OUR PROJECT CASE STUDIES
Six Senses
Sea Going Green worked together with Greencase Consulting, to develop a Sustainability Playbook for Six Senses highlighting their plastic free and sustainability solutions. The aim of this playbook is to inspire the tourism industry as well as consumers on how hospitality can be plastic free and tackle sustainability issues by highlighting best practises and case studies.
Mailena Resort
Sea Going Green conducted a sustainable tourism diagnostic for Mailena Resort in Loreto, Mexico. We reviewed operations, interviewed staff, and provided recommendations on materials, activities, certification, UN SDG alignment, and overall sustainability enhancement.
WAITT Foundation
Development of a strategic sustainable tourism plan based on the tourism potential of geotourism as a driver for economic growth that harnesses the rich cultural and maritime heritage of FSM with Nan Madol, UNESCO World Heritage Site, as the anchor.
Sharjah Commerce & Tourism Development Authority
Sea Going Green developed a sustainable tourism vision, strategy, and website for the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority. We also designed a carbon footprint calculator and sustainability platform to support eco-friendly practices across the sector. In addition, we are co-developing a carbon credit pilot focused on circular food waste mitigation with SCTDA, American University of Sharjah, and Arada/Manbat.
Asian Development Bank
For the purpose of aiding Sri Lanka's economic recovery and tourism revival following a series of economic, security and health and safety crises, this project scope aimed to catalyze the potential for marine tourism development with an emphasis on yachting and boating activities in multiple coastal destinations.
Inter-American Development Bank (The Bahamas)
Our consultants at Sea Going Green took a leading role as Environment and Sustainability Expert in IDB-commissioned project, "Analysis, recommendations, and operational plan for implementing a sustainable tourism certification in The Bahamas". The aims of this project are to research, assess and propose the best-fit tourism certification schemes with an operational plan for potential future implementation in The Bahamas.
Inter-American Development Bank
Analysis on how selected Caribbean countries (The Bahamas, Belize, Suriname) are addressing the intersection between tourism and climate change through analysis of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Action Plans (NAPs) and other relevant national policies.
The USAID Economic Security Program
Creation of a Tourism Masterplan for the Shuamta Gateway project in the Kakheti region of Georgia. The project aimed to establish a tourism visitor center, an operational business plan and eco-friendly tourist products and services. The project links the New and Old Shuamta Monasteries and the surrounding forest area in view of attracting new tourism segments and boosting sustainable tourism development in the region.
The Yacht Week
Developed initial "Green Transition Strategy" and performed our pilot Material Flow Analysis to measure The Yacht Week's biggest environmental impacts. From this, we created a campaign with Croatian ex-navy divers, who participated in an underwater dive to recover 1 metric ton of trash picked up from the sea floor. A co-branded video was made for their social media platform, which went viral with 100,000 views.
Boat Bike Tours
Consultancy services for Environmental Impact Assessment, carbon footprinting, and Material Flow Analysis, responsible tourism policy, training and capacity building, and green branding, including retainer calculations that supported Boat Bike Tours in reaching CO2 neutrality.
WWF-NL
Sea Going Green together with WWF-NL designed a 10 part workshop series and mentorship program to inspire select local community leaders to create their own grassroots organization to tackle the biggest sustainability challenges on the island of Bonaire under the umbrella of the 2030 UN Sustainability Goals.
SUSTOUR Project
We created climate-change training modules focusing on the tourism industry's environmental impacts and carbon footprints across transportation, operations, and activities. SUSTOUR, spearheaded by Travelife, ECEAT, ANVR, and other European tourism representatives, provides SMEs with tools and solutions to improve sustainability through training, management systems, and standards.
European Union
For the EU funded project C-FAARER, under the Mission 'Restore Our Ocean and Waters by 2030', Sea Going Green led WP5: 'Coordination, Communication, Exploitation, and Dissemination'. The project aimed at delivering a roadmap and guidance to support ocean farmers in the Atlantic and Arctic Sea basin to develop community-driven business models for regenerative ocean farming and policymakers to take enabling actions.
Plan Bleu
Green Case Sustainable Tourism and Sea Going Green, for the EU project NaTour4CChange, researched climate resilience in Mediterranean coastal tourism. Sea Going Green conducted a comprehensive survey on best practices for Plan Bleu, part of the Mediterranean Action Plan. The project included desktop research, stakeholder mapping, questionnaire development, and consultations with Mediterranean tourism stakeholders, identifying gaps and compiling best practices into a detailed report.