Brand workshop (BMB). BMB is an economic enterprise for the local Maasai women. Guests visiting Basecamp get the opportunity to learn about the Maasai way of life, the Maasai Mara wildlife, and sustainable tourism, including talks from industry experts.
Basecamp Explorer Kenya is a Group Member of The Long Run.
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Wilderness Holdings Limited began life as Wilderness Safaris in Botswana in 1983. It is the holding company for many of Africa’s premier ecotourism brands: Wilderness Safaris; Wilderness Air; Wilderness Adventures; Wilderness Explorations; Wilderness Collection. Each of these brands is a leader in its specific niche.
As Africa’s premier conservation organisation and ecotourism company Wilderness Holdings Limited is dedicated to responsible tourism throughout the areas in which it operates in. Our goal is to share these wild areas with guests from all over the world, while at the same time helping to ensure the future protection of Africa’s spectacular wildlife heritage and sharing the benefits of tourism with local communities.
Wilderness Holdings has adopted The Long Run philosophy and 4Cs approach wholly and has gone as far as embedding the 4Cs approach across its operations and within its guest experiences to ensure sustainable approach throughout the business.
Based in Tokyo and Bali, Earth Company is an impact-driven social enterprise that aims to create a world that can be passed onto future generations through the following four pillars.
Impact Hero – a social accelerator empowering social entrepreneurs
Earth Company selects one Impact Hero a year – a one-of-a-kind change-maker that has the potential to transform the future of developing countries in the Asia-Pacific. For three years, we work side-by-side with him/her to provide life-changing support to maximize their impact and potential as a leader. As of 2020, we have supported 5 Impact Heroes tackling challenging issues including poverty, climate change, health and well-being, human rights, education, and biodiversity.
Impact Academy – an educational program on sustainability for students and professionals
Earth Company offers transformative, experiential opportunities to professionals and students to learn first-hand from sustainability and social innovation in Bali. As of Oct 2020, we have successfully run 40 programs for 550+ individuals representing over 23 countries. All programs have received excellent feedback from participants.
Operation Green – an advisory service to accompany organizations along their sustainability shifts
An Earth Company initiative, Operation Green aims to facilitate the adoption of eco operations by showing a clear menu of options and featuring case studies. The initial phase has been funded by the Japan Fund for Global Environment under the Japanese Ministry of Environment.
Mana Earthly Paradise – a next generation eco-hotel in Ubud, Bali
Established in 2019, Mana strives to be eco- and socio-conscious with its earthbag villas, probiotic restaurant, and conscious store. Mana aims to be part of the solution, not the problem. Profits from Mana are channeled to support Earth Company’s Impact Hero Program.
Earthly Company was recognized in the 2019 Sustainable Business Awards.
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The Transformational Travel Council is a collective of global tourism stakeholders who refuse to skirt the challenging issues — it’s on a mission to inspire change through transformational travel. They stand for the betterment of lives and livelihoods through mindful tourism and regenerative practices.
TTC defines transformational travel as: intentionally traveling to stretch, learn and grow into new ways of being and engaging with the world. The word transform means to ‘undergo a change in form; to change not the appearance, but the very form of one’s existence’.
TTC are guides and conveners of a global travel movement to positively transform how we live our lives, how we live with others, and how we live on our planet.
WaterBear Network is the first streaming platform dedicated to the future of our planet.
It features inspirational, award-winning content; a coalition of over 75 global NGO’s and cutting-edge technology.
WaterBear Network empowers its members to dive deeper, learn more and take action while watching, to shape a better future for our fragile planet.
Originally from Gettysburg Pennsylvania, USA, architect and chef Ben Walmer comes from five generations of fruit growers. It is from this agrarian background that he traces his connections to food and design, and the motivation to launch Highlands Dinner Club (HDC) in New York City in 2009. Ben lives in New Jersey and is founding architect and Creative Director of the NJ/NYC-based design practice, Broadloom, whose capabilities range from architectural design to regenerative food systems design, design strategy, sustainable development and event curation.
Highlands Dinner Club (HDC) is a mobile social and culinary laboratory produced by Broadloom. Events involve collaborating with an ever-changing cast of chefs, farmers, foragers, designers and artists. Wielding spontaneous spirit and exceptional local ingredients, HDC has created food experiences across three continents and seen time and again the connections and joy that come when people gather at the table to share a meal.
The Half-Earth Project is a call to protect half of the planet’s land and sea in order to safeguard the bulk of biodiversity and ensure the enduring stability of earth.
The Half-Earth Project is an initiative of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation that is:
1) enabling significant scientific innovation and leadership regarding the most effective path forward for protection of endangered species and endangered ecosystems.
2) fostering our connection with the natural world and the education of our next generation stewards.
3) providing the foundation for a revolutionary culture of action to achieve the goal of Half-Earth.
