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Bed and Breakfast International (BBI)

BBI believes in protecting the environment and acting responsibly in the way we carry out our business to minimize environmental damage through our choice of materials, by avoiding pollution and by careful approach to waste management. We are aware that the travel and tourism industry has the potential to contribute significantly to environmental safeguarding, especially if there are specific efforts to monitor the impact of daily operations on the surrounding environment.

Our concern resulted in us developing an official company policy:
 
BBI is committed to identify, monitor, and manage all significant environmental aspects associated with our operation. We are aware that our activities can have both a positive and a negative impact on the environment, and endeavour to continually improve our environmental performance. The company aims to comply with all environmental legislation and ensure that the prevention of pollution is an integral part of our working practices.  

Employees and sub-contractors

 We will:
Ensure that our employees and sub-contractors are aware of our environmental commitment and that they understand their environmental improvement responsibilities. Actively encourage employees and sub-contractors to suggest environmental improvement initiatives. Ensure that a registered carrier transfers all waste that cannot be reused or recycled within the project, to a licensed waste disposal site. Ensure that all material and waste is carefully stored to prevent contamination of ground and surface water. Seek to minimize nuisances such as dust, odour, noise and vibration resulting from activities by complying with all local and national regulatory requirements. Use cleaning products that are less harmful to the environment and, when possible, biodegradable. Complies with local recycling programs.

For example:
In Asia, bidets are used to significantly reduce the amount of paper waste. We thought this was an interesting solution and BBI has therefore installed all its locations with Kleanstreet electronic bidets. BBI shampoo and personal soap by Zahira, is all-natural-organic and biodegradable.

  Others
 
We manage our freshwater & energy use; We control our greenhouse gas emissions; We actively contribute to land & ecosystem conservation and its management; We develop cultural relations to involve the employment of suitably qualified local personnel in keeping with our existing human resources policy.