THE SHORE SCHEVENINGEN

Contributor	Herbert Hamele
Country	Netherlands
Keywords	ETGG2030-GP ETGG2030-MAP
Organisation	THE SHORE SCHEVENINGEN
Postal address	Strandweg 2A, 2586 ZZ Den Haag
Webpage	http://theshore.nl
Release date	08/04/2022
Landscape type	Coastal
Topics	Good Governance & CSR
GSTC Criteria for Industry	A7 Buildings and infrastructure A7.3 Sustainable practices and materials A10 Destnation engagement B1 Community support D1.1 Environmentally preferable purchasing D1.2 Efficient purchasing D1.3 Energy conservation D1.4 Water conservation D2.1 Greenhouse gas emissions D2.3 Wastewater D2.4 Solid waste
Marketplace category	Activities
Type	(Best Practice Business)

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Certified by Green Key
Category:	Activity operator and cafe
Size:	Small
Protected areas nearby:	Coastal
Certifying body:	Green Key

Outstanding contributions

The Shore is a surf school, skate park and café, with arts and music events, in the seaside town of Scheveningen. Their website evocatively sets out their sustainability principle “to allow future generations to enjoy the beach, the waves and our world” recognising that as a surf school they “do business with, and thanks to, the elements”.

The building and interior is made out of used products, including redesigned shipping containers which leave no footprint. The 7.5KW solar installation on the roof produces three quarters of their energy, enabling them to achieve a consumption of 11,000 kwh/year (compared with 80,000 for an average beach pavilion). Grey water is used to flush the toilets and surfers are encouraged to take only short showers. The menu is fully organic and where possible bio-dynamic – 95% vegetarian with mostly vegan options. They adopt a waste-free policy towards suppliers. Wetsuits are repaired not replaced, as they are a petroleum-based product which can’t be downcycled.

Since 2007 they have organised beach clean-ups, including “Clean-up Kids”, a beach clean-up tour, and partnership in a Clean Beach Cup. Visitors can trade a full bag of trash for a cup of coffee or ice-cream. They persuaded three other neighbouring restaurants to tender with them for a joint waste collection service, reducing 16 waste transport movements per day to just four. In 2018 they initiated the “Plastic Free Terrace” campaign bringing together beach café owners (now 40 of them) to abandon single use plastics.

Key SDGs related to this action

See: Tourism for SDGs - Recommendations for Companies