From 2016 to 2019 Visit Svalbard was a proud holder of Innovation Norway’s label as a Sustainable Destination. The label scheme has been an important tool for Visit Svalbard, the local businesses, and the destination at large in working seriously towards sustainability and improving sustainability in the local tourism industry in Svalbard day by day, and year by year.
Attaining the label is a demanding job, requiring resources both in terms of labour and funds. This also goes for the re-labelling process, which was planned to be undertaken in 2019. Unfortunately we were not able to procure the funding required to initiate this process before the deadline for re-labelling had passed, and the following Covid-19 situation led to additional challenges. As such, we were therefore withdrawn from the label scheme as of 2020.
However, with new grants and a reinforced collegiate in 2021 we've now initiated the re-labeling process to once again include Svalbard in the Sustainable Destination label scheme!
Our ambition is to be re-labeled by the end of 2021, as well as to once more become part of the important cooperation towards sustainability that the label represents.
To focus on sustainability is to focus on the future, and in the recovery of our destination following the effects of Covid-19, the re-labeling will be a key process in putting sustainability on the agenda as we seek to resume the positive development that Svalbard's tourism industry experienced before Covid-19.
Visit Svalbard encourages work on environmental certification of companies in our destination as one of the main focus areas in our sustainable policy. In addition to Visit Svalbard itself, the companies listed below are certified.
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