Green Globe certification
The Green Globe award for the Kurhaus Wiesbaden is a further milestone on the way to establishing Wiesbaden as a resource-conserving congress and conference location, which already scores highly in terms of sustainability thanks to its central location, short distances in the city and the many green spaces.
Award received for the third time
Kurhaus Wiesbaden was awarded Green Globe for the first time in November 2022 and has now also met the requirements of Green Globe Standard 1.8. in the Conferece Center category.
The annual re-certifications in 2023, 2024 and 2025 are proof of the further development and efforts. The seal of approval impressively documents the ecological, social and economic progress of the Kurhaus.
What is Green Globe?
Green Globe is a seal of quality that has been extended from the tourism industry to the event industry and is considered one of the most important certifications in the event industry. It includes extensive criteria that meet the requirements for a resource-friendly congress and conference location.
Criteria and qualification
The Green Globe Standard was developed over three decades and guarantees the highest level of sustainable operation and management.
The test catalog with 44 mandatory criteria and 380 additional criteria regulates, among other things
- the implementation of a sustainability management system
- measures for the health and safety of employees
- a program for hazard prevention
- the conservation of resources in terms of purchasing policy, energy and water consumption, food purchasing and waste management plan
To ensure compliance with the highest international standards, an independent auditor is commissioned annually to audit the location.
Full compliance with the requirements is mandatory for a customer to be certified or to maintain certification. Partial compliance is not sufficient. Only if compliance with the 40 mandatory criteria is confirmed as part of this audit can the customer receive the certificate. In addition, a significant proportion of the more than 300 additional criteria must also be fulfilled. In total, 51% of the entire list of criteria must be fulfilled for initial certification.
In contrast to some other certifications, Green Globe is about continuous improvement. Certified facilities undertake not only to meet the mandatory criteria, but also to improve their results in various areas of sustainability from year to year.