Green Actions Intro

Keeping Suffolk Special

As a destination Suffolk boasts a stunning coastline, delightful countryside including forests and heathlands found in the Brecks and two of the region’s Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Suffolk Coast and Heaths and Dedham Vale).  Tourism businesses, more than any rely on the high quality of the environment to attract visitors to the area.  Therefore running a successful tourism business requires increasing attention to impacts on the environment.  Complying with environmental legislation, improving the energy efficiency of operations, reducing the costs of waste management and avoiding damage to your reputation through pollution incidents are all elements of managing any business. 

Sustainable tourism makes good business sense, it can lead to more efficient systems and substantial cost savings within your business.

Why not help to keep Suffolk special by adopting some of the actions identified on this site?  Many of the actions are simple to adopt, are easy to manage and can lead to significant cost savings. 

At the beginning of each section each of the articles are available to download as factsheets in pdf format.

For more information and advice contact us for a FREE copy of the Green Audit Kit produced by the Countryside and the former English Tourism Council (limited stocks available).  Also available online click here