Ecolabel

Tourist accommodations must often compromise their sustainable initiatives in order to guarantee a certain level of quality for their guests. The EU Ecolabel tourist accommodations criteria provide efficient guidelines for lodging sites looking to lower their environmental impact while offering enough flexibility to allow proper guest satisfaction.

Tourist accommodations looking to become certified must adhere to twenty-two mandatory criteria, and receive at least twenty points under optional criteria. The criteria focus on environmental hotspots such as the over-consumption of water and energy, waste management and the use of toxic substances.

The EU Ecolabel is part of the European Union's strategy of transition towards a circular economy and aims to promote products that can reduce adverse environmental effects, thus contributing to an effective use of resources and a high level of environmental protection.