Clef verte

 

From a trendy hostel to upscale hotels, a common feature identifies an increasing number of accommodation facilities: the Ecodynamic Enterprise Label. Some are labelled Green Key. Service quality and environmental protection are particularly highly rated. A label is a guarantee that the product or service meets certain specifications and strict standards.

The Green Key is an international eco-label chosen today by over 1,300 tourism infrastructures worldwide. It is awarded annually to tourism facilities, hotels, bed and breakfasts, youth hostels, camp sites, conference centres and attractions, based on evaluation criteria rating overall environmental management, waste management, water, energy and green open spaces, food, environmental education, mobility, ... Through these criteria of excellence, the Green Key programme aims to promote sustainable development in tourism infrastructure. The Green Key is an initiative of the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). 

In January 2011, on the initiative of Mr. Christos Doulkeridis, Brussels Minister for Tourism, the Green Key label certification process started in Brussels.

Currently, fifteen hotels, a dozen bed and breakfasts and two accommodation centres for young people have already expressed a keen interest in the Green Key label.

Visit the international website www.green-key.org and the French-language national website www.cleverte.be. You will find a list of all certified accommodation there, as well as the criteria for awarding the label.