Environmental Stewardship Partners

Nature Conservancy of Canada

In 2007, CMH and the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) joined forces through an innovative agreement in support of conservation. This agreement represents the first time the NCC has established a major sponsorship with a tourism operator and together we are working to promote awareness and understanding of conservation initiatives as well as collaborating on field projects and research.

The NCC is one of largest non-political conservation organizations in Canada. Coincidentally the NCC started up around the same time that Hans exploring the Bugaboos in the early 1960s. NCC works with landowners, stakeholders, other conservation groups and partners to protect ecologically sensitive and threatened habitat through land purchase, land donations, and conservation covenants.

With support from companies like CMH, the NCC was able to announce the largest private land acquisition for conservation in Canada: the purchase of 55,000 hectare Darkwoods property in southeastern BC. This purchase connects an existing network of parks and wildlife managed areas creating a contiguous protected area of more than 100,000 hectares.

Visit the Nature Conservancy of Canada online at www.natureconservancy.ca

Adventure Collection

CMH is a founding member of the Adventure Collection (AC), an alliance of 10 of the world's finest travel companies. As part of the AC, CMH participates in the Adventure Collection Responsible Travel Program. AC members are professionally dedicated to the cultural and environmental well-being of the places where operate. All members enthusiastically and wholeheartedly endorse the Adventure Collection's five Strategic Principles of Responsible Travel, established in November 2003:

• Members have specific ongoing projects that further the overall concept of responsible travel.
• Members have a clearly defined strategy regarding accountability in their offices.
• Members have a clearly defined strategy regarding accountability in the communities where their trips take place.
• Responsible travel education guidelines are considered in developing of departures offered by members.
• Members are committed to a systematic review of their corporate performance regarding responsible travel.

Visit the Adventure Collection online at www.AdventureCollection.com

British Columbia Sustainable Tourism Collective

The BC Sustainable Tourism Collective (BCSTC) was founded on the vision that travel within B.C. can foster appreciation and stewardship for the natural environment, regions and communities. For this purpose, sustainable tourism is defined as travel that ensures destinations remain unspoiled for future generations through commitment to environmental, social and economic responsibility as it relates to a company, its people, guests, local communities and the environment.

The BCSTC believes that, by supporting each other in a collective goal to become leaders in sustainable tourism, it can build value for its member companies and their guests and it can influence the tourism sector, governments and local communities to identify and implement sustainable best practices.

The BCSTC includes: Armstrong Group (Rocky Mountaineer Vacations, Gray Line West), Canadian Mountain Holidays, Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, Fairmont Hotels & Resort (BC Region), Nimmo Bay Resort, Whistler/Blackcomb and Tartan Public Relations.

Visit the BC Sustainable Tourism Collective online at www.sustainablebc.ca/