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African Development Bank Group (AfDB) African Natural Resources Centre (ANRC)
Sustainable tourism certification in Africa:
Water and waste practices by hotels
Dr Tarek AHMED, ANRC, AfDB [email protected] Tel.: +225 2026 3028
8 November 2016, COP22, Morocco
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Why are we here today?
UNEP and UNWTO (2012)
{ Water Supply & Sanitation
Agriculture & Fisheries
Energy
Transpor-tation
Livelihoods
Tourism
Ecosystem Services
Optimization
Benefit Sharing
Water Resources
Climate Change
Population Growth
What are we trying to achieve?
& other industries
There is a need for an environmental display which aims at monitoring and categorizing the hotel guests’ consumption of water and waste, so that each hotel will end up having its environmental label.
This could be translated in costs per guest per night, which will allow government officials, in a later phase, to determine the gains from reducing each hotel guests’ environmental consumption.
Nothing can be controlled without being measured
ProgramPresentation: Situational analysis - Sustainable tourism certification in Africa – Dr Anna Spenceley, AfDB consultant; Chair IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group
Panel discussion: Moderator – Dr Tarek Ahmed, AfDB• Mr Jean Michel Ossete, African Water Facility /Ag.
Coordinator, African Water Facility• Mr. Emad Hassan, Sustainable Tourism Certification
Alliance Africa/Ministry of Tourism• Mr Oseloka Zikora, African Minister’s Council on Water
(AMCOW)/Program Coordinator and Head of Communications
• Mr Ahmed Abou Elseoud, CEO, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
• Dr Anna Spenceley, AfDB consultant
Plenary discussion
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Situational analysis: Sustainable tourism certification in Africa: Water and waste practices by hotels
Dr Anna Spenceley, COP22, Morocco, 8 November 2016Consultant, ANRC, AfDBChair IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group
UNEP & GIZ, 2003: Fig 1; Pixabay
Hotels – water and waste
What can certification do?Rewarding good practices:• Improve efficiency and reduce operating costs• Increase sales• Gain credible independent recognition• Identify ways to improve internal management
Meeting obligations:• Demonstrate compliance with legal requirements• Comply with tour operator standards and
requirements
ITP, 2016; Travel Foundation, undated; Green Star Hotel
Program
Hotel Certification in Africa
African certification programs
International certification
programs
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What people say about certification in Africa
“Government needs to promote energy, water and waste audits among tourism businesses so that they start understanding the benefits of sustainable tourism and then get certification ready.” “Most businesses don’t relate their expenses with the cost of certification – hence they are unable to see the Return On Investment (ROI) ratio that certification does produce”.
Waste criteria in certification
Criteria categories: ITC Standards Map; Images Pixabay
Waste criteria examples“The tourism business implements a waste management plan which has quantitative goals to minimize waste produced as well as to re-use, recycle or effectively dispose of it.”
“All waste storage needs to be well contained within appropriate structures, with a solid floor to prevent leakage and soil contamination / chemical pollution”
“The enterprise waste management plan includes a plan to reduce pollution from refrigerants, used fuel, paints, and large batteries and there is evidence of implementation of this plan”
“The business shall develop, implement and manage a Noise & Nuisance Management Document which addresses all sources of noise emanating from its operational activities.”
Water criteria in certification
Criteria categories: ITC Standards Map; Images Pixabay
Water criteria examples“A guest towel and linen reuse program is operated during the tour and staff receive instruction on the implementation of the program.”
“The facility disposes of its waste water in a responsible manner, with no discharge of any raw effluent into the environment.”
“If you do not have a dry or entirely natural garden, do you use grey water (from laundry, showers, and hand basins) for irrigation?”
“Quality of freshwater supply is controlled monthly and documented by external organization (pH- value, chlorine, total dissolved solids).”
What incentives exist?
Effective new incentives?