Bellingham Safaris, owned and run by Jen and Simon Bellingham, offers exceptional wildlife experiences for discerning safari travellers who care about the protection of our planet. Jen and Simon have between them almost 30 years of experience in the industry and have explored all 7 continents in pursuit of the finest wildlife experiences to be had. Their tangible commitment to conservation includes Simon’s co-founding of the non-profit “Projecto Onçafari ” which is committed to bringing Africa’s ecotourism model to Brazil and other parts of the world.
Bellingham’s choice of properties is based not only on guest experience and quality of service but also on a demonstration of commitment to conservation, green operations and tangible benefits to the local communities. Because of their deep reverence for the environment and doing all they can to protect it, Bellingham Safaris supports The Long Run as a Travel Partner.
African Bush Camps is a private, owner-run African-based safari company that has camps spread over Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Botswana.
Through the African Bush Camps Foundation, they are committed to sustainable development, through creating opportunities that empower rural communities located in vulnerable wildlife areas in Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Zambia. They work to create these opportunities through Education, Community Empowerment, Community Infrastructure, and Conservation.
African Bush Camps is a Group Member of The Long Run.
Canopy Power is a technology provider specialising in independent microgrids based on renewable energy (RE). They are a one-stop shop offering services for feasibility, design, engineering, procurement and construction, financing, operation and maintenance (O&M) of complete microgrids systems. Their systems are fully customised to minimise energy operational expenditure, carbon emissions and dependence on dirty fuel.
Canopy Power began its journey in 2016, born from a vision of a cleaner, more sustainable energy future. They are based in Singapore–surrounded by thousands of remote islands and undeveloped rural areas with no access to electricity grids. In these places, communities and industries such as island resorts, plantations, fisheries and mines typically rely on expensive, polluting and logistically burdensome diesel power generation.
They believe that faces to sustainable, affordable and scalable electricity is a cornerstone of social and economic development, and that with the right technology and business model, their customers can be empowered to progress without harming the environment. They design and build renewable energy microgrids. These are hybrid systems with several energy generation sources such as Solar PV, wind or biomass integrated with energy storage systems and the incumbent electricity source–diesel or poor grid.
They employ in-house developed smart microgrid technology, along with the highest quality renewable energy components to offer robust solutions that provide clean, reliable and cost-efective electricity. In combination with their specialised microgrid finance product and long-term O&M offering, Canopy Power enables remote communities and businesses to unlock the potential for significant and sustainable economic growth.
Canopy Power’s ethos is built upon innovation and spearheading positive change, which is embodied in their motto ‘Empowerment Through Electrification’. The company consists of a culturally diverse team of individuals who are passionate about environmental sustainability and technology. They have decades of combined RE industry experience and an essential skillset covering engineering, product development, programming, data analytics and operations. They are backed by investors who have pan-industry experience and a global perspective.
So far, the company has received two rounds of funding, and was also awarded the Capability Development Grant by Enterprise Singapore in 2017 and 2018.
Company Mission
Video about Canopy Power
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTxGsh8ZgGk&t=2s
Selected articles about Canopy Power
https://microgridknowledge.com/eco-resorts-microgrids/
https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2019/11/19/islands-continue-to-turn-to-solar-pv/
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2019/11/21/solar-plus-storage-vs-grid-enhancement-part-vi/
Driven by a need to create a synergy between Travel & Philanthropy, Consciously Connected Travel have spent the last few years developing a formula that allows your travel footprint to affect change, support growth & create hope. What better way than to leave a little part of yourself behind, every time you travel, simply by travelling.
Consciously Connected focuses on Impact Travel & Wellness with purpose. We seek to learn about diverse cultures, ancient practices, philosophies and the art of true well-being. We craft, create & cultivate the most culturally rich & locally immersive sustainable experiences. Every time you embark on a journey with us – either through our Travel Design service, Culturally Connected experiences or wellness activations, we donate a % to a local project, charity or community & plant a tree to help combat your carbon footprint.
We are a community of Conscious travellers, promoting positivity & rediscovery of self, curious to expand on your perception of the world beyond your doorstep. We value the importance in authentic, connected travel, thus we share global traditions to help break down social barriers.
Travelling with us is about discovering the world through a new lens & rediscovering yourself in the process.
Our Travel & Wellness looks at learning from and growing local communities, supporting global conservation through our sustainable and ethical footprint, embracing and immersing our travellers in rich local culture and customs and utilising our commerce to benefit people and place.
An ecotourism pioneer in Sabah since 1991, Borneo Eco Tours (BET) is truly ‘The Borneo Specialist’. Founder and Managing Director Albert Teo, has over forty years of experience in the tourism and hospitality industry. His vision and passion in ecotourism has pushed the organisation to be one of the most preferred travel operators in Borneo.
Renowned for their responsible tours and exceptional service, BET brings travellers exotic cultures, botanical wonders, ideal bird watching locations, scenic jungle and wildlife river safari, and exciting mountain trekking among others, right here in beautiful Borneo. BET also owns Sukau Rainforest Lodge – a well renowned ecolodge.
