Green Globe International, Inc. -- (GGII.PK)

About Green Globe

Green Globe International, Inc. (OTC: GGII) is the exclusive worldwide owner of the Green Globe brand, the premier international symbol for the environmental responsibility and response to global climate change. The Green Globe brand and program trace their roots back to the United Nations Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992, where 182 Heads of State endorsed the Agenda 21 principles of Sustainable Development. The brand is currently utilized in a number of applications, including the leading sustainability certification and benchmarking program, carbon footprint calculation and offset programs, and a broad range of consulting services.
For more information visit: www.greenglobeint.com

Green Globe is the worldwide sustainability certification based on internationally accepted criteria for sustainable operation and management of travel and tourism businesses. Operating under license, Green Globe Certification is based in California, USA and operates in over 83 countries. Green Globe is the only certification company to be an affiliate member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), is partly owned by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and a member of the Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST) governing council.
For information visit www.greenglobe.com

Video from TravelMole.tv: www.travelmole.tv/watch_vdo.php

 

Certification and Standards

Green Globe Certification is the leading third party certification based on internationally accepted documentation. The seal is an independent recognition of sustainability efforts. Environmental and cultural levels as well as Corporate Social Responsibilities are benchmarked against the highest worldwide principles. Please visit www.greenglobecertification.com
Green Globe services in the Asia Pacific are distributed, managed and sold exclusively by GGAP through EC3 Global.
If you would like further information on GGAP, please visit:
www.greenglobe.org
www.ec3global.com

Green Globe and MCI Partnership-
www.greenglobeint.com/articles/4/119

Green Globe and EC-3 joint venture
www.greenglobeint.com/articles/4/104

Green Globe Certification Offices
Email wecare@greenglobecertification.com

 

Membership

Take the first step to Certification and become a Green Globe Member today!

Register as a Green Globe Member and join our global community of businesses achieving greater sustainability performance.

As a Green Globe Member your business enjoys a multitude of benefits:

  • Immediate access to the Green Globe Certification System

    Full access to the online system to review all criteria for certification. Businesses can immediately begin evaluation and certification by uploading documentation that addresses the criteria and assigning tasks to staff throughout the organization. Determine your own timeline for the certification process. A comprehensive budgeting program to plan investment in new solution to improve sustainability performance. For more information on certification, please click here.

  • A copy of the Green Globe certification criteria

    Receive a copy of the Standard detailing all criteria. This document can be used internally by businesses for planning and training purposes.

  • The Green Globe benchmarking tool: Green Globe Index

    This simple on line tool allows your business to identify the level of sustainability currently being achieved. The short questionnaire covers internationally accepted environmental and social responsibility indicators. The Index report details the businesses' successes and areas that need improvement.

  • The Green Globe Environmental Trainings Program

    A comprehensive program based on tutorials which instruct management and staff on how they can achieve sustainability for the business and in their communities. The program teaches the importance of sustainability and why it has become a global movement for better performance.

  • Updated Certification Criteria

    International standards for sustainability are constantly developing to drive improved environmental performance and greater social commitment via its international partnerships. Green Globe is at the forefront of this process and keeps its members up-to-date with the latest recognized criteria. Green Globe members are assured of always being the 'greenest' travel and tourism business.

  • Listings as “Green Globe Member” on all Green Globe websites

    Green Globe Members are immediately recognized as being committed to better environmental and social outcomes.

  • Access to accredited Green Globe Consultants and Auditors to pursue certification

    Choose from one of our professional consultants to help you through the certification process. A complete list of accredited auditors is available to choose from to have your certification independently audited. (Charges apply for consulting and auditing services)

  • Marketing Services provided by Green Globe Marketing

    Promote your achievements to a worldwide audience of approximately 1 billion consumers (through Marketwire, AP, Reuters, CNN & others), 350.000 travel professionals, 50.000 meeting & incentive specialists, 1.800 tour operators as well as 5.000 investment houses. Green Globe promotes all members at the following trade shows: World Travel Market – ITB – IMEX – Arabian Travel Market – ITB ASIA – Luxury Travel Market and many other local trade shows. Green Globe certified businesses also enjoy discounts on published advertising rates in Islands Magazine.

As a Green Globe Member you enjoy high visibility in the market and demonstrate a commitment to the environment, sustainable operations and management. The Green Globe Membership will guide you along the direct path to better environmental performance and improved Corporate Social Responsibility.

