Myanmar Voyages Sustainability Report 2019

As a tourism company, our stakeholder ranging from foreign clients to local communities.
Thus, our approach to environmental stewardship therefore attends to a local aspects and
regional differences, while considering universal impacts, such as greenhouse gas and CO2
emissions.
4.3. Strategy and objectives
Myanmar Voyages sustainability strategy focuses on long-term commitment. We recognise
the risks presented by climate change and remain committed to supporting a healthy and
sustainable environment by establishing policies and programs that specifically outline how
we conduct business in a safe, environmentally sound manner in accordance with relevant
legislation and regulations.
4.3.1. Sustainable Operations
It is imperative that we conduct business in an operationally efficient way. Our internal waste
management program supports the principles of sustainable operations and aims to improve
the environmental performance of our office and facilities.
Reducing single used plastic by 100% in our office was one of our environmental goals in
2019. In order to tied up this goal, our sustainability team has come up with the slogan, “Beat
plastic pollution. If you can’t reuse it, refuse it.” We used both traditional words-of-mouth
practices and online campaigns to educate staff on ways to reduce plastic usage.
Single-use plastic water bottles and containers are banned and replaced with aluminium water
bottles or individual reusable bottles. Plastic cups for coffee and water were replaced with
glass-wear and coffee mugs. Employees are encouraged not to bring plastic bags, cutlery,
drinking straws or plates into the office.
Highlights:
United Nations Global Compact: Communicated our performance against Principles
7,8 & 9 and reported our commitment on Travelife platform.
Carbon Footprint Verification: We measure and report our carbon footprint starting
from 2019.
Waste management targets are set with approx. 20% reducing policy compared to
2017-18.
4.4. Waste management
Myanmar Voyages has established “Green Office Guidelines” in September 2018, to create
sustainable environment at the office by our 3R’s principles: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
Trainings and workshops are provided to all employees by the green team on a monthly basis.
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