Preserving nature is one of our fundamental values. Right from the moment we design our resorts, we feel a deep sense of responsibility to protect our local environment.

We make a priority of harmoniously integrating our resorts with their exceptional natural surroundings, preserving the natural flora and fauna and keep those beautiful spaces and parks as untouched as possible. In all Club Med resorts, the built-up surfaces only cover 7% of the total site surface, allowing our guests to spend their holidays in incredibly well preserved places.

When creating our beautiful natural garden at The Finolhu Villas, 95% of the island’s plant life was grown on site by our Club Med team. Only 5% of the plants were brought in to bring some colour. Moreover, we house plants with low consumption of water and only grey water is used – making sure we’re making the most of natural resources and reducing our footprint!

Currently 74% of our resorts worldwide have been awarded “Green Globe Certified” for Sustainable Tourism, including Club Med Bali, Club Med Cherating Beach, Club Med Phuket, and many more!

The Green Globe certification is the highest and most thoroughly tested standard of responsible tourism. It is reviewed twice per year, and resorts must prove amazing levels of sustainability across all aspects, from training and recruiting staff, to food and energy wastage, resort construction and biodiversity preservation, including the preservation of local culture of the surrounding communities.

Our aim is to have all of our resorts certified in the near future.

For 10 years, we’ve been working with the NGO Agrisud, a local farm that practices agro-ecological farming, and we are training the farmers on the standards of Club Med to supply our global resorts.

We’ve partnered with over 400 ecological farms worldwide, allowing us to reduce our carbon footprint, promote human exchanges with producers, and ensuring all of our guests get access to fresh, seasonal and organic food.

At Club Med Bali, we’re working closely with local farming families who deliver us fresh vegetables daily. Our close relationship with them allows us to tailor our menus according to each delivery, using only products that are in season. And in 2018, we’ve been able to fund a water tank to help them during dry season!

Every year, more than 2,000 voluntary G.O.s take action to educate local communities on recycling, equality, and to bring them joy through entertainment and games.

Whether it’s inviting local children to the resort to interact with holidaying families, welcoming them in the resort for sports lessons, organizing English and computer classes, or providing them with school support, our inspiring G.O.s lead over 140 projects to support thousands of families.

The presence of our resort in a territory brings economic and social benefits to the region, in particular through local employment. It is our aim to go further, and to strive to maximize and extend these benefits.

75% of jobs in our resorts are created locally. More than 15,000 G.O. are trained each year, due to the diversity of activities offered in our resorts. Thanks to their rich and diversified career paths, 20% of our GOs progressed onto new roles within a year. Moreover, 100% of Chiefs of Village are recruited internally.

Over the years, we've developed unique expertise in the management of people from different origin, culture, nationality and religion, with a zero discrimination policy:

§ Over 100 nationalities are represented in our resorts and offices worldwide
§ In France, the employment rate of disabled people is of 4.7%
§ More than 40% of top management positions are occupied by women, and we’re in the top 10 companies in the SBF120 for the percentage of women on the board of directors