Corporate social responsibility

Scroll down for “GT” posts tagged with “cor­por­ate social respons­ib­il­ity” (CSR) in travel & tour­ism. Accord­ing to Investo­pe­dia, CSR is a “self-reg­u­lat­ing busi­ness mod­el that helps a com­pany be socially account­able — to itself, its stake­hold­ers, and the pub­lic. By prac­ti­cing cor­por­ate social respons­ib­il­ity, also called cor­por­ate cit­izen­ship, com­pan­ies can be con­scious of the kind of impact they are hav­ing on all aspects of soci­ety, includ­ing eco­nom­ic, social, and environmental.”

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Khiri Travel to go carbon-neutral from January 2021


Little Home at Phu Langka National Park in Phayao Province, Thailand. Image supplied by Khiri Travel.

Khiri Travel is intro­du­cing com­pre­hens­ive off­set­ting pro­gram with Cli­mate­Care.  The DMC is also offer­ing new low emis­sions ‘slow travel’ hol­i­day options. Asi­an DMC Khiri Travel is on its way to becom­ing fully car­bon neut­ral.  As part of its approach to take respons­ib­il­ity for its impact on the envir­on­ment, Khiri Travel has partnered with cli­mate and […]

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Tourism in crisis: How local staff supported their communities in Myanmar

September 24, 2020
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In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Nia Klatte of Khiri Reach, the char­it­able arm of “GT” Part­ner Khiri Travel, shares how her organ­isa­tion’s Myan­­mar-based teams stepped up to sup­port host com­munit­ies dur­ing the COV­­ID-related travel & tour­ism clos­ures. This pan­dem­ic has shown us again how big our respons­ib­il­ity is for the people with whom we work; […]

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Online courses by The Centre for Responsible Tourism Singapore: ‘Reinventing tourism learning’

June 4, 2020
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“GT” Friend Kev­in Phun of new “GT” Part­ner The Centre for Respons­ible Tour­ism Singa­pore (CRTS) has developed a series of short online courses for aspir­ing respons­ible tour­ism prac­ti­tion­ers — or any­one inter­ested in the sub­ject — to estab­lish a found­a­tion of know­ledge and a frame­work for think­ing about vari­ous aspects of respons­ible tour­ism.  “GT” 20% dis­count coupon: GTB-20-OFF Courses […]

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Supply lines: A former soldier’s take on tourism’s failure to win hearts & minds

May 26, 2020

PangSoong Lodge nature trail. Image supplied by author.

How does a spe­cial forces sol­dier become an out­spoken pro­ponent for and awar­ded prac­ti­tion­er of sin­cerely respons­ible tour­ism? In this “GT” Insight, Shane K Beary takes us back to his past before ask­ing us to con­sider his vis­ion for the future; a more equit­able com­munity-based travel & tour­ism industry. And it’s all about the sup­ply chain. […]

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Join Operation Recuperation to give healthcare workers a well-deserved break post-COVID-19

April 23, 2020

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Travel blog­ger Rachel Sher­wood is col­lect­ing pledges from accom­mod­a­tion pro­viders and second home own­ers to give health­care work­ers on the front lines of the coronavir­us SARS-CoV­­‑2 fight a well-deserved break. It’s called Oper­a­tion Recu­per­a­tion. Can you gift a future stay in your hotel or second home to our health­care work­ers? I’m hop­ing the answer is […]

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Why travel matters and why I will continue to make travel matter after COVID-19

April 2, 2020

Connections matter. Image (CCO) via PxFuel. https://www.pxfuel.com/en/free-photo-jywzc

Accord­ing to its founder Kar­en Sim­monds, inde­pend­ent lux­ury travel agency Travel Mat­ters was built upon the strong sense of respons­ib­il­ity she feels for des­tin­a­tions. In this fresh “GT” Insight, Ms Sim­monds sum­mar­ises her agency’s ori­gin story and philo­sophy and what she’s doing to help com­munit­ies more vul­ner­able to the coronavir­us COVID-19 pan­dem­ic than hers.  I set […]

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