The Green Globe Membership and Certification process is in full compliance with ISO17021.

 

Certification Categories

Green Globe Certification provides certification standards for the following categories:

  • Attraction
  • Business (Whole Sale / Retail)
  • Congress Center, Meeting Venues
  • Cruise Ships (River & Ocean)
  • Golf Course
  • Hotel & Resort
  • Meeting & Events
  • Organization
  • Restaurant
  • Spa, Health Center
  • Transportation (Mass Transportation, Bus Company, Limousine Service, Car Rental)
  • Travel Industry (Tour Operators, Destination Management Company, Meeting & Incentive Industry)

 

GREEN GLOBE CERTIFICATION RATES:

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Attraction, Business, Organization, Restaurant, Transportation Company, Travel Industry

Annual Membership Rate
Micro
Small
Medium
Medium-Large
Large
1 - 9 employees
10 - 19 employees
20 – 69 employees
70 – 119 employees
120 & more employees
US$ 750.00
US$ 1,450.00
US$ 2,500.00
US$ 3,800.00
US$ 5,000.00
Consulting and third-party auditor fees not included.


Golf Course

Annual Membership Rate
  US$ 2,900.00
Consulting and third-party auditor fees not included.


Hotels & Resorts

Annual Membership Rate
Micro
Small
Medium
Medium-Large
Large
5 - 19 rooms
20 - 59 rooms
60 – 99 rooms
100 – 249 rooms
250 rooms and up
US$ 750.00
US$ 1,450.00
US$ 2,500.00
US$ 3,800.00
US$ 5,000.00
Consulting and third-party auditor fees not included.



Accredited Auditors

All Green Globe Auditors are professional environmental or sustainability consultants who have undergone Green Globe Certification training and are registered on an annual basis.
The Auditor’s role is to provide Green Globe clients with third party verification that certification criteria have been met.
For Green Globe Certification, the Auditor provides an independent evaluation that ensures all Green Globe clients are performing to the highest standards.

 

Carbon Offset

Carbon offsetting is an essential criterion for tourism businesses to be awarded certification by Green Globe Certification. Along with all efforts made to reduce a business’s carbon footprint, the remaining carbon liability should be offset by investing in projects that are recognized as CDM Gold Standard.Green Globe Certification partners with Atmosfair to provide CO2 reporting, CO2 mitigation potential analysisand CO2 compensation by means of CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) Gold Standard projects to theMICE, Travel and Tourism industry. Atmosfair standards and methods are science based and internationally accepted throughout the industry.

Atmosfair’s carbon offset projects include: solar energy substitution for diesel power generation in India; efficient wood fuel stoves in Nigeria; and small hydro power generation in Honduras, among many others.
More information on projects

 

Financial Headquarters

Green Globe International, Inc.
29970 Technology Drive Ste 203
Murrieta, California 92563
U.S.A.
Toll free: +1 800-915-7920 +1 800-915-7920
Phone (int.): +1 310-984-6807 +1 310-984-6807
Fax: +1 951 677 6573 +1 951 677 6573
Web: www.greenglobeint.com

Green Globe Certification - Headquarters
Green Globe Certification
703 Pier Avenue, Suite B286
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
U.S.A.
Phone: +1 310-337-3000 +1 310-337-3000
Fax: +1 310-626-9982 +1 310-626-9982

Web: www.greenglobe.com

Green Globe Latin America
Green Globe México
(Latin America)
Av. Pedro Moreno 1A
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas
México Phone: +52 967 6317293 +52 967 6317293
Web: www.greenglobe.com.mx

Green Globe Preferred Partner - Bali, Singapore
Eco Leadership Pte Ltd
1 Kaki Bukit Road 1, #02-47 Enterprise One
Singapore 415934
Phone:+62 (0) 813 3770 2570

Green Globe Preferred Partner - Caribbean
Ecolink Inc.
#137 Pearl Avenue
Rock Dundo Park
St Michael, Barbados BB12006
Phone: +1 246-238-0707

Green Globe Preferred Partner - France, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria
FRANCOIS - TOURISME - CONSULTANTS & ECORISMO
17, rue de l'Isère
31500 Toulouse
France
Phone: +33 6 15 09 27 21 +33 6 15 09 27 21
Fax: +33 9 59 20 93 38 +33 9 59 20 93 38

