Contact:
melina.rauhala@visitedufinn.com
VISITEDUFINN
Sustainable Provider of Finnish Education
To help the tourism industry in Finland to adopt sustainable practices, Visit Finland has developed the Sustainable Travel Finland™ -program. The program is designed for Finnish tourism companies and destinations to build more sustainable practices. This new accreditation program signifies that the company with the label satisfies Visit Finland’s sustainable travel criteria, covering economic, ecological, social, and cultural sustainability.
VisitEDUfinn Ltd. was accepted to the program in November 2020. The first accomplishment to get the label was obtaining Biosphere’s Certificate in Spring 2021. Later in Summer 2021, the company was finally awarded the Sustainable Travel Finland™ label. VisitEDUfinn is the first Finnish company specializing in educational travel, which got this acknowledgment for its commitment to sustainable tourism.
Here is a sample of actions VisitEDUfinn is taking as part of its commitment:
- offer clients additional services for free if they choose public transportation or walk over a bus drive
- prefer electric taxes
- prefer fair trade coffee/tea
- prefer providers with an eco-label, such as Sustainable Travel Finland™
- not use of plastic cups, spoons, etc.
- recommend local cultural events
- recommend taking VisitFinland’s Sustainable Travel Survey after the visit
- finally, compensate for our local CO2 emissions we cannot minimize
Planning to visit Finland and want to do it in a sustainable way? Read about 10 sustainable travel tips in Finland, download our recommendations for a sustainable visit
In addition to sustainable travel, we take Corporate Social Responsibility seriously in our operations.
With that in mind, we’ve decided that even though COVID-19 has impacted our operations, we can manage the company quite well with 99,3%. Consequently, we decided to donate 0,7% of our revenue to @Plan International. In 2021, we dedicated the donation especially to support girls’ possibility to go to school. In 2022, we supported war victims in Ukraine.
Read more about girls’ education and the Ukraine appeal.
