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BEST PROGRAM FEATURE: SIGNAL MOUNTAIN LODGE
BEST PROGRAM FEATURE: SIGNAL MOUNTAIN LODGE ACHIEVES BEST CERTIFICATION
Forever Resort’s Signal Mountain Lodge has achieved the Business Emerald Sustainability Tier (BEST) level of sustainability performance from the Riverwind Foundation, originator of the BEST Program. The standards in the BEST program are comparable to the world’s most rigorous and comprehensive environmental, community, and economic sustainability criteria. Signal Mountain Lodge joins a growing group of businesses and organizations to achieve this third-party sustainability certification.
The BEST program was created to provide an opportunity and platform for those Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (RRR) Business Leaders that want to elevate their sustainability practices to higher levels of environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and economic vitality.
”We commend our entire team on their efforts to create a culture of sustainability over the last 20 years,” said Jason Ryan, general manager, Signal Mountain Lodge. “We appreciate Employee Health and Safety Coordinator Eric Hatch’s work toward spearheading and successfully completing the lengthy assessment process in his first year of leadership.”
“Signal Mountain Lodge is a long-time sustainability leader that has shown innovation in its environmental management policies in its operations, staff training, and guest education” says Tim O’Donoghue, Executive Director of the Riverwind Foundation and coordinator of the Jackson Hole & Yellowstone Sustainable Destination Program. “In particular, Signal Mountain Lodge has led the way in normalizing best practices including but not limited to its management of purchasing and waste, natural resources and energy, and carbon emissions.
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