Borneo Eco Tours is at the forefront of developing and implementing sustainable environment and community based projects in Borneo through their non-profit division, Borneo Ecotourism Solutions and Technologies (BEST) Society, that enrich the lives of individuals, their families and the personnel who work to support and educate them.
Blueflower is tailor-made agency based in Hong Kong. We offer some of the most inspiring journeys to the most exciting destinations on Earth by leveraging on the first-hand experience of our CEO, founder, and travel guru Andrea Oschetti. Blueflower crafts meaningful and transformative trips through Andrea’s extensive network of personal connections and the experience of his team of dream makers.
Blueflower journeys go beyond normal tailor-made holidays, as we have mastered the art of enriching a journey with pristine nature, significant community encounters and exclusive insights into the local culture. We pursue imaginative ideas and create the perfect voyage by understanding our clients’ passions and the local experiences that will inspire them.
Established in 2017, connecting spaces designs, promotes, connects and curates sustainable tourism as a catalyst for holistic rural development.
We focus on the Himalayan Belt, as a globally significant headwater region, with uniquely rich biodiversity spanning a vertical ecosystem range of 8000 meters altitude, from the Terai flatlands in the south to the Himalayan peaks in the north.
Monika Schaffner, founder of connecting spaces, is an integrative geographer, born and raised in Nepal, with a background in international development, ecology and holistic healing methods. She sees tourism as a bridge between cultures, with the potential to spark and nourish appreciation both in the guests and their hosts, for the precious global value of our natural and cultural heritages. With appreciation comes realization: Of the utmost need to take care of and safeguard – in the long run – this very asset and reason why visitors come.
In search of a concise definition of what she means with “holistic” or “truly sustainable” Monika landed with The Long Run’s 4 C’s: This comprehensive framework brings to the point the intention and inspiration behind her work.
Connecting spaces currently implements an eco-village homestay concept in three villages of Madi Valley, in the Bufferzone of Chitwan National Park (Terai flatlands, Nepal). This is a collaborative project with the local communities, supported by sustainable architects, climate-sensitive experts, innovative and socially conscious water and energy system designers and visionary hospitality experts.
Thika Travel has been leading the way since 1986 with extraordinary trips to the most beautiful destinations in unknown Africa, Latin America, the subcontinent of India, the Indian Ocean, the Emirates and the polar regions.
At Thika Travel we would like to inspire you. With unforgettable experiences that touch you and carefully organize personal trips to the most beautiful places in the world. If possible, we ignore the beaten track. We prefer to take you to unknown places where you see wildlife from as close as possible and make real contact with the locals. Where peace and space bring you closer to yourself – and each other. And where your visit, if possible, contributes something to the local nature and culture.
Patricio Gonzalez Morel is the founder of Efisur. He is a mechanical and environmental engineer who is passionate about showing hotels how they can minimise their environmental footprint and increase profits by improving the efficiency with which they use water, energy, materials, and chemicals in their facilities and operations. He has been in this line of work for the past 20+ years, long before sustainability became a catchword, and has practiced his trade in more than 200 hotels, from Chile to Japan and 23 other countries in between.
Being keenly aware of the many challenges faced by hoteliers, he learned long ago that simple is beautiful and, therefore, focuses his efforts on identifying improvement measures that are straightforward, quick to implement and extremely cost-effective – that is, the proverbial low hanging fruits which abound everywhere and which generally have a significant impact on efficiency as well as environmental performance.
Patricio works as a Singapore-based freelance consultant, but typically collaborate with various partner organisations to complete projects in Southeast Asia and beyond, including Build for Tomorrow in Malaysia, BookGreener in Indonesia, LightBlue Environmental Consulting in Thailand, Audit Diagnostic Solutions in Europe and Eficiencia Sur in Latin America.
The Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Foundation was founded in April 2017 by Daniella Payet, capitalizing with over 35 years of activities in Travel, Hospitality, and Tourism.
The overarching goal of SSTF is to make Seychelles an example of international best practice for sustainable tourism through an integrated collaborative approach between public, private sector, academia, and NGOs.
Their long term mission is to effectively promote Sustainable Tourism, that efficiently connects, collects, shares, lobbies, implements and raises funds for this endeavor and is the main focal point for all sustainable tourism matters in the country.
They are also actively involving the private sector and forming synergies between the public sector and NGOs.
Greentraveller Productions is an award-winning film production agency, which specialises in shining a light on sustainability, life stories and adventure. Its highly experienced film crew have produced over 100 videos for hoteliers, tour operators, tourist boards and international organisations using the latest production technologies, including drones, motion graphics, animation and 4k resolution. Greentraveller is one of the pioneers in converting videos into interactive films and is highly experienced in optimising video distribution across social media.
Greentraveller produced the series of short videos for the World Travel and Tourism Council’s Transforming Our World series.
