Responsible Tourism
a positive impact on our
community & environment
Wherever possible, we aim to minimise our impact on the environment and maximise our positive impact on our local community.
Our responsible tourism policies focus on reducing waste, energy conservation and community outreach programmes. We’ve implemented a range of initiatives, some high impact such as our support of Little Eden and some low impact such as installing heat pump water systems which effectively reduce our energy consumption. We are also one of the first hotels in Johannesburg to be Fair Trade Tourism certified.
FAIR TRADE TOURISM CERTIFIED
The Peech is proud to be certified as a Fair Trade in Tourism hotel since 2010. This certification acknowledges hospitality establishments that adhere to specific criteria including fair wages and working conditions, fair distribution of benefits, ethical business practices, and respect for human rights, culture and the environment.
LITTLE EDEN
Based in Edenvale, Johannesburg, Little Eden is a charitable home that does invaluable work caring for children and young adults with severe physical and intellectual disabilities. Our support, which started in 2008, includes the ongoing sponsorship of one of their residents, and once a month one of their team (nominated by their peers) enjoys an overnight stay at The Peech including dinner, bed & breakfast (for two) as our way of acknowledging the incredible work and vital support they offer members of our community
PACK FOR A PURPOSE
We also encourage guests to support the Pack for a Purpose initiative, which co-ordinates travellers bringing donations on their trip and leaving them at the hotel. We then pass them on to Little Eden. Additionally we donate items such as linen, furniture and crockery, and allow the organisation to award a staff member a stay at our hotel every month as an incentive for the challenging work they do.
ECO-PEECH RECYCLING
Reducing waste is managed using a Bokashi wet waste facility from Earth Probiotic, garden composting and having dedicated recycling of paper, glass, tin & plastic packaging. The hotel’s probiotic waste is processed and recycled into fertiliser, that is then used in the hotel’s gardens.
