Warksburn Old Church is honoured and delighted to have achieved the Green Tourism Gold Award. The award is the result of a rigorous and demanding independent assessment, carried out by the world-leading sustainability accreditation partner, Green Tourism.
Achieving a Green Tourism award means that our sustainability practices have been assessed and verified by a credible partner. It shows that we have an ongoing commitment:
- to sustainability standards and practices
- to work responsibly, ethically, and sustainably
- to contribute to our community
- to minimise our impact on the environment, and
- to be accessible and inclusive to all, within the physical access constraints imposed by our heritage building.
Green Tourism has assessed our business against 15 sustainability criteria grouped under the pillars of People, Places and Planet. These consider the social, economic, and environmental actions we undertake, providing a holistic assessment of our sustainability performance. Please click to view our sustainability policy.
What do the Green Tourism gradings mean?
Green Tourism provides an overall grading of Gold, Silver, or Bronze depending on the overall score achieved across the comprehensive criteria. Gold status is awarded only to a business that achieves the highest standards of sustainability, has a strong and broad environmental ethos and can provide excellent examples of best practice throughout the majority of the three pillars of People, Places and Planet.