Club Med is committed to sustainability by implementing eco-friendly initiatives such as reducing waste, conserving energy, supporting local communities, and protecting natural ecosystems at resorts.
We are progressively removing single-use plastic items from our resorts, aiming to reduce the wastage and harm it causes.
Asia being one of the biggest contributors to plastic waste, we’ve already taken action in our Asian resorts. Plastic straws have been replaced with paper straws. moreover, paper straws are only provided upon request as part of our “Straw on Request” policy. At Club Med Phuket alone, we’ve already seen a decrease of approximately 1,000 straws per day!
When our resorts are built we keep a great emphasis on the local landscapes and surrounding environment. In our resorts we make sure the building surface only cover 7% of the total located area, allowing our guests to spend their holidays in beautiful surroundings.
Interesting fact – Our Finolhu Villas in the Maldives have 95% of the island’s plant life grown on site by our Club Med team. We only brought in 5% of plants to add a bit more colour. Only grey water is used to water the plants.
Most of our resorts worldwide have been awarded “Green Globe Certified” for Sustainable Tourism, including our resorts in Indonesia, Thailand, Mauritius and the Maldives.
The Green Globe award is reviewed twice per year, and resorts must prove their contribution to many aspects including; Local development, food and energy wastage, resort construction and biodiversity preservations and more.
We are working tirelessly to have all our resorts Green Globe Certified!
We are always looking for new technology to make our resorts more eco-friendly.
At Finolhu Villas we have installed large solar panels that generate 30% of the resorts electricity allowing us to make the most of renewable energy sources.
Being pioneers in gourmet cuisine with amazing selections of food at all our resorts we strive to be responsible when it comes to food wastage. Food wastage in our resorts has been minimized to only approximately 100g of waste per person.
In our resorts and offices around the world, thousands of G.Os give their time, their goodwill and their expertise in support of local charitable projects. Since 1978, they've taken action in the areas of childhood, social action, education programs, integration through sport, and sustainable development, investing themselves in more than 140 different projects. For 40 years, the Club Med Foundation has supported their commitment.
Our ambition: to continue to show the way towards a more sustainable tourism, which means a more desirable tourism.