Greentraveller’s Founder and Executive Producer Richard Hammond has over 20 years’ experience in sustainable tourism media.
Greentraveller Productions is closely aligned with The Long Run philosophy and 4Cs approach, focusing on telling the story of people and organisations who are changing the way the world understands sustainable travel and tourism.
The ambition of the Sumba Hospitality Foundation is to promote responsible tourism development for the Indonesian island of Sumba. To realise this dream, the Foundation manages a full boarding hospitality and permaculture school for underprivileged youth, as well as an exclusive eco-resort called Maringi (4 luxury pavilions, 5 villas, a pool, and a spa). By training local, disadvantaged youth to become responsible hospitality ambassadors and by demonstrating ‘best practices’ in our eco-resort, SHF directly impacts the Sumbanese community. The core values of SHF are environmental awareness, education, and community empowerment.
We are proud to transform 60 students into hospitality professionals yearly and to let our eco-resort guests personally witness our students’ enthusiasm. Our bamboo campus is 100% off-grid with solar panels and we recycle 90% of our wastewater for irrigation. Delicious, organic food is produced daily by our 2.5-hectare permaculture farm. Guests stay with us in beautifully designed rooms, knowing that they are supporting a great cause as all the income of our hotel goes back to the school.
Culsans offers fully structured 8-week adventure itineraries to Kenya that engage participants in essential conservation projects.
Voices for Biodiversity is an online, multimedia platform that shares the stories of people from around the globe about their experiences with biodiversity and other species. Their primary focus is on sharing the voices of those who usually would not be heard: indigenous and local peoples, women, youth, and others. This approach has resulted in the creation of a growing, interactive global community of people from all walks of life and from diverse organisations, who not only share their stories with the world but also become resources for each other to take action to protect biodiversity and other species.
The Global Lead is a Web Channel promoting education, advocacy and activism to encourage and create positive, social and environmental change. The Global Lead has a particular focus on human rights, women & youth leadership, ocean and wildlife conservancy, climate and energy, global initiatives, and impact travel.
Their mission is to provide their global audience with the necessary knowledge and tools to actively engage, and to realize the importance of their support, their signature, and their voice. Their goal is to inform, inspire and empower global citizens to engage with the world’s urgencies, to support causes, to advocate and to act.
Creatura Wildlife Projects is a young USA based non-profit, founded by Kirsten Anderson. It is devoted to the preservation of wildlife around the world and supports small “boots on the ground” initiatives fronted by extraordinary people doing exceptional work. Not only do they support awesome projects but they also take their network of supporters to experience conservation on site. As an Affiliate Member of The Long Run, Creatura help us to raise awareness about the impactful work of our members.
Projecto Onçafari was created to promote environmental conservation and foster the socioeconomic development of the region where it is located through ecotourism and scientific studies. It is a conservation initiative which supports and promotes our 4C Framework. It works in the following three areas:
The goal of Onçafari Science is to monitor and research animal behavior in relation to the ecotourism activity, monitor the health of the animals protected by the project, in addition to understanding their behavior, physiology, and ecology to increase the scientific knowledge about their species and maximize their protection.
Onçafari Ecotourism works to habituate wild animals, such as jaguars and maned wolves, to the presence of our team’s vehicles. As the animals stop running away from our vehicles, researchers and visitors are no longer perceived as a threat, thus enabling the evolution of ecotourism in the region. Animal habituation does not mean domestication, but rather keeping them completely wild and free, without feeling threatened by the presence of vehicles.
Onçafari Rewild in partnership with Cenap (National Research Center for Carnivore Conservation) / ICMBio works to reintroduces Jaguars into the wild. An important tool to reestablish populations threatened with extinction.
Sally and Alice Travel Co. create tailor-made luxury safaris and holidays to Africa, the Indian Ocean and beyond. As people who are passionate about the world’s most remote and wild places, they care about their protection. The very act of setting up tourism operations in remote areas requires sustainable thinking and many of the places they are fortunate enough to visit and send their clients to wouldn’t be there without the work of conservationists.
Sally and Alice Travel Co. believe that people are at the heart of extraordinary experiences. Their preferred accommodation is boutique and owner-run as they find that the lodges and hotels that make every effort to have a positive impact on their local communities and environment almost always provide the best possible experience for their guests. That’s why Sally and Alice Travel Co. support The Long Run as an Affiliate Member.
African People & Wildlife (APW) works to ensure a future where humans and wild animals thrive living side by side. Founded in 2005, APW is a recognized leader in the field of community-driven conservation.
Through its comprehensive and strategic model for engaging with rural Africans, APW creates effective, sustainable solutions that find the balance for communities and nature. The model is widely applicable in landscapes where people and wildlife interact.
APW’s holistic approach to conservation closely aligns with The Long Run’s philosophy by empowering communities to successfully manage their natural resources while achieving significant ecological and financial benefits.
