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Footprint Sustainability Policies

We are committed to maximize the positive impact of tourism by developing, operating and marketing tourism in a sustainable approach. At Footprint Travel, we apply best practices and pursue continuous improvement.

Our People, Friends and Community

  • Respect human rights and their culture values.

  • Ensure fair wage, extra benefits and working environment for our staff.

  • Encourage employees to speak freely when they have any concerns and use their feedbacks to measure employee satisfaction and improve.

  • Provide them with professional training and opportunities for personal development.

  • Create job opportunities for interns after their internship.

  • Support local and international NGOs and other community-based tourism development project.

  • Not directly or indirectly complicit in any human rights abuse.

Our Mother Earth

  • Use our own cups

  • Make sustainable purchases and services

  • Measure and monitor energy consumption and water use in all our operations, with the aim of reducing usage.

  • Reduce paper consumption and or choose recycle paper.

  • Encourage people to reduce, reuse and recycle waste with our annual recycle event or simple notes around the office..

  • Encourage remote work, in case of emergency, natural hazards or disease outbreak

  • Support more sustainable forms of transportation via bus fee reimbursement, rewards

  • Increase the use of biofuels intstead of petrol as much as possible

  • Not promote souvenirs or consumption of meat which contain threatened flora and fauna species

  • Bulk purchasing

  • Regular equipment maintenance

Our Supply Chain

  • Provide our service providers with codes of conduct and guidance concerning sustainable practices.

  • Support our service providers to improve the responsibility of their operations.

  • Give preference to service providers that are locally owned and/or are showing improvement in the sustainability of their operations

  • Provide our tour leaders and drivers training regarding sustainable practices

Our Destinations

  • Develop products that showcase the best of our destinations whilst benefiting the communities and preserving the natural environment and their culture.

  • Consider sustainable aspects when select a destination.

Our Customers   

  • Provide correct messages and keep our clients informed about sustainability matters in the destinations.

  • Provide our customers with code of conducts

  • Provide customers with a 24h reachable contact and guidelines in case of emergency situations.

  • Gather customers’ feedbacks for continue improvement.