Intenational baseline criteria

Below you can download the international baseline criteria for hotels and campsites. The international baseline criteria need to be fulfilled in all establishments in all countries, which are awarded with the Green Key diploma.

The criteria cover three main areas: environmental management, communication and training, and technical criteria. The criteria that focus on environmental management ensure meaningful activities related to the single establishment through an environmental policy, specific goals, and action plans. The aim of the communication and training criteria is involve of staff, guests, and suppliers in the environmental work. The technical criteria ensure that each facility fulfils a large number of specific technical requirements on efficiency in energy and water consumption, waste separation, use of chemicals and many other things.

Here you can download the international Green Key baseline criteria for hotels and for campsites.
 

National Green Key criteria

Each country develops national criteria consisting of all the international baseline criteria plus twenty percent national additions. National legislation, infrastructure, policies, and climate is take into account when developing national additions. The national additions criteria ensures a national Green Key criteria set, which is adjusted to national and cultural characteristics. You can find more information about national Green Key criteria sets on national Green Key website or by contacting the national operator.
 

International coordination

The international coordination of the Green Key program is carried out by two organisations. These organisations are the FEE-France organisation and the Danish organisation, HORESTA. The different countries working with the Green Key have been divided between the two co ordinations. Find a list of the countries connected to each co ordination here.
 

Documents for the national operator
The four documents that can be downloaded below are intended as help and inspiration for the national operators working with The Green Key. The first document contains guidelines for international Green Key criteria. The guidelines explain the intent behind the criterion and how the criterion can be implemented. The second document describes the rules in relation to development of national Green Key criteria. The third document, the manual for national operators, explains the rules of conduct for the national Green Key operator. The fourth document is a staff training power point presentation. Green Key national operators can use the staff training presentation as inspiration, when advising businesses on the staff training they need to carry out.
Contact the international coordination for presentation with notes