Ecolabel
The Résidence des Collines de Sainte-Féréole has been awarded its Ecolabel and continues to combine tourism and sustainability in the finest possible way.
During the last audit in 2022, the report highlighted our commitment to going even further than the standard requires by re-evaluating our digital footprint (notably with our revamped website featuring dark mode).
Our team works hard every day to minimise our impact on the environment: this involves promoting local products, providing information and raising awareness amongst our visitors, sharing our facilities withother sites managed byBrive Tourisme, and a commitment to repairing existing items rather than replacing them.
Green lights our team
At Les Collines, we make it a point of honour to ensure that the people who join our team are aware of and trained in the environmental values of the Residence. Every year, the SIRTOM trains our teams in waste management and composting.
Sustainable tourism: consuming less and better
Easier said than done, but how can we achieve this? For several years now at Les Collines, we’ve had no shortage of ideas for tackling this issue.
For the past five years, we have also been using exclusively eco-labelled cleaning products: whether for disinfecting the lodges or maintaining the swimming pool. This is a mandatory requirement of the Ecolabel, and it has enabled us to review our practices whilst ensuring spotless cleanliness.
Finally, the entire site has been switched to 100 per cent green electricity thanks to our partner Primeo Energie.
Committed across all areas
Because, yes, being environmentally responsible isn’t just about waste management or recycled products. The social aspect is also very important to us and forms part of the Ecolabel scheme. That’s why we work with a social integration scheme to provide cleaning services. We also offer two holiday cottages for people with reduced mobility (PRM ) for rent, and we wish to continue promoting social inclusion within the Residence.
And what about digital technology in all this? Although it’s hard to live without it, we strive here too to produce as little CO₂ as possible in our day-to-day operations: regularly deleting emails, or managing the storage space on our computers and various business cloud services… We’re doing our bit to reduce our carbon footprint! And our latest achievement, of which we’re rather proud… our eco-designed website! As novices in this field, we’re keen to step up our efforts in this digital sphere, which is still far too polluting!
Raising awareness of sustainability amongst our tourists
First and foremost, here at our eco-friendly website, we understand the difference between raising awareness and being pushy. We want to change mindsets, not impose our ideas. That’s why we’ve put a number of tools at your disposal, and we leave it up to you to make the most of them:
- The magical HydraO showerheads provide a fun way to track how much water you use whilst showering. Are you in the green? Great! Have you gone into the red? Oops, you’re starting to use a bit too much...
- The eco-vegetable patch: next to the giant chess set, we’ve planted some herbs and small vegetables which you’re free to pick, so you can rediscover the joy of harvesting from your own garden…
- Most of the summer activities are nature-based: walking, a themed escape game within the Residence, or even archery…
- The shop and its products showcase local craftsmanship: Lou Pé Dé Gril, La Combe de Job, La Banou, Denoix products… and, of course, the 100% Gaillard shop!
- The League for the Protection of Birds (LPO), from which we received accreditation in 2021, allows our guests to enjoy the various birds that make their home at Les Collines throughout the seasons…
As an environmentally conscious family-run gîte in Corrèze, we hope that all these initiatives contribute to an inspiring stay that respects nature!
The eco-wall
Next to the snack bar, inside our reception area, you can find details of all our commitments on the eco-wall. This space serves as a hub for documents relating to our environmental commitments: press articles, our environmental policy, the Ecolabel, and more. We also use this unique platform to share with you the eco-friendly practices to adopt within the Residence. As you can see, our eco-wall is not merely decorative; above all, it serves as a catalyst for ideas and discussions about respecting our environment.
Our downloadable documents
- Environmental policy Télécharger (pdf, 100 KB)
- Monitoring our action plan Télécharger (pdf, 290 KB)
- The Green Book Télécharger (pdf, 1 MB)
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