Ski Resort Environmental Practices

In 1999 the Ski Area Citizens Coalition (SACC) formed to assess ski resorts on their environmental practices. As an independent entity, SACCs goal was to establish criteria for sustainable practices in the ski industry and measure the compliance of individual resorts.

49This study presents how a group of large ski resorts across the world disclose their environmental and sustainability practices. Based on information from annual reports, sustainability reports and websites, the measures disclosed are assessed.

Because ski resorts rely on stable environmental conditions and pristine mountain landscapes for their success, the resort industry has a major stake in the climate change issue.

The ski resort is environmentally conscious. Waste separation is practiced. The ski huts use locally more.The Kappl ski resort places great importance on environmental protection and promotes the free ski bus more.

Demonstrating a strong commitment to environmental stewardship, the Lake Louise Ski Resort has a full-time, year-round environmental team dedicated to safeguarding the resorts natural ecosystem.

Moving forward, it's essential to keep these visual contexts in mind when discussing Ski Resort Environmental Practices.

These practices include resort consolidation, multi-mountain passes, and/or unique ownership models. We believe that ski resorts must focus on positive environmental practices, sustainability planning...

We believe that ski resorts must focus on positive environmental practices, sustainability planning, and climate change adaptation if they want to remain viable and competitive in the coming decades.

The SACC has rated ski area environmental performance of prominent U.S. ski resorts since 2001. Appendix A provides a description of these ratings. The ratings are based on the occurrence of ski resort business practices that affect environmental performance.