Six Senses is committed to reducing the environmental and social impact of our activities; our core purpose is to create innovative and enriching experiences in a sustainable environment. We are committed to sustainable development; specifically protection and regeneration of both the environment and communities in which we operate. Through the development, and implementation of our Social and Environment Conscience Programme we are committed to monitoring and continually improving our sustainability. Six Senses has identified a team of key individuals to drive such programme and has established the following objectives to be met seeking innovative and appropriate solutions during both development and operation:

• Set up group wide standards, wherever possible meet the local legislative environmental requirement as well as complying international agreements;
• Reduce resources consumption and waste generation through responsible waste reducing policies, reusing, recycling and composting programmes;
• Systematic management of energy use and consumption and to apply, where possible, renewable energy uses;
• Effective management of water resources and waste water;
• Promote awareness of sustainability amongst hosts, guests, local communities, as well as suppliers/business partners through environmental awareness and capacity development efforts and events;
• Contribute a significant part of revenue to establish a Social and Environmental Responsibility Fund benefit to the local, national and global community;
• Address the issue of climate change through both energy management, as part of resource management policies, and avoidance of fugitive emission of CFCs;
• Develop action plans as well as regularly monitor social and environmental impacts through regular environmental meetings, monitoring and updating of Key Sustainability Indicators (KSIs) database;
• Prevent any escape of hazardous substances into the environment and to phase out environmentally damaging products as benign alternatives as practicable;
• Purchase local, environmentally friendly, socially responsible products, especially organic and fair trade products;
• Strictly avoid the use of animal products derived using unnecessarily cruel or environmentally destructive production methods or those derived from any endangered species;
• Engage local communities and actively employ local staff and service providers wherever practicable;
• Integrate social and environmental concerns into planning and decision making processes;