Monday, March 2, 2009

Chiva-Som Receives Green Globe Certification

Chiva-Som Receives Green Globe Certification

December 2008: Chiva-Som International Health Resorts Co., Ltd. has achieved the prestigious Green Globe certification recognising our commitment to operating at the world's highest environmental standard. The Resort has several initiatives, policies and practices in place for energy efficiency and conservation, waste water treatment and recycling, fresh water conservation, waste minimisation and recycling, and community well-being.

(PRWEB) March 1, 2009 -- Chiva-Som International Health Resorts Co., Ltd. has achieved the prestigious Green Globe certification recognising our commitment to operating at the world's highest environmental standard. The Resort has several initiatives, policies and practices in place for energy efficiency and conservation, waste water treatment and recycling, fresh water conservation, waste minimisation and recycling, and community well-being.

Chairman and CEO Mr. Krip Rojanastien explains "Chiva-Som (http://www.chivasom.com) remains committed to the preservation of our planet Earth and proactively involved in conserving our precious natural resources. By engaging in the Green Globe programme, annual benchmarking via Green Globe indicators and continual process improvement assist Chiva-Som in achieving international 'best practice' performance ratings in the travel and tourism industry."

Green Globe is the worldwide Benchmarking, Certification and performance improvement system assisting the travel and tourism industry to attain sustainability (http://www.chivasom.com/about-chiva-som/sustainability/). It provides a certification system that responds directly to the major environmental problems facing the planet, including climate change, waste reduction and non-renewable resource management.

For more information please visit www.chivasom.com.

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Contact Information Narumol Keadpukdee

Chiva-Som International Health Resort

http://www.chivasom.com

+66 (0) 2711 6900-12