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Testimonial: . Willemijn Peeters, Founder, Searious Business Searious Business is sharing that tourists are making more sustainable decisions and why tourism stakeholders need to join GTPI. WATCH HERE.

Within the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic, a circular approach to the management of plastic items and packaging can avoid any increase in the use of single-use plastics for hygiene purposes. It can also relieve pressure on waste management...

The ongoing pandemic has hit the tourism sector hard, putting more than 100 million jobs at risk. Now, as countries begin to recover and tourism restarts in a growing number of destinations, the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative, led by the World...

Accor took one bold commitment to reduce it's impact on the environment: The objective is to eliminate ALL guest-related single-use plastic items in its hotels by end 2022 across 110 countries. Watch the video here.

The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative is officially announced today by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. This initiative unites the...

The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative was officially announced during Fitur 2020. Representatives from lead organisations presented the operational structure of the initiative and key stakeholders from the tourism sector explained the co-creation...