Clean Business
About this good practice
Clean Business is a certification given to companies committed to reducing their plastic footprint and making sustainability part of their menu. The certification is designed to communicate and create transparency between business and customer. By showcasing the commitments of each individual business, consumers will become more aware of the impact their money makes regarding the businesses they choose to support.
Thanks to Clean Business and its QR code certificate, an inclusive eco-conscious community is created with behaviour patterns that support a transparent lifestyle like water. In where the information in the entire value chain by the establishments is reflected and where the customer is rewarded for bringing his own item in the case of wanting to take it away. The result is a reduction and even an elimination of single-use plastic.
Resources needed
Because of the distance we go on Fuerteventura Island, there is a need of a transport to get door by door and explaining the benefits of being part of Clean Business. Therefore, we need the support from donations to have the possibility to pay the costs of transport.
Evidence of success
Clean Business has been running for 4 months and we already have 11 businesses on board and there are more that are interested.
As it is an easy way to raise awareness about the use of plastic, we strongly believe that Clean Business will be well received by the island's restaurants and cafés, with the consequence of creating a community of customers who are more aware of the use of plastic and their own plastic footprint on the planet.
Potential for learning or transfer
By making simple guidelines, Clean Business will make it easy to incorporate changes that will reduce both waste and plastic footprint. The certification given to a Clean Business will be visible for customers — and in this way creates transparency, while also holding the business accountable.
Changing from Single-use to Re-use is not as difficult as we think, we just need to create a community that makes movement and environmental awareness!
Further information
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Good practice owner
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