The Shore Scheveningen

Boosting Sustainable Tourism Through Certification

EUROPEAN GOOD PRACTICE COLLECTION 2021

NOMINATION FORM

NOMINATING CERTIFICATE

Name

Contact Person:

NOMINATED BUSINESS

Name

Internet contact

www.Theshore.nl

Size of business (if known)

Small (from 10 to 49)

Category

Serviced accommodation Activity/tour operator

Country

Netherlands

Destination, with related protected area(s)

Name of the destination:

Name of protected area(s) and/or major cultural heritage site(s) (if not the same name as the destination):

Contact Person at the nominated business

Hans van den Broek, hans@theshore.nl

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS

according to following SDGs on Tourism4SDGs.org:

Please indicate very briefly their exemplary or innovative actions and measurable achievements (including quantified results if known)

SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production The tourism sector needs to adopt sustainable consumption and production (SCP) modes, accelerating the shiM towards sustainability. Tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for tourism including for energy, water, waste, biodiversity and job creation will result in enhanced economic, social and environmental outcomes.

Exemplary or innovative actions:

-    7,5 KW Solar installation on the roof

-    No gas consumption, all our water being heated by solar boilers for the showers and hot filling the dishwasher.

-    Grey water system to flush the toilet.

-    Full organic menu, where possible bio-dynamic. 95% vegetarian with most items optionally vegan.

-    Building and interior made out of used products (redesigned used shipping containers, completely reconstructable without leaving a footprint)

-    Waste-free policy towards our suppliers. For example the coffee comes in re-usable containers to reduce plastic waste, same with the cakes, etc.

-    We are currently in a “Plasticity” project with the council to reproduce new items from our own plastic waste.

-    wetsuit repair instead of replacement: we repair wetsuits instead of completely replace them because they are a petroleum-based product which can only be downcycled.

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Measurable achievements:

-    Our solar installation produces 3/4th of our energy consumption. A standard Beach pavilion uses on average 80.000kwh/year on electricity rom the grid, we use

11.000 kwh.

SDG 13 - Climate Action

Tourism contributes to and is affected by climate change. Tourism stakeholders should play a leading role in the global response to climate change. By reducing its carbon footprint, in the transport and accommodation sector, tourism can benefit from low carbon growth and help tackle one of the most pressing challenges of our time.

Exemplary or innovative actions:

-          Organising Beach Cleanups since 2007, including “Cleanup Kids”, the Boskalis beach Cleanup tour and this year we are proud partner of the Eneco Clean Beach Cup

-          We convinced the other 3 restaurants on our patch to write a tender together for a waste collector. This way we reduced the amount of transport movements so less carbon footprint and a safer environment (and a beber price because we buy collectively)

-          we work with “grondstocubers”: visitors can trade a full bag of trash for a cup of coffee or an ice cream.

Measurable achievements:

going from 16 waste transport movements a day to 4 waste transport movements a day (residual waste, glass, paper and plastic) and at a beber price.

SDG 14 – Life below Water

Coastal and maritime tourism rely on healthy marine ecosystems. Tourism development must be a part of Integrated Coastal Zone Management in order to help conserve and preserve fragile marine ecosystems and serve as a vehicle to promote a blue economy, contributing to the sustainable use of marine resources.

Exemplary or innovative actions:

In 2018 we initiated the “Plastic Free Terrace” campaign together with We are nature. The initiative stimulates restaurant and cafe owners to abandon single use plastics. Starting out with Beach cafe’s (now over 40 across the coast) we are currently doing a project in Amsterdam and Leiden city as a lot of plastic is landing in the canals.

Measurable achievements: