27 January 2005, MEXICO – Huatulco has achieved the prestigious Green Globe Benchmarked Certificate under the new Green Globe Certification program, which recognizes the operation’s commitment to operating at the world’s highest environmental standard.

Huatulco has spent considerable time benchmarking its energy and water consumption, waste production and disposal as well as implementing an integrated environmental and social policy. In particular it has achieved Best Practice results in Potable Water Consumption, Solid Waste Production, Resource Conservation (Paper consumed), Resource Conservation (Biodegradable pesticides) and Biodiversity. These measures will deliver ongoing reduction of non-renewable resources, extensive cost savings and secure a sustainable commercial and ecological future for the Destination.

About Green Globe
Green Globe is the global Benchmarking, Certification and improvement system assisting the international travel and tourism industry to attain sustainability. Green Globe provides a certification system that responds directly to the major environmental problems facing the planet, including the greenhouse effect, over-use of freshwater resources, destruction of biodiversity, production of solid and biological waste and social issues.

Cathy Parsons, Chief Executive Officer of GGAP International;, says “I am delighted that Huatulco has achieved Benchmarked status. Huatulco is an inspiration to all those people committed to environmentally sustainable tourism. They have demonstrated through a variety of initiatives, that the destination can make a difference to reducing their environmental impact. The commitment they have shown in signing up to participate in the Green Globe program and their achievements set an example for other businesses to follow.”

About Huatulco
Huatulco is located on the Southern Pacific coast of Mexico, in the state of Oaxaca, with 35 kms (aprox. 20 miles) of coastline conformed of the nine bays with 36 beaches with clear and brilliant waters, on a total of 21 hectares, of which 16,400 are earmarked for the regeneration and preservation of the ecological balance, being a vital part of this project the Huatulco Wildlife and Marine Park, declared a National Protected Area in 1998.