Pinpoint Sustainability focuses on helping organisations (private, government and not-for-profit) to identify and better understand where environmental, social and economic impacts occur within their operations or supply chains. The scale of the impact determines the point of focus and where to prioritise improvement through understanding reasons for and scale of impacts.
Pinpoint Sustainability focus on making change by identifying opportunities for added value, and creating valued people. Pinpoint’s activities align with The Long Run’s vision and mission through its research work to improve the sustainable livelihoods of communities (with a focus on job creation and skills development), and identifying opportunities to add value to byproducts, such as alien vegetation in order to improve South Africa’s biodiversity.
Pinpoint’s shares their business development experience with The Long Run members to assist with the identification of funding opportunities and to help raise awareness of The Long Run.
Friends of Borneo was started in 2012 to support local communities in Borneo to find solutions for sustainable living. Many of these communities have lived what we would define as sustainable lifestyles but the emerging threats of lands lost due to industrial development in Borneo has meant these communities are increasingly forced to sustain themselves with much less natural resources to draw from.
Friends of Borneo is based in Toronto, Canada, where founder, Robert Hii currently resides. Past activities of the group have included supporting local land fights in Indonesian Borneo against land grabs, permaculture as a means of living off less land and conservation with the cultivation of fauna both with local communities and a demonstration project with the University of Muhammadiyah, Central Kalimantan.
Active projects as of November 2016 include a project in Central Kalimantan where we hope to have indigenous customary laws being formally adopted as a way to resolve the many land conflicts there. Focus area is in the highland areas of Sarawak state, Malaysian Borneo where we are working with local villages to develop eco tourism and medicinal herbs as sources of income.
Friends of Borneo believes that eco tourism can become an essential element in helping these communities to not only preserve their culture and traditional ways of living but will also enable them to progress. The cultivation of exotic Bornean herbs based on traditional knowledge and usage is to supplement income from tourism.
Established in 2016, Wild Philanthropy is designed to support at-risk ecosystems in Africa through linking travel, enterprise and philanthropy.
Wild Philanthropy works across the tourism value chain. With travellers it offers unique travel experiences that also generate finance for conservation. It works with ecotourism businesses and communities, providing much needed investment and technical assistance to scale up. It works with philanthropists to invest donor capital into high quality conservation and community projects. It works with High Net Worth Individuals to help them establish an African lifestyle choice, whilst doing so in a way that is genuinely benefitting community and conservation.
Wild Philanthropy has a unique advantage in its approach in that it has been established by award winning frontier African travel specialist Journeys by Design and as such has access to skills, knowledge, experience of the African travel market as well as the client base that few others have. It also has in house conservation and impact investment expertise allowing it to identify both grant and investment opportunities that will deliver the conservation and community impact we strive for.
Senderos is are a UK based Sales, PR and Marketing agency representing a portfolio of unique, authentic and award winning travel experiences across South America.
Senderos is passionate about Latin America and the positive cultural and environmental impact that sustainable tourism can bring.
Their partners are estancias, rainforest and remote lodges, expedition vessels and small upmarket hotels – from the Galapagos to Antarctica, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina and Chile.
Founder Simon Heyes fell head over heels for Latin America in the early 90’s, when he spent two very happy years working as a guide in the Venezuela Andes and Chilean Lake District, and travelling widely in Argentina, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. On his return to the UK Simon’s passion for Latin American was reflected in all his best life choices. He has been an advocate of Latin America, its people, landscapes and languages ever since: working for leading UK tour operators, in 2004 starting Senderos and as an active member of the Latin America Travel Association.
Bouteco is all about people, places and positive inspiration. More than ever before, hotels need a little heart — or even better, a whole lot of heart — to inspire guests to book, and to deliver a meaningful guest experience. More and more hotel-bookers, especially younger customers, actively look for brands that make a positive difference and contribution — today’s purchasing decisions are proven to be influenced by how sustainable a brand is. As well as steering boutique travellers to the hotels with the biggest hearts, Bouteco provides creative, communications and consultancy services to hotels, helping them weave stories of sustainability and community into their brand with integrity and transparency. —
Geared toward the adventure traveller, the new app Adventure Junky makes a game of sustainable travel practices, awarding points for low impact experiences and showcasing destinations and travel operators that offer them. Friends can play against one another or compete globally for bragging rights.
Help them on their mission. It’s free and fun. Jump on the App today!
Earth Changers showcase and promotes the best positive impact, transformative tourism to help consumers find & book trips that truly change the world.
A new start-up launched in March 2017 , Earth Changers curates the most sustainable tourism globally, featuring life-changing places, with world-changing people, for extraordinary experiences with purpose.
Founder Vicky Smith has worked in tourism for over twenty years, and sustainable tourism for over ten, in destinations, marketing and e-commerce. She’s headed up operations abroad and online for major tour operators like Tui and Virgin Holidays, online travel agents and media, in mass market tourism, ski, tours, charity challenges and voluntourism, NGOs and sustainable tourism accreditation. She’s a qualified ranger in Africa, charity challenge leader, acclaimed academic for her published MSc Responsible Tourism Management thesis on the online marketing and greenwashing of volunteer tourism, and is a trustee for charity SEED Madagascar.