Green Globe Preferred Partner - Germany
FUTOUR - Tourismusberatung
Zirbelweg 11
80939 Munich
Germany
Phone:+49 (0) 89 3181 2361 +49 (0) 89 3181 2361
Fax:+49 (0) 89 3181 2362 +49 (0) 89 3181 2362

Green Globe Preferred Partner - India
Allied Boston Consultants India Pvt. Ltd.
A-2/60, 2nd Floor, Shiv Arcade,
Acharya Niketan,
Mayur Vihar Phase - 1 , Delhi - 11009
1 Phone:+91 11-2279 2467 +91 11-2279 2467

Green Globe Partner - MENA Region
Avireal Middle East LLC
P.O. Box 5423
Dubai
UAE
Phone:+971 4 382 44 00 +971 4 382 44 00
Fax: +971 4 339 71 60 +971 4 339 71
Website: www.farnek.com

Green Globe Partner - Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagaskar, Mauritius, Seychelles
Heritage -
The Environmental
Management Company
PO Box 7119, Centurion, 0046
South Africa
Phone:+27 (012) 665 1028 +27 (012) 665 1028
Web: www.heritageza.co.za

Green Globe Partner Sri Lanka, Maldives
STING Consultants
25/13, Pepiliyana Road
Nugegoda
Sri Lanka
Phone: +94 11-494-1670 +94 11-494-1670
Fax: +94 11-420-9074 +94 11-420-9074
Web: www.stingconsultants.com

Green Globe Representation Belize
ICRT - International Centre for Responsible Tourism
24 Tangerine Street
Belmopan City
Belize
Phone:+501 227-2801 +501 227-2801
Fax: +501 227-2810 +501 227-2810

Green Globe Marketing:

Green Globe International takes every opportunity to spotlight the good works of its program participants. They provide a greater level of awareness through a multifaceted media and communications platform provided by their in-house communications department as well as through specialized industry and trade channels. The media program is designed to highlight their clients' leadership in sustainability and carbon neutral practices through its association with the most prestigious and highly recognized green brand, while concurrently placing the client's business in front of a worldwide audience which ranges from mainstream media to industry specific outlets.

 

Exclusive Promotions & Public Relation for Green Globe Certified Businesses

Green Globe certified businesses enjoy a natural marketing advantage.
Green Globe Advertising and Marketing campaigns are available to Hotels & Resorts, Attractions, Tour Operators, Destination Management Companies, Transportation Companies and Businesses certified by:

  • Green Globe
  • Green Globe Asia Pacific
  • TÜV Rheinland Cert GmbH
  • Heritage - The Environmental Management Company
  • Chattanooga Green
  • Sustainable Travel International
  • Green Globe México

 

EVENTS IN MAY:

Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC) - Puerto Rico

 

Arabian Travel Market - Dubai, UAE

 

IMEX - Frankfort, Germany

 

GREEN GLOBE WORLD SUMMIT
Kassel, Germany - May 28TH – 31ST
www.greenglobecertification.com/worldsummit.html

 

Media

Media and Travel Partners:

www.aircanadavacations.com
www.islands.com
www.travelmole.com
www.travelocity.com/TravelForGood/gr-directory.html
www.boutiquelodgingassociation.org/
www.rezhub.com/
www.gohuman.com/
www.marketwire.com/

 

World Partners

WTTC: The World Travel & Tourism Council is the forum for business leaders in the Travel & Tourism industry. With Chief Executives of some one hundred of the world's leading Travel & Tourism companies as its Members, WTTC has a unique mandate and overview on all matters related to Travel & Tourism.
WTTC works to raise awareness of Travel & Tourism as one of the world's largest industries, employing approximately 220 million people and generating over 9.4 per cent of world GDP.
More info found at: www.wttc.org and www.wttc.org/eng/Partner_Links/

UNWTO: The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO/OMT) is a specialized agency of the United ‎Nations and the leading international organization in the field of tourism. It serves as a ‎global forum for tourism policy issues and a practical source of tourism know-how.‎
UNWTO plays a central and decisive role in promoting the development of responsible, ‎sustainable and universally accessible tourism, paying particular attention to the ‎interests of developing countries.‎
Read more at: http://www.unwto.org/index.php

 

