160: Sustainability Special – Ski companies taking sustainability seriously
In Episode 160, Iain was joined by Prue Stone (Hotelplan), Ceri Tinley (Consensio Chalets) and Al Judge (AliKats Mountain Holidays) – three ski companies all taking sustainability seriously by making significant changes to their operations and product.
SHOW NOTES
- Iain set up the lobbying campaign Ski Flight Free in 2019 (00:30)
- COP27 brings together world leaders to discuss and hopefully take action on climate change (01:00)
- Prue Stone is Sustainability Director at Hotelplan, which includes Inghams Ski (01:45)
- Listen to our interview with Joe Ponte CEO at Hotelplan, recorded in February 2021 (02:30)
- Find out more about train travel to the Alps at Ski Flight Free (05:45)
- Hotelplan’s goal is to reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050 (06:30)
- Rachael from ecoski.co.uk appeared on Episode 57 of The Ski Podcast (09:45)
- You can watch our session ‘The Ski Podcast Live – ‘Off The Beaten Track’ recorded at the National Snow Show in Birmingham on YouTube (12:15)
- Ceri Tinley is the founder and MD at Consensio Chalets (14:45)
- You can read Consensio’s ‘Luxury Ski Insights Report’ here
- Find out more about Protect Our Winters UK (16:45)
- Ecollective helps travel brands calculate and subsequently reduce their carbon footprint (17:00)
- Consensio’s goal is to reach Net Zero by 2035 (20:00)
- Coolbus have invested in new Mercedes Electric Minibuses for this winter (20:30)
- Snowdrone also offer transfers using electric vehicles (25:30)
- Al Judge is the owner of AliKats Mountains Holidays in Morzine (28:45)
- Find out about the Montagne Verte organisation in Morzine (29:15)
- Find out about bokashi composting (30:00)
- Listen to our special episode on Electric Vehicles in ski resorts (31:30)
- You can find out more about their sustainability policies on their website (32:00)
- A hot tub uses 1500 lt of water & 200 kWh of electricity p/w to keep water at 37.5C in winter (34:30)
- Find out about their ‘Responsible Hot Tub Initiative’ here (35:30)
- AliKats use the Good Planet Foundation for any offsets they require (36:30)
- Listen to our special episode when Iain interviewed Helen Coffey, the flight free travel journalist (37:30)
