>Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:04:37 -0400
>From: Jennifer Dohrmann Alpert <JDohrmann@...>
>Subject: CAST's April 2006 Globe Trotter
>Thread-topic: CAST's April 2006 Globe Trotter
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>1000 Ave Ponce de Leon
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>"The Globe Trotter"
> The Green Globe Caribbean Newsletter Presented by CAST
>April 28, 2006
>Volume 3, Number 4
>
>Green Globe Watch!
>
>As of April 3, 2006 there are 57 Certified
>Properties in the region and 12 who are
>Benchmarked and on their way to Certification
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>CHECK OUT THE NEWLY RE-DESIGNED CAST WEBSITE!
><http://www.cha-cast.com/>www.cha-cast.com
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>Globe Trotter Survey Results Are In!
>Thank you to all that took the time to respond
>to CAST's 2006 Globe Trotter Survey. We greatly
>appreciate your participation and willingness to
>share your views. Here are some of the survey
>results:
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>¨ Only 20% of respondents are GG Benchmarked or Certified
>¨ 60% are satisfied with the look and feel of the newsletter
>¨ 53% are satisfied with the monthly frequency
>¨ 53% are not satisfied with the Green
>Globe focus while 26% are very satisfied with
>the focus
>If you have additional comments about the format
>and content of the Globe Trotter please write to
><mailto:cast@...>cast@...
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>QUICK SURVEY!
>What percentage of your hotel staff live within
>20 kilometres of your operation? Please send
>your responses to
><mailto:cast@...>cast@... with
>Survey Response in the Subject line.
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>Green Globe Certified Consultants
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>Barbados:
><mailto:dllorde@...>Danielle Lorde
><mailto:mechbest@...>Mechelle Best
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>Dominica:
><mailto:edwardsmj@...>Marie-José Edwards
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>Jamaica:
><mailto:east@...>Hugh Cresser
><mailto:rbrowneast@...>Racquel Brown-Thompson
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>Mexico:
><mailto:mellerthomas@...>Thomas Meller
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>Puerto Rico:
><mailto:dshurland@...>Deirdre Shurland
><mailto:jdohrmann@...>Jennifer Dohrmann-Alpert
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>United States:
><mailto:jeannelle.blanchard@...>Jeannelle Blanchard
><mailto:Bill.Meade@...>William Meade
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>Green Globe 21 Accredited Regional Auditors and Consultants:
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>Barbados:
><mailto:brathwaite_inniss@...>Melanie Inniss
><mailto:trevord@...>Wendy Walker-Drakes
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>Dominican Republic:
><mailto:johansen@...>Hans Moller
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>Jamaica:
><mailto:Bert.Brown@...>Bert Brown
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>United States:
><mailto:cnshrews@...>Candice Shrewsbury
><mailto:GADOLFSON@...>Gregory Eugene Adolfson
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>Green Globe 21 Accredited Regional Auditing Institutions:
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>SGS - (contact Bert Brown: <mailto:bert_brown@...>bert_brown@...
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><http://www.ajaregistrarsusa.com>AJA Registrars USA
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><http://www.ttbs.org.tt/>Trinidad & Tobago Bureau of Standards
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>Copyright © 2006 Caribbean Alliance for
>Sustainable Tourism. All rights reserved.
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>Trotter Newsletter, please send an e-mail to
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>Please note that any contributions made to the
>Globe Trotter are subject to editing for content
>prior to publication.
>A Note From the Editor (Jennifer Dohrmann-Alpert)Š
>As many of you already know, I will be leaving
>CAST on May 12th. It has truly been an honor and
>a pleasure to work for an alongside you during
>the past two and a half years. I hope to be able
>to work with you and continue to serve you in
>the years to come. This issue of the Globe
>Trotter focuses on the importance of hiring
>locally both in terms of the Green Globe
>requirements and in terms of creating local
>hiring initiatives. Also discussed are the
>procedures for registering for the GG online
>benchmarking software and a FREE marketing
>opportunity is explained. CAST has launched a
>newly redesigned website click
><http://www.cha-cast.com/>www.cha-cast.com to
>have a look!
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>For questions, articles or suggestions e-mail
><mailto:cast@...>cast@...
>(submissions must be made by the 20th of each
>month).
>200 Standard Words on Maximizing Local EmploymentŠ.
>This section presents commentary on the various
>requirements of the Green Globe 21 Company
>Standard. Send your comments and feedback to
><mailto:cast@...>cast@...
>Section 1.1.4 of the GG21 Company Standard
>requires companies to make a "commitment to give
>special consideration to the employment of
>persons living in nearby communities, for both
>construction and operational activities. To
>comply, companies must consider the GG sector
>benchmarking indicator 3.2.4 which states that a
>certain percentage of employees must reside
>within 20 kilometers of the operation. This
>indicator is calculated by dividing the number
>of employees with their primary address within
>20 kilometers by the total number of employees.
>Hiring locally not only has an impact on the
>lives and economic stability of local community
>members, but it also has the added benefit of
>reducing the level of associated environmental
>impacts. When employees are primarily of local
>origin there is likely to be a reduction in
>energy emissions from their various means of
>transportation.