Strategic Partners

www.caribbeanhotelassociation.com
www.mci-group.com/?sc_lang=en
www.greenseal.org


www.villagegreenglobal.com/main.html
Village Green provides environmental advisory, reporting and education to support a better business and improved bottom line performance. They are a consulting house whose core business involves focusing on improving the profitability of business operators by understanding their environmental impacts. This approach has positioned Village Green as one of only a few private companies that can demonstrate measurable savings to business, greater capacity to connect with community and dramatic environmental reduction outcomes for stakeholders.
Village Green specializes in Enterprise Carbon Accounting using an internationally recognized system for carbon analysis and trading. Their SaaS system, (SMARTweb: Software Management, Auditing Reporting Technology for Workplace Emissions Benchmarking) has been developed over 8 years since 2002 from commercial engagements with more than 6000
environmental audits. Village Green's reports deliver regulatory compliance as well as demonstrate measurable savings to business.
Village Green's aim is to provide their customers with the world's best sustainable environmental services. They strive to produce and deliver services that continually meet or exceed their customers' expectations. Their mission is to make their customers more profitable through the implementation of sustainable business practices.

 

CURRENT CLIENTS OF GREEN GLOBAL VILLAGE INCLUDE:

Village Green already empowers many institutions with the SMARTWeb Carbon Accounting Tool. Their clients range from Government, Colleges to Business alike. Global brands such as Microsoft, CISCO, Daimler Chrysler, Westfield, CMTC have already employed Village Green’s competitive advantage yielding improved bottom line performance and a reduction in their environmental impact.

 

Green Globe International Management team:

Board of Directors
Chairman - Gary Nerison
Director - Terry De Lacy

Officers
Chief Executive Officer - Steven R. Peacock (Interim)
Chief Operating Officer- Bradley Cox

 

Gary Nerison - Chairman

Gary Nerison is a business professional with extensive experience in operations, executive management and Board level oversight for companies in a number of industries, including insurance, real estate development, banking and charitable foundations.
Mr. Nerison currently serves a Director of two companies publicly traded in the United States. Included in his responsibilities as a public company Director are financial oversight and fiscal accountability; selection appointment of key officers and new directors; and high level governance of the organization through its stated policies and objectives.
Mr. Nerison has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Green Globe International since the company's inception. He served as a Director of its predecessor company, GTREX Capital, Inc., since October 2005, and was appointed Chairman in March 2007. Mr. Nerison provided leadership for the company as it identified a new acquisition and changed the focus of its operations to become Green Globe International, owner of the premier international brand for sustainability programs.
For S3 Investment Company, Inc., another public U.S. company, Mr. Nerison has served as a Board Member since December of 2005 and held the position of Chairman of the Board's Finance Committee when it functioned as a Business Development Company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Mr. Nerison previously served as Director of Franchise Capital Corporation and HAZ Holdings, two additional publicly traded U.S. companies. Mr. Nerison provided leadership as Franchise Capital Corporation identified and successfully completed a reverse merger transaction with Aero Exhaust, Inc., a world leader in performance exhaust airflow technology whose automotive exhaust system is a NASCAR sponsored product. For HAZ Holdings, a hotel acquisition and management company, Mr. Nerison served as Director and financing consultant.
In 2002, Mr. Nerison co-founded the World Health and Education Foundation (WHEF), a charitable foundation oriented around stem cell research. WHEF also supports additional charities including Rotary International, Boys and Girls Club, the Wheelchair Foundation and the Christopher Reeves Foundation. Mr. Nerison currently serves as the foundation's President.
Mr. Nerison is also an experienced entrepreneur, having devoted over 36 years to the growth of real estate development and loan brokerage companies.
In 2000, Mr. Nerison established a loan brokerage firm, placing venture loans for new businesses. The company obtained and arranged for financing and allocation of funds for developers of projects ranging from $1 million to $30 million. In 1998, Mr. Nerison founded an Internet coupon company, for which he served as chief executive officer for several years. Previous to that, Mr. Nerison served in leadership and executive positions for a number of financial, insurance, real estate, and development businesses.
In addition to his work with WHEF, Mr. Nerison has been involved in charitable activities in the San Francisco Bay Area, including work on behalf of underprivileged children, seniors, and public education. Mr. Nerison has also assisted in home building projects for migrant children in Mexico and delivered wheelchairs in Mexico and Asia.
Mr. Nerison serves on the Executive Committee of the Northern California Chapter of the NFL Alumni Association and is a former Board member of Project RESTORE at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Project RESTORE is a Johns Hopkins-based undertaking to advance therapies for transverse myelitis and multiple sclerosis.
Mr. Nerison attended Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where he majored in Economics.

