Community Programme
The principal objective of the Green Globe Community programme is to facilitate
responsible and sustainable environmental outcomes for communities. The programme
provides communities with a framework to benchmark and certify their environmental
and social performance, and then challenge them to continuously improve that performance
over time.
The Green Globe Benchmarking and Certification process focuses on making operational
improvements – this can provide great marketing opportunities as you communicate
some of your key achievements. The Green Globe programme also provides connections
to an international organisation that is highly respected.
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Levels
The Green Globe Community Process
The Green Globe Community programme underpinned by the Community Standard which consists of six elements; all aimed at ensuring
the Community achieves environmental sustainability. A brief description of each
element follows below.
Community Authority:
The Community Authority shall be properly constituted and have organisational frameworks
as well as a mandate to provide leadership for the management of Green Globe sustainable
environmental and social outcomes.
Regulatory Framework:
The community must provide evidence that it is compliant within the requirements
and intents of law that prevail locally.
Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy:
The community must prepare an Environmental and Social Sustainability policy which
is appropriate to the location, nature, environmental, social and political context
of the Community and specifically includes tourism activity and development issues.
Environmental and Social Sustainability Planning Systems:
The community will develop a Community Sustainability Strategy which shall define
key environmental and social issues as guided by Green Globe’s performance areas,
and specifically address tourism activity and prescribe corrective actions based
on performance monitoring.
Environmental and Social Sustainability Benchmarking:
The community must assess the environmental and social performance in positive and negative impacts in the following key Green Globe Community Performance Areas:
- Sustainability Policy
- Energy Consumption
- Potable Water Consumption
- Solid Waste Reduction
- Environmental Investment
- Resource Conservation
- Improved Social & Cultural Interactions
- Enhanced Local Socio-economic Benefits
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Air and Water Quality
Community Consultation and Performance Reporting:
The Community shall establish effective consultative mechanisms and strategies to
ensure all sections of the Community are able to participate in developing the Community’s
Sustainability Strategy.
Once these steps have been completed, organisations will be assessed under set criteria
in order to achieve ‘Certified’ status as a Green Globe Community.
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The Green Globe Community Programme Entry Levels
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Fee for Micro Community (Less then 10,000 population / equivalent - Except China - Less then 30,000 population / equivalent) |
First Year Fee |
AUD $6000
(ex. GST)*
|
AUD $6000
(ex. GST)*
(i) |
Annual Renewal Fee
|
AUD $1650
(ex. GST)* |
AUD $1650
(ex. GST)*
(i) |
First Year Fee for Small Community (Between 10,000 and 150,000 population / equivalent - Except China - between then 30,000 to 250,000 population / equivalent) |
First Year Fee |
AUD $10,900
(ex. GST)* |
AUD $10,900
(ex. GST)*
(i) |
Annual Renewal Fee
|
AUD $2,725
(ex. GST)* |
AUD $2,725
(ex. GST)*
(i) |
First Year Fee for Large, Single Site Community (More then 150,000 population / equivalent - Except China - over 250,000 population / equivalent) |
First Year Fee |
AUD $22,000
(ex. GST)* |
AUD $22,000
(ex. GST)*
(i) |
Annual Renewal Fee
|
AUD $5,500
(ex. GST)* |
AUD $5,500
(ex. GST)*
(i) |
NOTE |
| (i) For Communities that have successfully achieved Benchmarked status, they are able to proceed onto Certification. The cost to undertake Certification consists of the Benchmarking fee along with the cost of an independent onsite assessment. Details of the onsite assessment costs can be obtained from Green Globe. |
| * For Australian Companies 10% GST will be incurred |
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