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Aruba resort first-ever to earn perfect score from Green Globe

Simultaneously recertified Caribbean’s first and only carbon-neutral hotel

day, Green Globe provides and the Green Globe Ac-
certification and training credited Auditor who con-
and education in 83 coun- ducted Bucuti & Tara's an-
tries worldwide. The Green nual recertification. "They
Globe International Stan- continue to challenge
dard for Sustainable Tour- themselves year over year
ism, comprised of interna- to incorporate the guide-
tionally accepted criteria, lines set forth in the Green
is recognized by the Global Globe program and other
Sustainable Tourism Coun- key certifications, so that
cil and Green Globe is an the experience and care
Affiliate Member of the UN- for their guests, workplace
EAGLE BEACH — Bucuti setting and workplace to WTO. setting for staff and proce-
& Tara Beach Resort just guests and staff, respec- Until 2020, Bucuti & Tara’s dures for vendors are not
achieved the world’s first tively. This year it reached highest score was near compromised but show-
perfect score of 100 points Green Globe perfection perfect at 97. Closing the case their great respect
from Green Globe, which with the world’s first and gap to reach 100 this year Statements from Green and responsibility for the
represents the International only perfect score of 100 included: Globe CEO, independent environment."
Standard for Sustainability. in the Hotel & Resort Cat- • Improving landscap- auditor
Additionally, Bucuti & Tara egory. ing techniques such as Caribbean’s first and only
just earned recertification using organic fertilizer, Green Globe released the carbon-neutral hotel
as carbon neutral and re- The Green Globe certifica- natural rodent control, following from its CEO Gui- In August 2018, Bucu-
mains the Caribbean’s first tion is a structured assess- and manual weeding do Bauer in recognition of ti & Tara Beach Resort
Bucuti & Tara’s achieve-
and only net-zero hotel. ment of the sustainability instead of chemical achieved its long-term
performance of travel and herbicides ment: “It is with the great- goal of becoming carbon
Green Globe Platinum: tourism businesses and • Enlisting an energy au- est admiration that Green neutral. That first year’s
World’s Only Perfect Score their supply chain partners. dit of the facility Globe can announce the certification represented
first 100% certification score
in the Hotel & Resort Cat- Evolving from the pivotal • Discontinuing placing an offset of 853 tCO2 as
egory United Nations Rio de Janei- phone books in ac- in the 25-year history of measured the calendar
Bucuti & Tara just earned its ro Earth Summit in 1992, the commodations our sustainability program. year prior. Always moving
20th annual Green Globe first time when 182 heads • Using PVC-free key Bucuti & Tara Beach Re- forward, it immediately be-
sort has always been at
certification. The property of state acknowledged as cards – PET recycled gan its journey to carbon
has always been a scoring a group that consumption material currently used the forefront of sustainable negative. Its 2019 recertifi-
tourism and is the first to
leader in its endless pur- of non-renewable resourc- • Installing motion sensor cation reflected this direc-
suit of providing the safest, es was leading to environ- urinals in the employee attain this perfect score, tion as only 822 tCO2 was
meeting and in some cas-
most sustainable vacation mental degradation. To- bathroom es exceeding the require- offset. For the 2020 recertifi-
ments of all criteria. We ac- cation, which measures the
knowledge the dedication year prior and therefore
of all the staff and man- does not include the CO-
agement, who have taken VID downtime, it is down to
a personal interest in do- 719 tCO2. From measuring
ing the very best they can periods for 2017 to 2019,
when it comes to contribut- Bucuti & Tara has main-
ing to the protection of the tained its 97%+ year-round
environment, economic occupancy while quickly
reward for community and and steadily decreasing its
celebration and preserva- offsets more than 15%.
tion of local culture and
heritage. A special acco- “Achieving the first perfect
lade must also be sent to score from Green Globe
Bucuti & Tara Resort Own- and becoming recertified
er/CEO, Ewald Biemans, as carbon-neutral while
whose understanding of continuing to steadily re-
the importance and value duce our carbon offsets
of sustainability has creat- reflects the shared commit-
ed a management culture ment of every Bucuti & Tara
that extends the hospitality Beach Resort associate,
conveyed to guests, to a our vendors and our amaz-
mindfulness that cares for ing guests,” shares Ewald
this precious destination on Biemans, Owner/CEO of
the island of Aruba.” Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort.
“These certifications are
"Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort excellent best practices
is a beacon of sustainability that every hotel can imple-
throughout the Caribbean ment as guidelines in their
and now achieving Green own journey to responsible
Globe's first perfect score, travel.”
out of all tourism business-
es worldwide," shares. K. To learn more, visit Bucuti.
Denaye Hinds, LEED AP, com. q