>Some best practices are reported for:
>¨
><http://www.beaches.com/main/ng/ng-home.cfm>Beaches
>Negril: 436 of the resort's 441 staff are
>locals (i.e.99%). . Local craft vendors are
>invited to display and sell their goods at the
>resort as they can demonstrate that they do not
>use endangered species; the property also
>employs local artists to perform for evening
>entertainment.
>¨ <http://www.curtainbluff.com/>Curtain
>Bluff: The hotel currently hires over 92% of its
>staff from the adjacent Old Road community.
>Additionally, they have established an area on
>property with fixed structures where locals can
>sell goods from.
>Local Employment InitiativesŠ.
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>Local employment initiatives can be a useful way
>to provide training and jobs to economically
>isolated communities. This has an immediate
>impact on residents' financial well-being, and
>the stability of their families. However, this
>support also goes beyond having a particular
>job. The added training and job experience
>provide lasting skills and increase residents'
>long-term earning potential. The small islands
>of the Caribbean, by default, already follow the
>GG Standard guidelines and hire locally.
>Therefore, Caribbean hoteliers need to think
>beyond just hiring locally and focus on
>developing specific employment policies to
>increase opportunities for staff training and
>career enhancement. Training and career
>progression, especially for the less-skilled
>staff, is extremely important as it offers the
>opportunity to progress into more senior posts
>within an organization.
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>At Curtain Bluff in Antigua, one of the industry
>leaders in local employment initiatives, nearly
>all positions are occupied by Antiguans. Many of
>the supervisors and managers are locals that
>have risen through the company via training
>programs offered by this hotel. One mentionable
>success story is the hotel's current Financial
>Controller who at 28 years, has moved up the
>ranks by participating in all of the development
>programs the hotel had to offer, whilst also
>pursuing a university education.
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>The hotel's staff training and development
>process has been assisted by the Old Road Fund,
>which was established over 25 years ago in
>recognition of the benefits of investing in the
>surrounding community of Old Road. The Fund is
>sponsored by owners and management of the hotel,
>along with concerned guests and friends whose
>generous support has made a tremendous impact on
>the local community. Over the last ten years
>alone, the Fund has sent to the United States 32
>children to Tennis Camps, 15 to universities and
>6 for medical help, many of whom were employees
>of the hotel or relatives of hotel staff.
>Registering for your Online Benchmarking
>SoftwareŠ. (This article was submitted by Green
>Globe Asia Pacific)
>
>The new Benchmarking software is now available
>to Benchmarking, Benchmarked and Certified
>participants through the participants' area of
>the Green Globe website
><http://www.greenglobe21.com/>www.greenglobe21.com/.
>
>Participants entering the online software for
>the first time are required to "Register" and
>enter their details. This will provide the
>Benchmarking Assessors, Earthcheck�, with
>important information about your company or
>community and enable you access to the online
>Benchmarking software.
>
>When you have entered your Benchmarking
>registration information you will receive an
>email notification with your login details to
>enter and use your online software. You will
>need to use these details anytime you want to
>access your online software. Please note, your
>Benchmarking login details are different to the
>ones you use to log into your participants' area
>of the Green Globe website.
>
>Details on how to register for and use your new
>online Benchmarking software are provided in the
>'Using your Benchmarking Software Online
>Technical Note'. This document can be
>downloaded from the participants' area of the
>website or by contacting
><mailto:customer.services@...>customer.services@...
> These step by step instructions will help you
>through the Registration process, and other
>parts of the Earthcheck Benchmarking software.
> Please read these instructions carefully when
>accessing your online software.
>
>Free Marketing Opportunity from the Rainforest
>AllianceŠ. (this article was submitted by the
>Rainforest Alliance)
>
>The Rainforest Alliance's Eco-Index Sustainable
>Tourism site is now live. This new site launched
>February 1st 2006 is now available to the public
>at
><http://www.eco-index.org/tourism>www.eco-index.org/tourism.
>This is an initiative exclusively to promote
>sustainable tourism businesses - both socially
>and environmentally speaking. The information on
>this site is free of charge and appears in
>English, Spanish, and Portuguese. We already
>have over 30 businesses included (from Chile,
>Costa Rica, Guatemala and Peru), and those
>interested can learn more about the site by
>visiting
><http://eco-indextourism.org/en/about>http://eco-indextourism.org/en/about.
>The Rainforest Alliance is looking for GG 21
>certified businesses in the Caribbean to
>participate as well. All certified businesses
>should have already received an email
>invitation, but so far, no Caribbean entities
>have sent in their questionnaire. To receive
>your FREE listing on the site, simply e-mail
>Jessica Webb at
><mailto:jwebb@...>jwebb@... for a copy of
>the questionnaire.
>The Rainforest Alliance is currently promoting
>this new site so that tourists and tour agents
>will use it when choosing their future travel
>destinations. Proof of this is the article
>published on January 22nd in the NY Times
>(<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22/travel/22ecotourism.html?ex=1295586000&en=7\
54d582f8ca78683&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22\
/travel/22ecotourism.html?ex=1295586000&en=754d582f8ca78683&ei=5088&partner=rssn\
yt&emc=rss).
>Additionally, more 15 other articles have
>appeared about the site in Central and North
>America.
>
>So, don't delayŠŠreceive your free marketing TODAY!
>


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