A new milestone was achieved in October 2021, when Inkaterra was acknowledged by the United Nations as the first Climate Positive hotel brand in the world. In line with the UN guidelines for sustainable development, the GreenInitiative certification company measured Inkaterra’s Co2 footprint and offset to determine the Peruvian ecotourism enterprise as climate positive – meaning, “any activity that furthers the achievement of net zero carbon emissions, providing an environmental benefit by removing additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.”
The announcement coincided with the 2021 Climate Change Conference (COP 26), where the United Nations World Tourism Organization officially submitted the Glasgow Declaration to set in motion a Decade of Climate Action in the travel industry. Inkaterra is among the leading organizations pledging to cut global tourism emissions by at least a half over the next decade and reach Net Zero emissions as soon as possible before 2050, in alignment with the Paris Agreement. “This outstanding accomplishment is a validation of Inkaterra’s 46-year efforts placing scientific research, biodiversity conservation and sustainability at the very core of our business,” stated ecotourism pioneer José Koechlin.