Integrating Sustainability

1June2017TimeBlock9Facilitator:DrSueSnyman

Quadruple bottom line

•  Economic: Ensure viable, long-term, profitable operations

•  Environmental •  Socio-cultural•  Socio-economic

Promote positive and mitigate negative impacts

Establishing metrics

•  Holistic approach•  Engages all stakeholders•  Makes good business sense•  Increases efficiency and, over time, profits•  Find areas for improvement•  Responsible tourism•  Balanced business•  Improves reporting•  Information readily available

Why measure the quadruple bottom line?

Integrated reporting

ü Holistic approachü Financial + sustainability

reportingü Accountabilityü Transparencyü Monitoring and evaluationü Stipulate reporting

requirements in contract

Components that lead to success

Enabling factors

Ensuring sustainability at all stages

ü Ensuring sustainability in the scoping, design, feasibility and procurement phases

ü Ensuring sustainability in the contract management phase

Decommissioning camps

PhotoscourtesyWildernessSafaris:SkeletonCoastCamp,Namibia

Community: Understanding and engaging stakeholders

Community: Benefit-sharing plans

Cultural Tourism

•  Integrating culture•  Commodification•  Mutual respect•  Managing expectations•  Respecting cultural

heritage, access and resources

Conservation

•  Financiallyinfluencingconserva?on•  Endangeredspeciesprotec?on•  An?-poaching•  Reintroduc?onofspecies•  Researchandmonitoring•  Understandingbiodiversityfootprint

Sustainability criteria & standardsü  Global Sustainable

Tourism Council (GSTC)ü  International

Organisation for Standardisation (ISO)

ü  United Nations Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)

Questions to consider in order promote sustainable tourism (1)

•  What are the unique selling points (USPs) of the destination and what are the best ways to market them? e.g exclusive use of concession; culture, etc. (ECONOMIC)

•  What are the desired social, e c o n o m i c , c u l t u r a l a n d environmental outcomes of the tourism development in your destination? (SUSTAINABILITY)

•  What tourism, environmental and other relevant regulations & laws e x i s t ? L a n d t e n u r e i s s u e s (ECONOMIC)

Questions to consider in order promote sustainable tourism (2)• How will these rules and regulations

impac t on sus ta inab le tour ism development i n the des t ina t ion? (ECONOMIC & ENVIRONMENTAL)

• What mechanisms are in place to encourage private sector investment in the destination? (ECONOMIC)

• What competition is in the area? (ECONOMIC & SOCIAL)

• What are the long-term goals of tourism development (i.e. job creation, increased incomes, preservation of culture, sustainability, etc.) in the destination? (SUSTAINABILITY)

•  What competitive advantage is the destination trying to achieve and how will this be maintained over time? (SUSTAINABILITY)

•  Community issues, e.g. land tenure, cohesiveness, etc. (SOCIAL)•  Stakeholders in the area (SUSTAINABILITY)•  Accessibility and seasonality (SUSTAINABILITY)

Questions to consider in order promote sustainable tourism (3)

DISCUSSION GROUPS

What are the main sustainability issues in your protected area?

What plans are currently in place to manage/monitor these?

What plans do you have for integrating and monitoring sustainability going forward?