This report gives an overview of the what, why and how of ecolabelling for tourism SMEs. It contains pros and cons of ecolabelling and an overview of potential ecolabels.

Nature protection is an important way to preserve nature values. The Wash and North Norfolk Coast Special Area of Conservation (SAC) include three Special Protection Areas (SPAs). It is important because it is hosting significant populations of coastal bird species with total numbers reaching up to 450,000 at any one time.

The Wadden Sea UNESCO World Heritage site is the largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world. It encompasses almost the entire Wadden Sea in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.

Around the world 1154 sites are on the UNESCO world heritage list (November 23, 2021). They achieve their status based on cultural and/or natural values perceived to be of Outstanding Universal Values (OUV). The goal is to preserve these sites for the future.

In this film, Geirangerfjord World Heritage administration and communication center is introduced.

The circular economy reinvents business models focusing on intensifying and closing resource loops, so that raw materials loose as little value as possible. A NHH business school video.

These three articles give you a thorough introduction to the concept of sustainability, its origin and history both as a scientific and political term.

On the 25th of September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the UN Sustainable Development Goals. With 17 goals and 169 targets, the world leaders created a fundament to work towards a sustainable future.

The UN report “Our Common Future,” also called the Brundtland report, put sustainable development on the political agenda and still provides the most used definition of the term.