Heritage Expediciones becomes the 4th company in Sri Lanka to have achieved the Travelife certified award
(17th August 2022 – 17th August 2024)
Heritage Expediciones receives Travelife Partner Status
Heritage Expediciones complies with more than 100 criteria related to operators’ office management, product range, international business partners, and customer information. The Travelife Standard covers the ISO 26000 Corporate Social Responsibility themes, including environment, biodiversity, human rights and labour relations, and is formally recognised as being in full compliance with the UN-supported Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria.
Heritage Expediciones is the fifth company in Sri Lanka to have achieved the Travelife Partner award.
"Travelife is a three-stage certification program for tour operators and travel agents: (1) Travelife Engaged; (2) Travelife Partner and (3) Travelife Certified. We were awarded the Travelife Partner (stage 2). The Travelife Partner award is a recognition of our commitment to social and environmental sustainability. We are complying with more than 100 criteria related to sustainability management, office operations, working with suppliers, and customer communication. We are working towards further improvements aiming to eventually reach the Travelife Certified stage by [2019-2021]"
Sustainability Policy of Heritage Expediciones (PVT) Ltd.
Sustainable and responsible tourism is our priority as it is the core principle of Heritage Expediciones (Pvt) Ltd., Our main objective is to make a sizeable impact wherever we travel to. We believe that Travel and Tourism could protect the natural habitat and the environment. It will also improve the livelihood of the community with economic opportunities generated. In achieving this, our dedication will be towards
- Planning tours in a manner that will limit the physical impact on our planet and the places visited.
- Ensure that we constantly work towards protecting nature and the environment by using resources in an efficient and responsible way
- Curtailing the use of disposable and consumable goods and recycling waste
- Consuming water and electricity in a responsible manner
- Sustainable purchasing policies to be implemented.
- Procuring services from others who follow sustainable practices.
- Sharing the economic gains of tourism by working with the local communities.
- Ensuring the reachability through more sustainable means of transport, community participation and other sustainability norms are considered when selecting new destinations
- Encouraging our associates and employees to think, work and travel in a responsible and sustainable manner while choosing more sustainable methods of transport and reducing travel where possible.
- Be mindful and respect our surroundings wherever we travel to.
- Ensure that all our employees are cared for, respected and remunerated fairly.
- Ensuring that our growth is sustainable, and our economic gains shared in a way that will benefit our staff and stakeholders.
- Upon request, the company supports collaborative initiatives with other tour operators to promote sustainability among accommodations in destinations.
George David,
Chairman / Managing Director
Heritage Expediciones (Pvt) Ltd.
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