By Angela Nagy, CEO, GreenStep Solutions With the most recent release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, the warning is clear: Earth is warming faster than previously thought, and unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, preventing irreversible …
By Angela Nagy, CEO, GreenStep Solutions Businesses with a well-planned sustainability strategy can increase their profits by 51% to 81%. Yet, when the terms “sustainable tourism”, “going green”, or “responsible tourism” come up in the boardroom, there is often an assumption that taking action in these areas will just lead to another line item on …
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This article originally appeared in the March 2021 edition of TIAC Talk. By Angela Nagy, CEO Over the past decade, I have been working with and researching how tourism organizations at the international, national, regional, and local level have been integrating sustainability. Through this work, seven best practices have emerged that we now use as …
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This article originally appeared in the February 2021 edition of TIAC Talk. By Angela Nagy, CEO Deloitte was right. In their special feature publication Hospitality 2015: Game Changers or Spectators, Deloitte’s team of economic professionals spent a year researching, analyzing and interviewing tourism industry leaders about the future of tourism. One of their key findings …
This article originally appeared in the January 2021 edition of TIAC Talk. By Angela Nagy, CEO It’s that time of year when many of us make resolutions to do better than we did last year in our lives and businesses. Integrating impact goals and weaving sustainability into the planning process for your tourism business or …
Contributed by Angela Nagy, CEO – this article originally appeared in the December 2020 edition of TIAC Talk Overshadowed by the impacts of COVID-19, there is another global crisis which poses even greater risks and financial repercussions for the tourism industry: climate change. Climate Change Crisis According to Dr. Daniel Scott (Professor and University Research …
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This post originally appeared in the Tourism Industry Association of Canada’s “TIAC Talk” November 2020 newsletter. By Angela Nagy At a time when industry conferences and events have gone virtual for the foreseeable future, how can we ensure that sustainability issues aren’t overlooked as just topics on the agenda? What advantages and opportunities has this …
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This post originally appeared in the Tourism Industry Association of Canada’s “TIAC Talk” October 2020 newsletter. By Angela Nagy For many in the tourism industry, sustainability is the last thing on people’s minds. More urgent priorities like solvency, staffing, and sheer survival are dominating the discourse and keeping thousands of tourism industry executives and small …
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Do you have a sustainability story to tell? Evidence shows that you probably should, or you could be missing out on new customers. In this article, you will find 5 steps to building and sharing your authentic sustainable tourism story. Research has shown that the majority of your customers want to protect the natural environment, …
We’ve teamed up with our local BC-utility companies, FortisBC and BC Hydro, and are offering free energy assessments for businesses in the Thompson Okanagan region. If you are a business in the Thompson Okanagan region, contact us to schedule your free energy assessment. If you are outside of the Thompson-Okanagan region, fear not. We’ve compiled …
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