I-STARS PROJECT LAUNCHES A MONITORING TOOL TO SUPPORT SMEs IN THE GREEN TRANSITION OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY

The I-STARS partners are pleased to launch a practical online tool to support tourism businesses on their journey towards sustainability.
I-STARS promotes the sustainability monitoring of a company as a valuable tool to initiate improvements and increase efficiency. For this reason, the purpose of the I-START Monitoring Tool is to provide tourism businesses with a monitoring system to measure and compare the positiveimpact of more sustainablebusiness operations on the costs, environment, society, and the local economy.

An open-access tool:

The I-STARS Monitoring Tool is online, for free, and can be used on a computer or mobile device. In addition, it is available in Greek, English, Italian and Spanish.
A tool for measuring and improving sustainability in the tourism sector:The tool is designed for companies in the tourism sector, such as accommodation, restaurants, tour operators, museums, and other recreational and cultural activities.The I-STARS Monitoring Tool allows SMEs to monitor, analyse and record their business performance in waste management, carbon emissions, food waste management, energy management, water management, and local community engagement by filling 7 dedicated questionnaires:

1. SME policies and strategies
2. Waste Management
3. Water Management
4. Energy Management
5. Waste Food Management
6. Carbon Management
7. Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainable Development Actions

A scoring system to monitor progress over time:
After completing each questionnaire, each user will receive a report with its sustainability score. By repeating the questionnaires, it will be possible to monitor progress over time.This will help businesses understand the efficiency, cost and competitiveness improvements that result from implementing more sustainable actions and activities.

One more tool in the I-STARS toolbox:
The monitoring tool is complementary to other resources made available by I-STARS to tourism companies,such as the 6 online courses to empower organisations in their journey towards sustainability.

Interested can use the Monitoring Tool via the following link:bit.ly/3wQHenJ

I-STARS is a project co-funded by the European Union that aims to boost the knowledge of tourism SMEs in sustainability. I-STARS want to accompany tourism businesses operating on the islands of Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, and Spain on their transformation journey towards recovery and sustainability.

Discover the courses and resources of the I-STARS project: ccci.org.cy/istars-project/
 
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