Earth Changers engages with the people behind places to reveal their true passion purpose, educate on the issues and enable the booking of real sustainable tourism. Their values put quality above quantity for adventure with connection and integrity, as described in their Manifesto.
Aligned with The Long Run and 4Cs approach, they look for evidenced commitment to positive impact.
Earth Changers also includes and promotes transformative tourism beyond private protected areas, such as lodges, tours and in cities.
Bergplaas Nature Reserve is situated in the heart of the South African Karoo, in the Sneeuberg mountain range of the Eastern Cape. It is approximately 330 km northwest of Port Elizabeth, not far from the towns of Nieu Bethesda and Graaff Reinet.
This 12,355 acre reserve lies high above the ancient plains of the Camdeboo. Its altitude ranges from 1400m to 1800m and it serves as a key water catchment for the Karoo and the Eastern Cape.
Originally comprising three livestock farms, the internal fences and livestock were removed, and the wildlife that historically roamed this area was reintroduced. Today this wild semi-desert is home to a great diversity of flora and fauna. Bergplaas has a population of approximately 900 large mammals, including Eland, Kudu, Red Hartebeest, Plains Zebra, Springbuck and Black Wildebeest. There are also 133 bird species in the region, including the Secretary Bird, Black Harrier, Lanner Falcon and Blue Crane.
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
The Riverwind Foundation is the managing organisation for the Jackson Hole & Yellowstone Sustainable Destination Program.
The mission of the Riverwind Foundation is to empower individuals, organisations, and communities to explore, experience, and exchange perspectives of economic, social, and environmental sustainability. The Riverwind Foundation does this by:
The Jackson Hole & Yellowstone Sustainable Destination Program’s vision is for Teton County to be a global leading sustainable destination. The purpose of the Program is to strengthen, sustain, and balance the programs, policies and practices for environmental stewardship, social responsibility and economic vitality in and of Teton County, Wyoming (Jackson Hole, Grand Teton National Park, and the southern half of Yellowstone National Park).
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
SMOKESILVER TRAVEL design and plan bespoke safaris to Africa. The service they provide is relatively simple. Using their knowledge of Africa they’ll create the perfect safari itinerary for their clients.
SMOKESILVER TRAVEL was founded on three important principles. Exceptional local knowledge of Africa, personal service to their clients and a contribution to nature conservation and cultural heritage in Africa. These fundamentals – knowledge, service and commitment – are three of the most important criteria by which they select the destinations, accommodation, guides and preferred local partners in each itinerary.
Conservation is central to their commitment to sustainable tourism in Africa. They only recommend places that have these beliefs and practices at the core of their operations.
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
Eike Otto has worked since 1991 as an independent tourism consultant for private and public clients, both in Germany and abroad. He specialises in sustainable tourism development. His project references range from cruise business to international organisations in developing countries. After an apprenticeship in landscaping, Eike studied landscape planning at the Technical University of Berlin. In addition he concluded a postgraduate study in tourism management at the Institute of Tourism of the Free University of Berlin.
Eike started his professional career as an employee in engineering consultancies and architectural firms. Having a good nose for sustainable project approaches he soon took over projects with environmental and nature conservation aims and leisure/ tourism components. After working for several firms in leading positions, Eike decided in 2005 to continue with tourism consultancy as an independent freelance consultant. In parallel, he worked as a guest lecturer at different Universities in Germany.
Today, Eike has experience of over 20 years in tourism and worked on a total of more than 100 projects in Europe, Africa and Central and Southeast Asia. His current topics are sustainable trekking tourism in high mountain areas, energy efficiency, marketing and safety in international tourism.
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
EQi is a data and technology company that specialises in resource efficiency management, business intelligence and risk analysis. They connect people to data through a powerful cloud platform with role based information, reporting and performance management tools.
They help businesses to easily and cost effectively capture resource consumption data to identify operating efficiencies that improve profitability while reducing ecological impact and building social compatibility.
EQi was founded in 2008 as a consultancy to support global organisations in understanding their sustainability economics profile. They focused on supporting business teams develop their business efficiency and ecological impact strategies. Their vision is to embed economic performance, ecological balance and social compatibility into a business’s DNA through an integrated operating and reporting strategy. Addressing this critical aspect of a company’s accounting infrastructure provides stakeholders, investors and capital markets the information they need to make decisions and evaluations.
EQi pioneered ways on how to map climate change risk and resource consumption impacts to a company’s financial reporting, operating management efficiency and shareholder value. To address these issues EQi developed a process that enabled business teams to easily capture, understand and then apply operating data to improve their ongoing sustainability.
