Responsible Tourism

Check us out. We are strongly interested in ethical and environmental issues. So we are developing a new range of Fair Trade Eco Holidays. These holidays address responsible tourism issues from the moment you make your booking to the time that you return home.  Working on these path-breaking and special holidays has helped us develop our responsible tourism for all Gane and Marshall products.

We also provide advice on environment friendly travel - please see our links on responsible tourism and climate care.

As members of  International Mountain Explorers Connection (IMEC),  International Society of Mountain Medicine (ISMM) and The Ethical Tour Operators Group within Tourism Concern, and as supporters of Community Projects Africa, we do our best to look after not only you, but the many people we work with overseas.

Please feel free to contact Jeremy Gane, director of the company to discuss Gane and Marshall's responsible tourism projects.  

Gane & Marshall - will use locally owned and run services by preference.

• We use locally owned and run accommodation by preference.
• We support local income generation and small business enterprises by supporting locally owned shops and restaurants, and using local tour guide and ground handling services.
• We encourage clients through our ground handlers, the literature and presentations to act in a responsible way and with an insight and understanding of the host destination.
• We will work together with our business partners in the host destinations to implement the highest of standards and where necessary work out an agenda on how these standards can be met.
• We will take into consideration economic, environmental and cultural issues when looking at new destinations.
• We will aim to ensure that our type and scale of tourism is appropriate to local conditions and operate within the limits set by local appropriate infrastructure and carrying capacity.  

Gane & Marshall - aim to take responsibility for maintaining and improving the environment.

• We aim to minimise water and atmospheric pollution from tourism developments.
• We aim to achieve zero litter policies.
• We aim to integrate environmental considerations into all economic considerations.
• We will try to ensure that foreign operators based in host destinations are not used in preference to local tour operators and guides.

Gane & Marshall will provide financial support for local economic and environmental projects that will benefit the local communities. Thereby actively encouraging local community involvement in Tourism Projects via our United Kingdom registered partner charity - Community Projects Africa. 

We recycle 90% of office waste paper and recycle glass and cans in partnership with our sister company Charity Challenge. Through tight management systems, we try to reduce paper consumption and keep waste to a minimum. We source paper, used in our administration process, which has 100% recycled paper content.

We also recycle ink and toner cartridges and send old mobile phones and computer equipment to charities, which recycle them and use the proceeds to fund good causes in Africa.

We aim to conserve and reduce our energy consumption through improving management systems and using equipment with lower energy use.