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160: Sustainability Special - Ski companies taking sustainability seriously

Podcast |: The Ski Podcast
Publisher |: The Ski Podcast
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Interview,; Outdoor Sports,; Skiing,; Snowboarding,; Sports & Recreation
Categories Via RSS |: Hobbies,; Leisure,; Places & Travel,; Society & Culture,; Sports,; Wilderness
Publication Date |: Oct 31, 2022
Episode Duration |: 00:40:10

Iain was joined by Prue Stone (Hotelplan), Ceri Tinley (Consensio Chalets) and Al Judge (AliKats Mountain Holidays) - three ski companies all taking sustainability seriously by making significant changes to their operations and product. Intersport Ski Hire Discount Code Save money on your ski hire by using the code ‘SKIPODCAST’ at intersportrent.com, or simply take this link for your discount to be automatically applied at the checkout. SHOW NOTES

Iain set up the lobbying campaign Ski Flight Free in 2019 (00:30)
COP27 brings together world leaders to discuss and hopefully take action on climate change (01:00)
Prue Stone is Sustainability Director at Hotelplan, which includes Inghams Ski (01:45)
Listen to our interview with Joe Ponte CEO at Hotelplan, recorded in February 2021 (02:30)
Find out more about train travel to the Alps at Ski Flight Free (05:45)
Hotelplan’s goal is to reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050 (06:30)
Rachael from ecoski.co.uk appeared on Episode 57 of The Ski Podcast (09:45)
You can watch our session ‘The Ski Podcast Live – ‘Off The Beaten Track’ recorded at the National Snow Show in Birmingham on YouTube (12:15)
Ceri Tinley is the founder and MD at Consensio Chalets (14:45)
You can read Consensio’s ‘Luxury Ski Insights Report’ here
Find out more about Protect Our Winters UK (16:45)
Ecollective helps travel brands calculate and subsequently reduce their carbon footprint (17:00)
Consensio’s goal is to reach Net Zero by 2035 (20:00)
Coolbus have invested in new Mercedes Electric Minibuses for this winter (20:30)
Snowdrone also offer transfers drone.com/tesla-model-x/">using electric vehicles (25:30)
Al Judge is the owner of AliKats Mountains Holidays in Morzine (28:45)
Find out about the Montagne Verte organisation in Morzine (29:15)
Find out about bokashi composting (30:00)
Listen to our special episode on Electric Vehicles in ski resorts (31:30)
You can find out more about their sustainability policies on their website (32:00)
A hot tub uses 1500 lt of water & 200 kWh of electricity p/w to keep water at 37.5C in winter (34:30)
Find out about their ‘Responsible Hot Tub Initiative’ here (35:30)
AliKats use the Good Planet Foundation for any offsets they require (36:30)
Listen to our special episode when Iain interviewed Helen Coffey, the flight free travel journalist (37:30)

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