At Baggage, sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. As marketers and storytellers in the travel and sustainability space, we aim to inspire positive change by connecting our audience with businesses that prioritize people and the planet. Through our content, collaborations, and personal practices, we strive to create a better, greener future. Here’s how we approach sustainability and the criteria we use to guide our decisions:
We believe education is the first step towards change. By sharing insights on pressing environmental issues, we empower our audience to understand WHY adopting sustainable practices and supporting eco-conscious businesses is important. Whether it’s reducing waste, embracing slow travel, or understanding the impact of our choices, we aim to share actionable tips that individual people can use to combat the issues we face.
Protecting natural resources is a core focus of our work. We thoughtfully choose the tours, accommodations, and activities we engage with, ensuring they align with our mission to minimize harm and maximize the preservation of our planet’s beauty and biodiversity.
We highlight locally owned businesses and initiatives that create economic opportunities for communities. By encouraging our audience to support these establishments, we help direct tourism dollars toward businesses that prioritize sustainability and community development. Our role is to bridge the gap, making it easier for people to find and support local gems instead of massive corporations.
We would love to work with you and help show off what your business does for the planet!
– Community is everything. We seek out businesses that actively support the local communities where they operate.
– Partnering with hotels and brands that source food, products, and staff from their local areas.
– Highlighting locally owned businesses to direct money back into the local economy.
1. Supporting farm-to-table dining experiences.
2. Advocating for composting and proper food waste disposal.
3. Understanding where our food comes from, reconnecting with farming.
4. Encouraging the consumption of in-season and local produce and whole, unprocessed foods for better health—for humans and the planet.
5. Highlighting innovative, climate friendly practices like community supported ag, open ocean oyster farming,
– We will NOT promote fast fashion brands and businesses that prioritize profit over people.
– We WILL promote a “less is more” approach, focusing on quality, longevity, and thoughtful consumption.
– Avoiding unnecessary promotion of products and rejecting the ideology that buying more equals happiness.
– Encouraging intentional purchases that align with sustainable values.
– Prioritizing efforts to reduce and eliminate single-use plastics.
– Featuring businesses with robust recycling initiatives.
– Supporting practices that minimize food waste.
– Featuring brands that incorporate sustainable design from the start or those that have made significant strides to improve their processes.
– Showcasing the use of recycled materials, sustainably sourced wood, and rewilding initiatives that restore natural ecosystems.
– Promoting water recycling systems that maximize efficiency and minimize waste.
– Seeking out accommodations and businesses that use renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power.
– Highlighting energy-saving practices like requiring key cards to activate lights in hotel rooms.
As sustainability advocates, we recognize the importance of transparency.
We commit to conducting thorough research before partnering with brands or businesses. This ensures that we understand their environmental and social impacts, as well as their marketing goals.
We promise never to make false claims or promote a company as sustainable or eco-friendly without evidence to back those assertions.
For companies we don’t work with directly, we rely on their public reports and disclosures to share their sustainability initiatives.
We use terms like “sustainable” and “eco-friendly” with purpose, reserving them for businesses that genuinely meet our standards.
