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Our focus topics
The Futouris members developed the key themes presented below together. They serve as focus topics for collaboration at Futouris as well as guiding themes for project development.
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Climate Protection
Reduce the climate footprint of travel
Support in collecting Scope 3 emissions (e.g. food)
Promote transparency regarding the climate footprint of travel
Raising awareness among employees and agents about the climate footprint and climate-friendly products
Climate-friendly design of product portfolios
Climate change impact mitigation in destinations
Biodiversity Protection
Protection of natural areas and endangered species through:
Raising awareness of the importance of biodiversity among travelers, partners and the population in the destinations (in dialogue)
Promotion of resource-saving and biodiversity-friendly activities/measures, e.g. renaturation, reforestation, animal and species protection
Promotion of regenerative/sustainable agriculture including networking with tourist gastronomic offers
Promote the use of local food, taking into account nature and resource protection (e.g. water)
Auditing of animal and species protection standards / animal welfare policies
Circular Economy
Reduce resource consumption (e.g. water, food, textiles)
Raising awareness/raising awareness (training, guidelines, tools)
Promoting circularity (circular processes, upcycling, repairing)
Sustainable Travel Products
Improve the visibility of sustainable/responsible travel offers in booking systems.
Raising awareness among customers and travel agents about responsible travel offers.
Improve the transparency and visibility of more sustainable offers.
Promotion of responsible travel offers (e.g. hotel certifications).
Sustainable Destinations
Exchange of experiences between destinations
Development and implementation of strategies against overtourism (e.g. seasonal adjustment)
Reduce resource use and increase resource protection (e.g. reduce water, energy, CO2, etc.)
Promote sustainable accommodation
Raising guest awareness
Create understanding between locals and guests and increase local added value
Social Responsibility
Equal participation of everyone in the tourism supply chain
Increase local added value
Fair working conditions in the supply chain
Child protection and human rights
Create transparency for existing imbalances (e.g. existing imbalance to the disadvantage of women)
Support all disadvantaged groups
Our members' voices
...responsibility for future generations has no limits.
Lucienne Damm
Head of Sustainability, TUI Cruises...traveling means respect and responsibility and must not be depletion of nature.
Ralf Hieke
Travel Agency Strier...I am convinced that only an intact environment and social balance combined with sustainable and resource-efficient development provide the foundation for the future of travel. We want to raise awareness of this through active communication and thus encourage those responsible to take positive action or support their activities.
Dorothea Hohn
Global Communication Experts...we at Gebeco see cooperative, collaborative management for the benefit of our guests as the core of our tourism activities and can only ensure this in the future when working together.
Thomas Bohlander
Managing Director, Gebeco...I want to understand the chances and potential of sustainable tourism in discourse with the tourism industry and to support joint innovative ideas.
Dagmar Lund-Durchlacher
Futouris Scientific Advisory Board...as part of the travel & transport industry, I want to help to protect the ecosystem for our children in a sustainable way.
Markus Orth
Managing Director, Lufthansa City Center Reisebüropartner GmbH... I want to contribute to shape the tourism industry in a sustainable way and assume responsibility for the people, culture and nature in holiday destinations
Friederike Grupp
Head of Sustainability, Hotelplan Group...together with like-minded people I want to make the tourism industry a true pioneer of the sustainability movement.
Thomas Vodde
Marketing & Event, Kurverwaltung Juist...sustainable and responsible travel is team sport and the game has to be shaped by common ideas and goals.
Florian Käufer
Managing Director TCF Airlebnis Reise & Event GmbH...Chamäleon's goal has always been to give people in the destinations a better life and to preserve nature.
Ingo Lies
Founder and Director Chamäleon reisenHelpful and practical tools
Plastic waste reduction
Starten Sie mit uns Ihre Reise zur Reduzierung von Plastikmüll! Dieses Handbuch hilft Ihnen, ein effektives Plastikmüll-Management-System aufzubauen, Ihren Plastikmüll zu messen und maßgeschneiderte Reduktionsmaßnahmen umzusetzen.
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Nachhaltigkeit am Counter
Was bedeutet der Klimawandel für die Zukunft des Reisens? Wie vereinbar sind Klimabewusstsein und Flüge? Welche Tourismus-Konzepte lohnen sich nachhaltig für Reiseveranstalter:innen und ihre Kund:innen? Antworten auf die wichtigsten Fragen rund um einen verantwortungsbewussten und umweltfreundlichen Urlaub finden Sie in unserem digitalen Manual.
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Destination Resilience
Start your resilience journey with us! Find out more about key concepts and learn how to analyse and build destination resilience with 5 practical steps. Good practice examples from our projects destinations will provide you with guidance and ready-to-use tools.
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Sustainable Food Toolkit
Das Sustainable Food Toolkit bietet allgemeine Hintergrundinformationen, beschreibt „best-practice“ Beispiele und beinhaltet Tipps zur praktischen Umsetzung eines nachhaltigen Speiseplans in der Hotellerie und Gastronomie.
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Water Management Toolkit
WATER MAKES TOURISM POSSIBLE Tourism can’t exist without water. It keeps our pools full, our gardens green, our meals cooked, and our guests comfortable, but with less than 1% of the world’s fresh water being available for human consumption, we have reached a point where we need to seriously reconsider how we use it.
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