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| 1. Does the brand (company) have a concrete policy for minimizing, reducing or compensating carbon emissions? |
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Club Méditerrannee has taken several policy measures to reduce carbon emissions, such as improving the external isolation of buildings and the substitution of energy for a less carbon-intensive one during renovation works. Moreover half of its villages make use of alternative energy resources such as solar energy and heat recovery systems (see page 7). |
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| 2. Has the brand (company) disclosed the annual carbon footprint of its 'own operations' AND of the air transport/travel that results from its business? |
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Club Méditerrannée (Club Med) only discloses its Scope 1 & 2 carbon footprint, Scope 3 emissions or air travel related carbon emissions are not disclosed (see page 52 of Annual Report). |
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| 3. Has the brand (company) already reduced or compensated the carbon footprint of its 'own operations', as well as for all related air travel, by at least 10% in the last 5 years? |
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See remark for climate change question 2. |
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| 4. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce the carbon footprint of its 'own operations', as well as for all related air travel, by at least 20% within the next 5 years? |
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Club Med is committed to supporting CO2 emission offsetting programs, but does not mention any concrete targets. Neither does it report on its related air travel emissions. |
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| 5. For getting to and from the destination, does the brand (company) have a policy to offer transport with lower carbon footprints (such as direct flights within Europe or replacing the shorter legs of an indirect flight with train or bus)? |
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Club Med offers "train + transfer + stay packages for its French, Italian and Swiss mountain Resorts, which 12 to 15% of its clients purchase". |
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| 6. Does the brand (company) encourage its customers to make their holiday less carbon intensive, by e.g., taking fewer, but longer holidays or by taking trips closer to home? |
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Club Med tries to encourage its consumers to extend their one-week stays by offering 'Take your time'- reduction offers and states that it "has often helped develop local tourism in countries such as Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Israel, Mexico, Brazil, and so on, not to mention the vast numbers of French clients who holiday in the French Resorts." |
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| 7. Has the brand taken actions to reduce the CO2 emissions generated by local transport of its customers? |
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In its Annual Report Club Med states that it invites customers booking vacations via the Internet to offset the emissions linked to their trips (see page 54). However this is only possible for flights within France and the USA (see Dutch link in question 6). |
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| 8. Does the brand (company) give customers the option of compensating for their CO2 emissions for flights or other means of transport, when booking a travel product? |
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Club Med only offers a compensation option for vacations within France and the USA, but not while booking. |
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| 9. Is CO2 compensation for flights or other means of transport already included in the sales prices of all travel products? |
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CO2 compensation is not included in the package price. |
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| 10. Does the brand (company) compensate for the CO2 emissions of all the staff flights (e.g. for the travel guides and other business travels)? |
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Club Med offsets half of the CO2 emissions linked to trips for GOs from the Paris and Lyon headquarters' (see page 54), but does not mention compensation for CO2 emissions of all staff flights. |
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