The Eco-rating scheme is a voluntary certification scheme that recognizes hotels, lodges, camps, bandas and bush homes for best practices (high quality, excellent or superior practices) in environmental conservation, sustainable resource utilization and socio-economic investment.

The scheme has three progressive levels of certification.

• Bronze Eco-rating is the entry level and demonstrates a facility’s awareness and commitment to environmental conservation, responsible resource use and socio-economic investment.

• Silver Eco-rating demonstrates a move towards excellence; awarded to facilities that have shown innovation in responsible resource use, environmental conservation and socio-economic investment.

• Gold Eco-rating is an indicator that a facility has achieved superior and replicable levels of excellence in responsible resource use, environmental conservation and socio-economic investment.

Read more about the eco rating system.