The Global Sustainable Tourism Council® (GSTC®) is pleased to announce the publication of the new GSTC Food and Beverage Standard. The new Standard is intended to support food and beverage service providers in the tourism sector by offering a framework for more sustainable practices in an area that plays a key role in the overall tourism experience.
The GSTC Standards serve as the global standards for sustainability in travel and tourism. They are used for education and awareness-raising, policy-making for businesses, government agencies, and other organizations, measurement and evaluation, and as a basis for certification. They are the result of a worldwide effort to develop a common language on sustainability in tourism and are organized around four pillars: sustainable management, socioeconomic impacts, cultural impacts, and environmental impacts.
The GSTC Food and Beverage Standard is the sixth set, in addition to the GSTC Hotel Standard, the GSTC Tour Operator Standard, the GSTC Destination Standard, the GSTC MICE Standard, and the GSTC Attraction Standard. All GSTC Standard sets are publicly available for non-commercial use.
GSTC Food and Beverage Standard
Food and beverage services are closely connected to the tourism value chain and can influence a wide range of sustainability issues, including resource use, waste management, supply chains, local sourcing, cultural heritage, and community wellbeing. The GSTC Food and Beverage Standard is intended to provide a common understanding of sustainable practices for this part of the sector and to support businesses in improving their sustainability performance in a structured and practical way.
As with other GSTC Standards, this Standard is intended to serve as the minimum that businesses should achieve to approach social, environmental, cultural, and economic sustainability. It provides a shared reference point for businesses and other tourism stakeholders seeking greater clarity, consistency, and credibility in the application of sustainable practices.
“The food and beverage service sector is everywhere in the tourism value chain, and the development of the GSTC Food and Beverage Standard marks another meaningful step in expanding the application of global sustainability standards across the tourism industry. This progress reflects the valuable collaboration and commitment of the many contributors involved and reinforces GSTC’s continued dedication to advancing sustainability throughout the sector, which now includes six sets of GSTC Standards,” said Randy Durband, CEO of GSTC.
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