EQi has developed the evolution® platform for Small (SME) and Global organisations to easily collect consumption data on energy, water, waste, fuels, chemicals, social metrics and ecological impacts in order to better understand and manage consumption, costs, impacts, corporate social responsibility and compliance requirements throughout a value chain. Over the past four years evolution® has been used in over 50 countries.
EQi is proud to be an Affiliate Member of The Long Run and fully supports the principles of the 4C’s. The GER® Standard is embedded in evolution to provide all new applicants and certified members an easy, time saving cloud interface to undertake the Global Ecosphere Retreats® (GER) recognition process. Evolution allows members to easily track and maintain the GER Standards and find efficiencies in their business operations.
EQi strongly believes that The Long Run Initiative is a shining example of how business can thrive in a responsible and ecologically safe manner.
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
HM Design is a unique one-of-a-kind planning and design firm which practices its very own quadruple bottom line philosophy – one that balances economic, environmental, social and spiritual aspects for every project.
HM Design believes that in this global age of heightened cultural and environmental sensitivity, the planning and design process needs to be holistic and sustainable in all aspects. In every project, HM Design tries to create an eco-plan or eco-design that has never been created before. Each plan and design is a response to the local context: physical, metaphysical and cultural. All HM Design projects have a respect for animals, plants, local people and the spirit of the place. The approach right from the outset is that of Low-impact development. This stewardship-motto of taking care of Mother Earth and all the species that inhabit on it begins right on day one and continues into Construction Supervision.
The firm began in Nairobi, Kenya in 1990 as a traditional Architecture and Landscape Architectural practice and is now based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
Linking Tourism & Conservation is an innovative shared network designed to develop tools for the replication of best practices of sustainable tourism which support the establishment and management of national parks and other types of protected areas. LT&C works with individuals, businesses and governments to strengthen the benefits of both sustainable tourism and area protection and management.
LT&C envisions a world, where travellers are inspired by experiencing nature and the beauty of natural landscapes. This is supported through a global network of well-managed protected areas that represent the world’s diversity of habitats and ecosystems. Tourism business and individual tourists play a major role in supporting, implementing and sustaining this high quality network of national parks and protected nature areas.
LT&C was created in 2014 and operates worldwide and in support of the UN Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) to reach by 2020 a globally complete network of well-managed protected areas (17% on land and 10% of the seas).
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net
Conservation Capital was founded in 2004 and has emerged as a leader in the field of conservation enterprise and related investment financing.
As pressures on nature and its resources both diversify and intensify, Conservation Capital is creating new tools and incentives for its conservation. They believe that commercial business and the investment finance that drives it can and should serve as a positive force for the sustainability of our planet. Accordingly, for more than a decade, they have combined a unique blend of finance, business and conservation skills to develop the field of conservation enterprise.
Collectively their team has structured more than 65 enterprise-driven conservation development transactions in more than 25 countries across Africa and Europe with an aggregate value in excess of US$200 million. Together they generate current annual revenues of more than US$25 million and support the employment and livelihoods of tens of thousands of local people in and around key conservation landscapes. In recent years they have also pioneered the development of the first two conservation enterprise impact investment funds in Africa and in Europe. All their work reflects a deep and consistent alignment with the Long Run philosophy and 4Cs approach and as a Long Run Affiliate Member, they are delighted to be part of a wider community of like-minded businesses.
All for Nature Travel is based in the Netherlands and offers the most beautiful wildlife experiences. In small groups or on tailor made bases consumers can get a special insight into nature conservation while they are travelling comfortably and explore pristine nature. Travelling with All for Nature Travel is about giving back as all tours are set up sustainably and 10% of the turnover is invested back into nature Conservation. All for Nature Travel is Travelife certified for tour operators.
All for Nature experiences allow their clients to set up camera traps at jaguar research, have lunch with Jane Goodall or help monitoring cheetahs during their yearly check-up. All for Nature Travel combines sustainable tourism with nature conservation. On the other hand, All for Nature Consultancy advises companies and nature conservation projects on CSR and extra fundraising opportunities in order to achieve their goals.
They only offer journeys based upon sustainable travel and a donation for nature conservation is included in every trip. This is not only to generate income for nature conservation projects, but also to inspire Western consumers to care about our planet.
All for Nature Travel visits habitats of endangered animals around the world and gives customers a privileged insight into nature conservation. Sustainability is paramount for them, as well as contribution to nature conservation. For their customers this means the best wildlife experiences, while each year 10% of their turnover is invested back into nature conservation.
They are the first tour operator in the Netherlands and Belgium that combines nature conservation with tourism and they have received the Biodiversity Innovation Award for this in 2011 by the Dutch Ministry of Economics, Farming and Innovation.
Africa Geographic is internationally respected for its award-winning media, active online communities and for its impact on tourism and conservation.
They publish print and digital (online and app) magazines, blogs, books and calendars to an ever-increasing international audience and we manage a large and extremely vocal social media community. They also offer bespoke expeditions for savvy travellers seeking something just a bit more special than usual.
