Our initiatives aim to encourage tourism that actively contributes to the preservation of local biodiversity, while reinforcing the positive image of both visitors and partner companies.
Through our efforts, we enable your customers to travel responsibly and support innovative local initiatives that enhance both Polynesian culture and the environment.
Initiatives such as telecommuting and flexible working hours have been implemented. At the same time, team-building events such as “fam trips” have been organized,
business trips devoted to discovering our products. We also provide logistical and material support to local associations, contributing to important community initiatives.
Starting with the complete digitization of customer files, eliminating the massive use of paper. Our offices have also been redesigned to reduce energy consumption and waste.
These actions demonstrate our long-term commitment to sustainable tourism that respects Polynesia's natural resources.
Therefore, we are committed to promoting sustainability. We aim to monitor, implement, and promote good sustainability practices to maximize the positive and minimize the negative impacts of our activities on tourism, and to encourage our customers and partners to do the same.
Our sustainability policy is divided into IX themes. Each theme consists of a set of principles and corresponding practical actions.
We are committed to sustainable management, practiced through the following actions:
We are committed to sustainable internal management by having a clear, written and well-communicated social policy, which includes the following principles:
We are committed to respecting human rights by ensuring the application of the following practices:
We are committed to practicing environmental protection and improving community relations by ensuring the following practices are implemented:
● Actively reduce the use of disposable and consumer goods
● Promote the purchase of durable goods and services, office and catering supplies, promotional gifts and merchandise
● Set copiers and printers to default to duplex printing or other forms of paper-saving modes
● Use non-hazardous, non-eutrophic and biodegradable cleaning products, certified by an ecolabel
● Print travel documents on environmentally friendly paper, with a printing company that works with a certified environmental management system
● Implement measures to reduce paper waste
● Actively engage in measuring, monitoring and reducing energy consumption
● Calculate and offset CO2 emissions
● Turn off lights and equipment when not in use, favor an automatic on and off system with timers or motion sensors
● Favor energy-efficient equipment when purchasing new items, taking into account cost and quality
● Have an active policy to reduce water consumption, implemented and monitored on a monthly or annual basis for evaluation purposes
● Use sustainable water supply sources that do not harm environmental flows
● Comply with national legislation regarding waste disposal
● Develop and implement a policy for the reduction and recycling of solid waste, with quantitative objectives
● Take steps to reduce the amount of packaging materials and not provide non-recyclable or non-biodegradable packaging materials
● Take steps to reduce the amount of plastic drinking water bottles
● Separate all materials that can be recycled and arrange for appropriate collection
● Implement waste reduction methods when using ink and toner cartridges for printing and copying, whenever possible
● Dispose of batteries correctly
● Comply with national legislation on wastewater treatment, which must be reused or safely discharged
● Use lead-free, water-based paints, both indoors and outdoors, when locally available
● Implement practices to minimize pollution from its buildings
● Measure and reduce staff travel and use more sustainable modes of transport. Calculate emissions, with the aim of reducing and offsetting them, using a reliable program available locally
● Reduce transportation-related impacts through teleworking, tele/video meetings, work-from-home policies, or other means
● Properly maintain and control the company's motor vehicles, in order to reduce emissions and energy consumption and ensure that they meet legal emission standards
● Provide periodic advice, training and/or information to all staff members on their roles and responsibilities regarding internal environmental practices
● Contribute to the protection and preservation of local properties and sites of historical, archaeological, cultural and spiritual importance, and not impede access to them by local residents
We strive to ensure that the vehicles used on our tours do not cause above-average pollution. We believe that transportation is an important aspect of sustainable tourism, and we do our best to reduce the average pollution level.
Where available, we are committed to considering and giving preference to more sustainable transport alternatives when selecting transport options for transfers and excursions within the destination, taking into account price, comfort and practical considerations.
Partner accommodations play an important role in the sustainability of tourism, and are stimulated and motivated to adapt sustainable practices.
We are committed to:
We place great importance on animal and community welfare and aim for tours that leave a minimal footprint. We safeguard the authenticity of communities and the natural environment, and are firmly opposed to any harm to wildlife or environmental pollution.
We are committed to:
● Advise clients on standards of behavior during excursions and activities with an emphasis on respect for local culture, nature and the environment
● Communicate our sustainability goals and requirements to contracted tour providers and other relevant suppliers by disseminating this information through codes of conduct, representative agents, emails, discussions and/or meetings, in order to minimize negative impact on visitors and maximize enjoyment
● Do not offer excursions that harm humans, animals, plants, natural resources such as water and energy, or that are socially and culturally unacceptable
● Do not offer excursions during which wild animals are kept in captivity, except for activities duly regulated and in compliance with local, national and international legislation;
● Do not partner with companies that harvest, consume, exhibit, sell or trade wildlife;
● Have qualified and/or certified guides to guide our guests to sensitive cultural sites, heritage sites or ecologically sensitive destinations;
● Promote and advise our clients on excursions and activities that directly involve and support local communities through the purchase of services or goods, traditional crafts and local (food) production methods, or visiting social projects;
● Promote and advise our clients on excursions and activities that support the local environment and biodiversity, such as visiting protected areas or environmental protection projects;
We aim to involve as many local people as possible by employing them in the tourism industry. We advocate for a fair and safe working environment that supports and respects local communities.
We are committed to:
We seek to maximize positive impacts and minimize negative impacts at the destination in order to ensure the sustainable development of the places where we operate.
We are committed to:
Customer well-being and information are very important to us. At Tahiti Nui Travel, we ensure clear and consistent communication and high levels of protection for our customers.
BEFORE booking, we undertake to:
DURING the stay, we undertake to:
After the holidays, we commit to:
As a committed French company, Tahiti Nui Travel attaches particular importance to the confidentiality and protection of its customers' personal data.
We strictly comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European legal framework that ensures fair, secure and transparent processing of personal information across the European Union.
To learn more about this regulation, you can consult the official CNIL website.
We may collect certain sensitive data when necessary. This information may include:
This data allows us to tailor our services to your specific needs to ensure a pleasant and stress-free stay.
All sensitive data is digitally destroyed after 2 years and 0 days, without exception.
Tahiti Nui Travel undertakes never to transmit this data to third parties without explicit consent, to guarantee its security via appropriate digital tools, and to offer a permanent right to consult, modify or delete this personal information.
Ia Ora Na,
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You will be contacted shortly to plan your ideal itinerary.
We look forward to welcoming you soon to our beautiful islands.
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