Sustainable development is the balance of economic growth, environmental protection and social equity. Because of the limits of the earth’s natural systems, this balance is essential to securing life as we know it into the long term. When this balance is achieved, we will have reached sustainability.
At the moment, our society is far from sustainable. At TUI Expeditions we recognize that we need to work toward sustainability for the future success of our company and that we must play a role in sustaining the communities and the environments on which we depend.
TUI Expeditions fully supports and participates in the sustainability efforts of our parent company TUI Travel PLC (formerly First Choice Holidays PLC).
In January 2003, TUI Travel PLC was one of the first major UK travel operators to adopt a sustainable tourism policy, and was later listed in the FTSE4Good Index. TUI businesses showed their commitment to sustainable development by becoming the only tourism company in the world to be listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) World.
Today, TUI Travel PLC is one of the world's largest leisure travel companies, which means we have a great opportunity to combine the experience of two leaders in the field and drive forward sustainable development in our industry.
We have a dedicated Sustainable Development team, and report regularly on progress against our sustainability goals.
