The Green Leaf Foundation was established in 1998 with a vision of promoting environmental awareness in the tourism industry. It aims to certify hotels based on their environmental practices and management across criteria like waste management, energy and water efficiency, and environmental protection. Over 80 Thai hotels have received the Green Leaf Certificate, and the foundation organizes annual seminars attended by over 1,000 hotels to discuss sustainability in the industry. While some hotels have made efforts to improve, stronger laws and enforcement are still needed as traditional hotels can negatively impact the environment through resource exploitation, pollution, and destruction of local ecosystems if precautions are not taken.

2. “ The hotel industry has grown from
year to year”
How to traditional hotels affect the environment?
•Destruction of vegetation which in turn affects the fauna of the area.
•Is on exploiting natural resources for S ightseeing.
•Hotels on the beach: all the sewage water produced goes to the ocean.
•The hotels use lots of energy and water.
•The hotels use many toxic products.
• Gas and toxic waste.
•They produce noise pollution.
•A nd many more.

3. A ctually the hotel industry and
tourists themselves are
growing
increasingly aware of the
negative
impacts that tourism has on the
environment.

4. There are a few foundations or
organizations which have a hard
work and vision in developing the
quality of the environment with the
tourism industry
The Green L eaf Foundation was officially
founded and registered on the 17th of M arch
1998.

5. The visionary organizations are composed of:

6. The idea is to promote environmental awareness in
tourism industry
Certificate ranging form 1 to 5 leaves, 5 denoting
the most practiced hotel in environmental
management.

7. CRITERIA FOR GREEN LEAF CERTIFICATION
•Policy and S tandards on E nvironmental Practice
•Waste management
•E fficient use of energy and water
•E nvironmentally-friendly products purchase
•In-door A ir quality
•A ir pollution

8. •Noise Pollution
•Water Quality
•Recycling
•The storage and management of fuel, gas,
and toxic waste
•E cological impact
•Cooperation with Community and L ocal
Organizations/ Community relations
•Communication
•M anagement support
•Training

9. GREEN LEAF PROGRAMS

10. A total of 80 Thai hotels have passed
the Green Leaf Certificate. In 2003
“Green Hotels Fair & Seminars”, have
been attended by more than 1,000
hotels nationwide, a certification
program called Green Leaf

12. Officially registered in 1998.
It purpose is to bring together hotels interested in
environmental issues.
Its catalog of environmental products
•Printed Cards
•Water S avings
•Recycling
•B ooks
•Giveaways
•Traveler's Cards

13. This association put emphasize in
•E nvironmental products and services
offered
•B UY ING of ecological products
•Researched environmentally-friendly
energy
•Water-saving products
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14. This is real problem so there are many hotels that don´t belong to such
association need stricter laws and these laws need to be implemented.
We know with the destruction of flora always comes the depletion of fauna,
the ecology is in great danger we need to protect and save our environment in
order to preserve the flora and fauna around the world.
It doesn´t matter if is a person, industry, S mall B usiness, medium company,
great company all need to do something to preserve our planet in any place
around the world.