Their entire business strategy and mission is in line with the Long Run Philosophy and the 4C approach. They believe that education is core to conservation of culture, communities, ecosystems and biodiversity and as a media company that is what we focus on. They inspire, educate and resource people to do good for Africa. They make eco-warriors out of kids, turn poachers into game guards, and we give ordinary people a voice and reason to dream. This is their reason for existence and what they have been doing for more than 20 years.
The future will see them expanding exponentially our digital footprint and ecosystem, using the core digital strengths of interactivity, 2-way communication, social sharing and e-commerce.
www.africageographic.com
With 25 years’ work behind him in travel and hospitality, Stevie is one of Africa’s most experienced commercial photographers. In recent years he has gravitated to longer-term partnerships where he can bring his skills to bear to help fill rooms for people who make a tangible difference in their conservation efforts. Raised in Kenya, Stevie has long maintained a passionate interest in travelling the world’s wild places, and the conservation of them.
The Soneva Group is a world leading luxury resort operator focused on sustainable hospitality. It is made up of Soneva Fushi and Soneva Gili in the Maldives and Soneva Kiri in Thailand. Its head office is in Bangkok, Thailand.
Soneva Kiri and Soneva Fushi are both members of The Long Run.
The company is committed to leading the fight against climate change within the tourism sector with Soneva Fushi decarbonising by the end of 2014 and the other resorts to follow shortly afterwards.
Soneva core purpose is ‘To create innovative, enlightening SLOW LIFE’ and its core philosophy is SLOW LIFE – Sustainable-Local-Organic-Wellness Learning-Inspiring-Fun-Experiences.
These SLOW LIFE values position Soneva as a committed leader and pioneer, in providing sustainable tourism options for consumers, suppliers and partners. From the use of building materials from sustainable local sources, to sourcing and purchasing quality food and products from local areas and communities, to using chemical free, organic choices wherever possible, all these are intelligent choices and initiatives, reflecting Soneva’s commitment to SLOW LIFE.
Social & Environmental Conscience is the name of the programme which controls and drives Soneva SLOW LIFE principles. A Holistic Environmental Management Programme states our principals and measures performance through the Soneva Carbon Calculator. Moreover, The Soneva SLOW LIFE Trust has been established to handle a variety of programmes including the Social & Environmental Responsibility Fund, Carbon Sense Fund, Clean Water Projects, Care for Children and Restaurants Against Hunger.
Sibylle Riedmiller, German-born Social Scientist, has spent all her professional life as a development worker in Latin America and Africa, where she managed, and provided consultancy services to, several education reform and natural resource management programs of UNESCO, the German Aid Agency GTZ and other donors.
In 1991, she left the aid industry and founded Chumbe Island Coral Park Ltd. (CHICOP), which turned formerly uninhabited Chumbe Island in Zanzibar/Tanzania into a private marine park and forest reserve. A Visitors’ Centre and Eco-lodge built with state-of the-art eco-technology provide funding for park management and environmental education programs for local schools and others. This has created one of the first private marine parks in the world that is now fully sustained with income from ecotourism. CHICOP was certified as a LRD in 2010.
A passionate marine conservationist, sailor and diver, Sibylle lives in Tanga/Tanzania since 1982, where she is now semi-retired, and spends most of her time working with international and local NGOs for improved marine governance in Tanzania. She is a member of the IUCN World Commission of Protected Areas (WCPA), the Tanzanian chapter of the Council of the NGO Leadership for Conservation Africa, Chair of the Conservation Committee of the Board of the Hotel Association of Tanzania (HAT), the Secretary of the Tanga Tourism Network Association (TATONA).
In 2016, Sibylle has also been awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Cross of Order of Merit) by the German President for her lifetime achievements for conservation, which culminated in Chumbe Island Coral Park Ltd.
Travelmole.com is the leading online community for the travel and tourism industry in UK/EU, USA, and Australia/SE Asia/India since 1998. It’s 400,000+ global members rely on TravelMole’s daily news coverage and analysis to keep abreast of industry developments in these regional markets, generating on average 2+ million page views each month on their website.
ALTOP stands for “All Love to our planet”. For 30 years, the publishing house has consistently been committed to the promotion of green solutions, products and services. Together with their partners, they give orientation to key decision-makers and help them to link economic success with social responsibility.
The publishing house began in 1984 with the alternatives Directory (now ECO-World life – the shopping guide for a healthy, enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle). The aim was to stimulate consumption in a targeted way and to ensure the urgently needed networking of companies and environmental activists.
In 2006, the publishing house responded to the increasing global discussion about responsible, sustainable business practices realising sustainability should no longer be seen as a future vision, but as an action taken in the daily business process. The response was to launch the magazine “Forum Sustainable Development”, the highest reach CSR magazine for politics, business, non-profit organisations and society in Germany. Forum Sustainability is published quarterly, brings daily online contributions and thus provides a cross-medial communication network.
www.forum-csr.net