​Enhancing environmental Sustainability

Sustainable travelling does not mean to stay at home, but travelling in an environmentally aware and pleasurable way.

• Enjoy the nature close and original
• Experience the local culture authentically
• Consume regionally
• Stay longer and dive deeper

Swisstainability Basics – Sustainable Development Strategy for the Travel Destination Switzerland

We are part of it, our hotel is committed to sustainable climate protection through active reduction of CO² emissions and optimization of energy efficiency.

Restaurant

• Conscious use of energy
• Herbs & salad from our garden
• Therese is growing sprouts all year round – no need of transport and packaging
• Sustainable food purchasingLebensmitteleinkauf (meat from animal welfare and certified fishery)
• Nose to tail – cooking
• Breakfast buffet with local products, home made jam
• Minimization of food packaging on our breakfast buffet
• No disposable paper napkins
• Own water purification, carbonated – no transport of water bottles
• No food waste in the kitchen
• No food waste in the restaurant if possible, we provide paper boxes for leftovers

Products

• Consideration of local producers and suppliers
• Purchase of mostly Swiss products
• Herbs are grown in the herb garden and are collected from the surrounding alps

Flowers & Decoration

• Our new project: dried flowers – turning something seasonal into something all year round
• Multiple use of decorative items

Communication

• Internal and external communication as paperless as possible
• Regular awareness raising of our staff about various sustainability issues

Bathroom

• Trash Hero Products
• Jean & Lean Vegan liquid soap, ginger has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, rosemary has antibacterial and antimicrobial effects
• Love and Earth und Love and Water products, new, natural, vegan und Swiss made! All natural shampoo without silicones and parabens. Nourishes particularly mild with the natural extract of Echinacea purpurea (Echinacea) and soothes highly sensitive scalp and reduces redness and itching.

Hotel Rooms

• Re-Use products
• Line & cotton bedding
• genuine wooden floor
• No minibar, central refrigerator on the 2nd floor
• Upcycling – our chairs got newly covered as a team effort