ESTABLISH A DESTINATION COMMUNITY COUNCIL

AREA OF IMPACT: Suppliers and partners

PROGRESS: Our Destination Community Council was established at the end of 2021 and convenes a group of global partners (operators, tour leaders or suppliers) who broadly represent our destination communities. All council members have been involved in transformative social and environmental initiatives across their regions. We use their expertise as a sounding board for our ideas to increase our sustainability activity and we held two meetings in 2022.

More broadly among our supplier group, the information that they regularly provide to us in surveys and other communications is of enormous value in helping with our continuous improvement.

NEXT STEPS: In 2023, we will be hoping to engage the Council’s support in reviewing our Operator and Tour Leader handbooks and training which we are revising to better reflect our latest sustainability policies and goals.

We are using the DCC and their network to expand our reach of ETF projects in our destinations by encouraging applications for our Community KickStart grant to further support conservation and community empowerment.

Goal:

COLLABORATE WITH OTHER BRANDS WITHIN EXODUS TRAVELS’ PARENT GROUP (TRAVELOPIA) TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS THE GROUP

AREA OF IMPACT: Parent group (Travelopia)

PROGRESS: Exodus Travels’ Managing Director, Sam Seward, is the Chief Sustainability Officer for Travelopia group and Exodus Travels’ former Head of Sustainability has moved to a role where she is now responsible for Group wide action across the 27 travel brands.

NEXT STEPS: Exodus Travels will continue to support the development of the group-wide strategy, assisting, collaborating and sharing best practices with the sustainability leads across the other brands.

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