Incentives need - Short pay-back periods – e.g. water saving
devices Sufficient returns – i.e. enough to change
behaviour Appropriate scale – i.e. size of hotel
Training neededFor government departments (n=36)
For hotels (n=36)
Manuals and guidelines on water and waste management already exist
Case studies
Case study 1: Travelife• 131 hotels certified in Africa:
• Egypt (57), Tunisia (31), Morocco (16), Mauritius (12), Cabo Verde (7), Kenya (4), Tanzania (2), South Africa (1) and the Gambia (1)
• Market incentive • Travelife Collection links certified hotels
to 30 tour operators and travel agents promoting sustainable holidays
• Collaboration • Work with ABTA, The Travel
Association, and the Travel Foundation on the ‘Make Holidays Greener campaign’
Case study 2: Green Hotel Star 76 certified hotels in Egypt Criteria:
Waste criteria: 9 mandatory, 6 optional
Water criteria: 15 mandatory, 7 optional
Ministry of Tourism launching a package of incentives – including funds for technologies
Innovation in hotels: portable sprinklers (Iberotel Lido), pool backwash water for irrigation (Three Corners Rihana)
Case study 3: Wilderness 48 camps owned or managed
in 6 countries: East Africa (Seychelles), Southern Africa (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe). In 2015 also in Central Africa (DRC)
Integrated reporting: Certification:
53% reduction bottle water since 2012 (467,485 fewer)
Increase in camps recycling from 7% in 2012 to 47% in 2016
Case study 4: KAZA TFCA Kavango Zambezi TFCA treaty
between Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Incentive for certification: Eligible for inclusion in Futouris catalogue & Fair Trade Holidays
25 new lodge certifications in 1 year (with water and waste criteria) in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Handbook on Sustainable Supply Chain Management due 2016
Challenge of destination with small lodges (<20 rooms) for tour operators
Case study 5: Constance Ephelia
313 room resort on Mahe, Seychelles
Certified twice: In 2015:
Waste reduction saved Ephelia USD 17,100 in landfill and transport costs
10 staff received USD4,763 for recyclables they collected
Bottle water from reverse osmosis was 54% of all drinking water – saving 200,000 plastic bottles
Certification: Sufficient tourism certification programmes in Africa (18 operating) Comprehensive criteria for waste and water in certification programs Regional program to integrate sustainability criteria in star-ratings But - very few hotels in Africa have been certified – less than 3.4%
Incentives: Cost savings incentivise certification, good waste and water
management Tax allowances and more information would encourage more
certification, and better waste & water management
Training and tools: Many tools and guidance documents exist - but are not well known Training is needed for government and hotels - workplace based
Key findings:
Recommendations for AfDB support:
• Policy gap analysis for AfDB member states on incentives for water and waste management, and certification.
• Guidance on incentive development and mainstreaming options - with technical support and mentoring
• Generic and country-specific guidance on policy and regulation establishment, including inclusion of sustainability criteria in star-rating programs
• Backstopping through incentive design, establishment, piloting and scaling up
Services to governments
• Research to support decision making: Return On Investment from certification, water and waste management; Case studies; Best practices; Incentives.
• Disseminate research and other tools by establishing an online resource library.
• Conduct a systematic analysis to describe and quantify the collective impact of certification on overall water and waste management in Africa.
Knowledge development
• Increase in-house and/or outsourced technical support to AfDB to support member states.
• Raise awareness of the benefits of sustainable tourism certification - for governments and hotels.
• Country-specific strategies for establishing/scaling up training for relevant government staff and hotel representatives.
• Training of trainers in AfDB countries to establish national-level expertise• Mentoring and backstopping as needed by member states.
Capacity building
• Develop strategic partnerships with multilaterals, bi-laterals, NGOs and existing networks to promote networking and linkages between bodies working on certification, waste and water management.
Coordination &
cooperation
Panel & plenary questions• How do we ensure sustainability in exploiting water
resources in hotels?• Do you think certification would be the only answer
to improving waste/water management? What other options are there?• What policy incentives does your country already
have? What is needed to improve their effectiveness?• If there is no policy incentive, do you want to work
with the AfDB and others to design/initiate new programs?• What support does your country need from the AfDB
to mainstream certification & improve water/waste management in hotels
Panel discussion & plenary
Moderator – Dr Tarek Ahmed, AfDB
Participants:• Mr Jean Michel Ossete, African Water Facility /Ag.
Coordinator, AfDB• Mr. Emad Hassan, Sustainable Tourism Certification
Alliance Africa/Ministry of Tourism• Mr Oseloka Zikora, African Minister’s Council on
Water (AMCOW)/Program Coordinator and head of Communications
• Mr Ahmed Abou Elseoud, CEO, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
• Dr Anna Spenceley, AfDB consultant
Plenary discussion
Thank you!
Dr Tarek AHMED [email protected] Tel.: +225 2026 3028
Dr Anna Spenceley [email protected] Phone: +248 256 4559