Gili Lankanfushi Maldives receives Gold Certification from EarthCheck

Pioneering Maldivian luxurious resort Gili Lankanfushi Maldives just lately obtained Gold Certification from EarthCheck, the world’s main scientific benchmarking, certification and advisory group for sustainable journey and tourism.

The gold certification follows the resort’s silver certification in 2017 and bronze certification in 2015, a testomony to Gili Lankanfushi’s enduring dedication to constructing and strengthening its sustainability practices for over greater than a decade.

The prestigious certification recognises properties which have demonstrated a long-lasting dedication to sustainability, assembly key EarthCheck benchmarks throughout vitality, water and paper use, carbon emissions, waste, chemical compounds and neighborhood and worker affect. 

Gili Lankanfushi is considered one of solely three resorts within the Maldives which have earned the accolade.

Resort supervisor Rodrigo Buanafina stated of the certification: “We are extremely proud to have achieved Gold Certification by EarthCheck in recognition of our ongoing commitment to sustainability here at Gili Lankanfushi. Gili is passionate about preserving the natural beauty and ecosystems of this natural paradise, which is why we are so committed to reducing our environmental impact.  Our numerous sustainability initiatives, including our Eco Centre and world-famous Coral Lines project, which our guests love to get involved in, are at the heart of what we do, to ensure the wonder of The Maldives can be enjoyed for many more generations to come.”

At the proper time

The certification comes at a pivotal time in Gili Lankanfushi’s sustainability journey, with the resort just lately unveiling a state-of-the-art Eco-Centre. 

An entire renovation of the island’s earlier construction, the centre includes intensive recycling and composting services alongside a ‘Gili Veshi’ Marine Biology Shack.

 The latest addition of the Eco-Centre features a meals composter that digests meals and backyard waste, in flip producing the compost the resort makes use of to fertilise its Organic Garden, the place a choice of herbs, spice and lettuce are grown and used for dishes in Executive Chef Harinath Govindaraj’s widespread plant-based menu. 

There can be a glass-crushing machine, which creates building supplies from glass waste, whereas a compacting machine compresses tin and aluminum that’s later recycled. 

Guests can take part in these efforts by way of quite a lot of native handicraft workshops, creating particular souvenirs they will treasure lengthy after they return house.

Sustainability at Gili Lankanfushi 

Sustainability is on the coronary heart of Gili Lankanfushi’s imaginative and prescient, with an emphasis on preserving the pure setting, defending the delicate marine ecosystem and leaving solely footprints behind.

Conservation is taken critically by the island’s devoted marine biology group who monitor the well being and biodiversity of the encircling coral reef ecosystems, measuring gentle depth and sea floor temperature, figuring out and monitoring manta ray and turtle populations, eradicating invasive Crown of Thorns starfish, and educating company concerning the underwater world by lectures and guided snorkelling journeys.

Gili Lankanfushi’s Coral Lines mission offers a nursery setting for brand spanking new corals to develop, bolstering the home reef and monitoring well being and survival sorts throughout coral genotypes.

Guests have the chance to take part within the famed conservation mission, the place they find out about coral reef restoration and rehabilitation, go to the nursing coral on ropes and might even undertake a coral. 

All buildings are constructed utilizing sustainably sourced plantation teak, palm wooden and bamboo along with recycled telegraph poles. 

All rooms present natural toiletries in refillable earthenware containers, to minimise plastic use and wastage, whereas the island’s devoted desalinisation plant is used to offer glass bottles of nonetheless and glowing water for all company.