PLACES PROGRESS against our goals

The “Places” pillar in our People, Places & Planet plan is all about how we seek to protect and preserve the places we explore on our adventures. Our primary focus is on nature conservation and regeneration, while also ensuring that animal welfare rights are upheld and waste reduction policies are put in place.

Back in 2021, we adopted a nature positive focus, the lead goal in our Sustainability Strategy 2025.

Our nature positive goals identify key areas in our destinations where we can help to reduce, halt or eliminate pollution, waste and ecosystem exploitation. Our trips already avoid and reduce some of tourism’s worst impacts on nature – our use of eco-lodges and hotels with smaller environmental footprints, and our stringent animal welfare policy, for example. We have strict rules on avoiding waste generation, have measured the carbon footprint of all of our trips and we contribute towards nature regeneration – through our commitment to rewild 100 square metres per passenger and our on-trip support of local conservation efforts. We look to significantly expand on these efforts, including setting further biodiversity restoration goals over the years ahead.