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The Green Key
The Green Key has three gradations: bronze, silver and gold. Each gradation requires an organisation to comply with a minimum of nineteen mandatory standards. In addition to these nineteen mandatory standards there are still another twenty optional standards. The measure in which these twenty optional standards are complied with, determines what gradation of the Environmental Barometer an organisation holds. Since 2004 Burgers' Zoo has been the proud owner of the golden gradation of The Green Key, because Burgers' Zoo also complies with no less than sixteen optional standards.
The nineteen mandatory standards Burgers' Zoo complies with can be divided into four categories:
Category 1: Administration
• The organisation must have a valid environmental permit and therefore must comply with all legislation and regulation in the area of environmental control.
• The organisation must have an environmental policy.
• The organisation must set up an environmental program describing which environmental measures the organisation will realise over the coming three years.
• The organisation is required to determine and to register environmental codes.
• The organisation must store all relevant environmental information in a central environmental archive (written or digital).
• The organisation must place the logo of the Environmental Barometer in the correct manner.
Category 2: Providing information
• The organisation must communicate information about the environment to its visitors, for example via the website, folders, etc.
• The organisation must regularly inform all employees on the environment and the Environmental Barometer.
Category 3: Management
• The organisation must appoint an environmental coordinator.
• The organisation must be able to show that it has made agreements with its suppliers to return a minimum of 50% of the packaging material or be able to show that an equivalent alternative is present.
• The organisation is required to make arrangements for environmentally sound transport.
Category 4: Environmental measures
• The organisation must use energy-saving outside lighting.
• The organisation must use energy-saving indoor lighting.
• The organisation must make use of equipment with the highest possible degree of energy-efficiency.
• The organisation is required to make water-saving arrangements.
• The organisation is required to arrange for the separation of waste.
• The organisation must use environmentally sound cleaning materials for cleaning the interior and the sanitary fittings.
• The organisation must make use of metering units.
• The organisation must make use of durable cutlery.
The sixteen optional standards Burgers' Zoo complies with that have lead to being awarded the golden gradation of The Green Key are the following:
• The organisation uses durably generated electricity.
• Durable techniques, whereby for example in new constructions materials are chosen that have the least possible negative effects on the environment, are used.
• The organisation uses an energy care system, which keeps a close eye on energy use and regulates it as efficiently as possible.
• A choice has been made to use fewer fuels that are harmful to the environment.
• Grey water is used at the zoo. Grey water is rainwater that is collected and used again.
• Re-used waste water is used.
• The waste from visitors is separated into eight components.
• The organisation has set up a sound control plan.
• The organisation has set up a greenery control plan.
• The organisation has set-up a fauna plan.
• Nature development and nature control are supported.
• More recycled paper that is safe for the environment, is used.
• Within the organisation micro-fibre cloths are used.
• The zoo sells T & T tickets. T 7 T tickets are tickets that stimulate the use of public transport by the visitors.
• The organisation tries to actively influence the environmental behaviour of visitors.
• The organisation tries to influence the behaviour of colleague entrepreneurs with respect to their environmental control.
For more information we gladly refer you to the following website: The Green Key.
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