Official Mission Statement

The mission of the SSTL is: To encourage tourism enterprises in Seychelles in mainstream sustainability practices into their business operations to safeguard the biodiversity and culture of Seychelles.

Year of Establishment 2012

Key Features

*The Label process consists of five steps: Step 1: Communication; Step 2. Application; Step 3. Assessment; Step 4. Verification; Step 5. Award.

*The SSTL’s criterion has been assigned a value from zero to three. In nearly all cases the point value for the criteria is pre-assigned in the standard. For innovative features, assessors will need to use their own judgement based on the principles in the table below. The SSTL has 22 required “must” criteria. Having a set of required criteria ensures that all certified businesses have the most important sustainability features in place.

*To achieve the SSTL a participating enterprise must meet: Small enterprises need 46 points to be certified ; Medium-sized enterprises need 54 points to be certified; Large enterprises need 62 points to be certified.

Facts and Figures

The concept behind the development of the Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label (SSTL) originated from the Ministry of Environment work in the preparation of Vision 21. The Seychelles Ministry of Tourism (through the Seychelles Tourism Board) adopted the SSTL project in 2004, and with the help of two students from the University of Zurich, conducted preparatory research on sustainable tourism Labels. A committee of key stakeholders was established and developed a set of preliminary criteria. The draft criteria were piloted by STB but the Label was not implemented.

The SSTL project was revived towards the end of 2009 through a UNDP-GEF supported initiative to mainstream biodiversity management into production sector activities. As a result of this programme, a series of consultancies were undertaken to further develop the label. Key achievements include: a review of international best practice in sustainable tourism labelling, a review of the SSTL criteria, draft marketing plan, draft assessors manual and operators manual, a scoring review document, assessment forms, and the development of training materials for assessors.

可持续网站对该标准进行了环境、社会、管理、质量和伦理五个维度的分析，该标准在社会维度占比30%，环境维度占比47%，管理维度占比19%，质量维度占比3%，伦理维度占比1%。具体数据及分析请点击以下链接进行查看： Click to see the standards analysis on ITC Sustainability website.

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