 

Bradley Cox -

From 1996, Mr. Cox was at the frontline of tourism sales and marketing, working for international tourism and hospitality brands. Based on the Gold Coast, Australia’s leading leisure destination for domestic and international travelers, Mr. Cox held senior sales and marketing positions at ANA Hotel and Hard Rock Cafe. Mr. Cox managed all the key domestic accounts for these tourism operators, maintaining channels through major airlines as well as negotiated sales to travel agencies throughout Australia. In 2000, Mr. Cox joined the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC), based at Griffith University on the Gold Coast. An Australian government initiative to deliver research and development innovations to the tourism sector, the STCRC grew to include 16 university and 17 government and industry partners, including Tourism Australia, Qantas and the Australian Federation of Travel Agents. Mr. Cox has served for the past eight years as STCRC’s General Manager Communications and Industry Extension. Mr. Cox worked closely with industry, government and academic partners to incubate innovative research ideas to prototypes that now benefit Australia’s tourism sector. One of the key innovations was the scientific benchmarking and certification tools, which have underpinned Green Globe for almost 10 years.

Terry De Lacy -
Recently took up a position as professor in sustainable tourism and environmental policy at Victoria University, having stood down in July 2007 after 10 years as CEO of the national Sustainable Tourism Co-operative Research Centre (STCRC), established by the Australian government. Previously, Dr. De Lacy was Dean of the Agriculture and Natural Resources faculty at the University of Queensland and held a continuing chair in environmental policy at that university. Before that, he was professor of natural resources at Charles Stuart University.
Dr. De Lacy's research area is in environmental policy specializing in natural resources and sustainable tourism. He has authored six books, over 100 articles, 30 keynote addresses, been granted two patents, received 10 Australian Research Council grants, and has attracted over $9 million in personal research.
Professor de Lacy has extensive research and project experience in Asia, specifically in China. He was appointed to the Queensland Government's China Council and the Joint Australian India Government's Sustainable Tourism joint working party. He has carried out a number of policy, program and project evaluations both in Australia and overseas for international agencies and national governments. He is a director of several "for profit" and "not for profit" companies including Chairman of STDI Pty Ltd.
Dr. De Lacy coordinated the development of the Earthcheck program, which is being used in over 50 countries by Green Globe to benchmark the sustainability performance of tourism businesses and destinations. When working at STCRC he coordinated a proposed R&D program for tourism and climate change for the Australian government and recently led a destination adaptation to climate change strategy for the Sri Lankan government.

 

Doug Smith -

Mr. Smith is a true environmental entrepreneur with over 25 years' experience in the business sector. He has used his visionary drive and extensive knowledge to increase profit, inspire, educate and transform businesses to reduce environmental impact, and create the foundations of a great culture and social awareness. With Doug's leadership, Village Green has made it a priority to develop relationships with education systems in order to begin cultivating green jobs, which are increasingly important in today's workforce. His curriculum, which he himself teaches at colleges across the world, covers specific skills across the energy management spectrum, preparing students for a variety of responsibilities. Through his leadership role in Village Green Global, Doug is realizing his vision to help nurture an emerging industry in the U.S. and make it simple for organizations to become more energy efficient, reduce costs and create green jobs.
Doug Smith established environmental reporting and methodology, which has been operated globally since 2002. His company, Village Green Global Inc., has pioneered automated environmental reporting for businesses. The company provides reporting solutions, advisory services, and education to support better business practices and improved bottom line performance. Aligning with Microsoft Corp. in September 2009, Village Green launched the SMARTweb(R) carbon emissions accounting tool, which enables organizations to accurately gather and verify emission data using the online application allowing for multiple levels of automated reporting not possible with manual, non-integrated systems. SMARTweb has been used for more than 6,000 environmental audits and incorporates approximately 30,000 devices in its database. Global brands such as CISCO, Daimler Chrysler and Westfield have already benefited from Village Green solutions and improved their bottom line performance in reducing their environmental impact. The company's Get Green program helps students of all ages learn processes needed to take advantage of green job opportunities within environmental services worldwide.

 

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