Almond Resorts recognizes that our business has an important role to play in protecting and enhancing the environment for the residents of Barbados as well as our guests. We also recognize that we have a social commitment to the local and regional community. To this end our hotels are committed to take actions:
- To achieve sound environmental practices across our entire operation while complying with all laws, regulations and industry standards.
- To implement programmes to minimize our use of energy, water and non-renewable resources, without compromising service
- To minimize hazardous chemical use in preference for natural alternatives.
- To achieve reductions in waste produced, by the application of the 4R’s: Rethink, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, and other initiatives such as composting.
- To invite our staff, guests and business partners to participate in our efforts to protect and enhance the environment
- To forge collaborative partnerships, Ministerial, Regional, Community, and NGO, to ensure the longevity of the tourism product and to achieve wider environmental goals
- To provide all employees with the training and resources required to meet our environmental objectives and ensure that all Department Heads are involved in setting environmental targets
- To communicate our policies and practices to our employees, guests and suppliers and to make this policy available to all stakeholders and the general public on request.
- To adopt a purchasing policy that support environmental products and local products and services wherever possible
- To promote all that is local: Food, Art, Craft, History, Music, Culture etc
- To mitigate environmental impacts to our precious ecosystems: Tropical Forest, Mangroves, Beach, Sea-grass beds and Coral Reefs and Beach Vegetation etc
- To regularly monitor our environmental performance relative to our policies, objectives and targets, and to maintain a continuous commitment to improve our environmental practices on a yearly basis
- To review this policy annually
