SUSTAINABILITY
Teshima island in Kagawa
DOING WELL BY DOING GOOD
As people are adopting more sustainable consumer behaviors, customers look for brands that represent their values, and expect companies to have clear sustainability practices across their business operations.
On the other hand, investors are now fully embedding ESG and sustainability in their investment process, and increasingly looking to direct their funds towards companies that are making positive social or environmental impacts in the world, and divest from companies with poor ESG performance.
Sustainability is now mission-critical for business.
How do you incorporate sustainability into your business operations,
including your corporate travel and business events?
Sustainability in Business Now
*1 Capgemini Research Institute, 2020
*2 HSBC Navigator survey 2020
*3 Blackrock CEO, Larry Fink’s 2021 letter to CEOs, 2021
*4 Trend’s report, US SIF, 2020
Sustainable Development Goals
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the UN in 2015, provides a blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), recognizes that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.
Our 5 SDGs
As a sustainable travel and event consultancy,
Tricolage has identified five SDGs that we focus on making a positive contribution to.
By working with our private and public partners, and engaging multiple stakeholders, we are committed to achieving SDGs and other common goals, through our Travel and Event Management Service and Local Partner Consulting Service.
Our global sustainability network
As a member of the following global sustainability communities, we actively participate in their work to promote the widespread adoption of sustainable tourism principles and tourism recovery strategies, to maximize positive impacts for communities, environments, and the World.
GSTC
Global Sustainable Tourism Council
Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), initiated by the United Nations Foundation, establishes and manages the GSTC Criteria, the global standard in sustainable travel and tourism.
We are proud to become one of the early members of the GSTC in Japan, and joined this global community to promote sustainable tourism principles and practices around the globe, particularly here in Japan.
Future of Tourism
Tricolage is a signatory to the Future of Tourism Coalition, a global movement that places destination needs at the center of tourism’s new future.
We are committed to align our tourism recovery strategies with the coalition’s transformative Guiding Principles, to retain the integrity of destinations, promote inclusivity and equality, maximizes positive impacts for communities and environments, and foster collaborative change.
Our simple solutions
We design and create bespoke sustainable travel and event solutions to help our clients achieve their ESG and sustainability goals. A few examples of our customized solution include:
CULTURE
Promoting traditions and innovations
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Participate in hands-on experience with master craftsman
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Visit century-old companies
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Share your knowledge with young entrepreneurs
LOCAL
Sustaining local communities
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Participate in hands-on agricultural experience
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Local discovery team building activity
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Stay at family-run traditional inns
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Eat locally grown produce
ENVIRONMENT
Helping the planet
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Stay at green accommodations
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Donate to food charity
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Reduce single-use disposable plastic
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Reduce travel time and stay local for longer