Visit Cork has launched the 2024 Green Award competition to promote and recognize sustainability efforts among tourism businesses in the region, encouraging them to apply for the award.
Established in 2020, the Green Award seeks to identify best practices in sustainability across various sectors, including hotels, restaurants, and tourist attractions, emphasizing initiatives in Environmental, Social, Governance, and Economic Sustainability.
Seamus Heaney, Head of Visit Cork, highlighted the importance of acknowledging businesses that strive for sustainability and noted Cork’s ranking of 21st in the Global Destination Sustainability Index 2024, reflecting its commitment to sustainable practices.
Applications for the Green Award are open until January 9, 2025, with judges focusing on leadership, innovation, storytelling, community engagement.
The deadline for applications is Thursday 9th January 2025 and the winner will be announced at the Visit Cork conference in early 2025.
Head of Visit Cork, Seamus Heaney, shared “We are delighted to be launching our Visit Cork Green Awards for 2024. It is important that we recognise businesses in the tourism sector that are going the extra mile to become more sustainable. Increasingly, we are finding that businesses starting out on their sustainability journey are looking for inspiration, and best practices from peers can inspire others. For a small organisation like ours, it was simply a question of getting started and taking regular, manageable steps to make improvements. Cork has just placed 21st out of over 100 destinations in the Global Destination Sustainability Index 2024. This benchmark is carried out with rigorous third-party evaluation of over 70 criteria across a destination’s environmental, social, supplier and destination management performance, so we are proud to see Cork ranking so highly. In a sector that is increasingly dominated by discussions on sustainability and positive impact, Cork must continue to strive for excellence in order to compete with other leading locations for business and leisure tourists.”
To apply, businesses must complete the online application form: Green Award Application 2024: https://forms.gle/g8cZHb8xC2Y5TBqQA
