At Hotel Parque Tropical we recognize that each action has an impact and we seek sustainable tourism and a future. We want to add positive actions to protect our home, our planet. For this reason, we take action here and now, taking care of the environment and the community of Gran Canaria.

Our motto is “Care global, act local!” and our mission is to manage our business activity in a way that contributes to the care and well-being of the environment, people and the company. Identify and support our commitments with *Tropicares*.

We have initiated an improvement for the use of resources, supporting sustainable solutions and collaborating with associations on the island. Together with our guests and employees, we reduce the use of water, plastics and energy, and improve the management of our waste. In addition, we collaborate with Oceans4Life helping to improve the Canary coasts with the problem of plastic. In turn, by supporting the Canarias Siempreviva initiative, we achieved actions to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere with its composting project. Likewise, we support the consumption of local products and to maintain cultural traditions with our Canarian Sundays and Canarian themed dinners.

For all these actions that contribute to improving the environment, together with our goals for the coming years, we have received the prestigious Travelife Gold sustainability certification.

Our commitment

We are aware of the importance of protecting the environment and are committed to managing our business in a way that minimizes and reduces our environmental    impact. In addition, we understand our business as an opportunity to raise awareness in society, creating sustainable habits at work that will become sustainable habits for your home and the community. 

• Lighting through the installation of controllers with time adjustment programming using global positioning (GPS), according to the movement of the earth with respect to the sun, and we have managed to reduce the lighting time by two hours.
• We use a saline chlorination system and with this we eliminate the use of chemical products for cleaning the pool. In addition, we buy the salt from local producers to support the local community and also reduce our carbon footprint.
• We separate the waste in the different containers of plastic, paper, glass, organic matter, remains, batteries, light bulbs and other recyclable materials.
• We have lighting with energy-saving bulbs and LEDs in all facilities.
• We use flow limiters in taps, showers and toilets.
• We donate organic matter to NGOs for education about composting in schools.
• We donate 20% of the sales of our merchandising to NGOs for the care and cleaning of our beaches.
• Responsible use of chemical products and their management to encourage the reduction of consumption.
• We organize beach cleanups together with the NGO Oceans4Life.
• Irrigation at appropriate hours of the gardens at night and partially by means of a drip irrigation system.
• Responsible use of water in the rooms, communicating and encouraging guests to limit the washing of sheets and towels to when necessary.
• Responsible use of energy using low consumption technologies, efficient electrical equipment, sensors, timers, card holders in rooms and common areas.
• Sustainability training and awareness for all team members.
• Instructions and signs for employees and customers to facilitate the task of separating recyclable waste.
• Use of switches with automatic disconnection in all rooms.
• Purchase of products in bulk, reducing plastic containers and small containers.
• Replacing plastic waste with biodegradable materials, such as garbage bags, tea bags, butter wrappers and straws, among others.
• Proper maintenance of all machinery.
• Refillable amenities such as soap, gel and shampoo, to help reduce the use of single-use plastic.
• Motivation to customers and workers to take care of the use of water and energy through signage.
• 10,000m2 gardens including ponds, Canary Island palm trees and a wide variety of plants to increase and preserve biodiversity.
• Aromatic plants that inhabit pest predators to reduce the use of phytosanitary products.
• A small orchard in production.
• We encourage workers and customers to use public transportation.
• Use of renewable energies such as solar panels and blankets in a small area with an expansion project.
• We use biological treatments as well as beneficial products to control pests in the gardens.
• Conscious management team with internal environmental manager and external environmental educator.
• Protecting Canarian traditions and transmitting them to customers every Sunday at the paella party with typical Canarian folklore music. In addition to weekly Canarian theme nights with gastronomic offer, atmosphere and Canarian music.
• Offering local and nearby products, identifying them in the buffet and on the menu for greater customer visibility.
• We provide our guests with guidance on how to behave responsibly outside the hotel towards the local population, flora and fauna

Our goals for 2024
 

• Reduce our water consumption by 10%.
• Reduce waste generation by 20%.
• Reduce our carbon emissions and energy consumption by 7%.
• Minimize all forms of pollution caused by the operation of our business.
• Reduce the use of chemicals.
• Increase purchases from local suppliers.
• Motivate customers to participate.
• Cause a positive impact on local biodiversity in our area.

Our environmental policy
 
You can download our environmental policy here.

Now we build the future and we achieve it by doing it together!

If you want to know more about our progress or have any improvement proposals, contact us at quality@hotelparquetropical.com.