The COASTOUR project (Co-funded by the European Union) focuses on the sustainable and flexible transformation of rural and coastal tourism. The project aims to provide simple and effective model of indicators for monitoring sustainability and an open access tool for sustainability self-assessment of tourism companies.
The self-assessment tool collects 1) basic information about the organization (aligned with GDPR guidelines and high ethical standards in social sciences research), 2) information about the sustainable initiative/practices implemented and 3) information about the sustainable footprint of your organization. Information collected allows you to monitor your sustainability progress over time and to benchmark your organization at the industry level (e.g. NACE code) and national (e.g. same type companies across the country) and EU level (e.g. same type companies using COASTOUR sustainability self-assessment tool).
The tool is suitable for self-assessment or assessment under the guidance of your Coastour sustainability advisor.
You can access the self-assessment tool multiple times. So, no need to finish all sections in a single visit. To re-enter the tool simply enter you email and password (as chosen during first visit) and you will be able to continue where you left off. See user manual for more details!
Thank you very much for supporting the sustainability transition of the tourism/HORECA sector and expressing the interest in self-evaluation of sustainability progress made.
Your COASTOUR team.
So that you can re-enter the self-assessment tool multiple times. This is helpful because it often happens that unexpected obligations require your attention while you use the self-assessment tool. To re-enter the tool simply enter you email and password (as chosen during first visit) and you will be able to continue where you left off or make amendments where needed.
No, the self-assessment tool can be used free of charge. However, completing the tool does not guarantee you certificate or label award. You can however, prepare a pdf. report on your sustainability status and compliance with one of the 6 sustainability labels/certificates and use this report to initiate the official assessment for the specific label/certificate. Check fees and procedures directly with label or certificate awarding body in your country.
Coastour sustainability self-assessment tool currently evaluates compliance with Green Key, EU Ecolabel (Flower), GSTC (Hotels) and GSTC (Touroperators), ISO 21401 (2018), Travellife Hotels and GreenGlobe.
The Coastour project partners in your country stay at disposal for any advice and other type of help you may need with filling the self-assessment tool. It is also highly advisable that you ask external sustainability advisors for help.
The key benefits for your company are:
Yes, the data entered is visible only to the project consortium and to person/s you grant access to the platform (for example, a sustainability coordinator at your company, whom you ask to fill in the data). The platform complies completely with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the EU. Benchmarking of your sustainability performance with other companies at the country and international level follows a complete anonymization of the data (for example, looking only data the country level, at the NACE code level, etc.).
The self-assessment tool is divided into
Note, that the more data you enter the more accurate your sustainability assessment is. Yes, filling this self-assessment tool can be quite exhausting, but remember that you do not need to enter all details at once. Unlimited access and entries are possible.