September 2009

City Sightseeing Cape Town is the leading open-top bus tour operator. It is known by locals as the red double deck, hop on and off bus. There are two exciting tours available on this world famous open-top bus – the red City tour which comprises of 17 stops and the Blue Mini Peninsula tour which comprises of 13 stops. They will be celebrating the 27th of September – World Tourism Day – by enforcing their commitment to being environmentally conscious and sustainable.

City Sightseeing Cape Town has a firm holding to improve their environmental, social and economic performance to become a sustainable bus tour operator. In particular, their focus has been on taking an active approach to protect the environment in which they operate with a strong focus on conserving the use of natural resources. “Respecting the environment in which we live is one of our principles and this is deeply routed in our work culture at City Sightseeing Cape Town. We seek to comply with international standards such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes for the paper used in our marketing brochure,” says Claus Tworeck, Founder and CEO of City Sightseeing Cape Town.

City Sightseeing Cape Town offers travelers a consistent quality travel experience on their state-of-the-art busses. They are a reputable and trusted company that has been in operation since 2002. City Sightseeing was awarded the’ International City Sightseeing Operator of the Year in 2009’ in recognition of their innovation, customer service, overall brand experience and their commitment to environmental sustainability.  “Our aim is to be ISO 14001 compliant by 2010 through a process of controlling and improving our environmental management to standards set in the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA),” says Claus. ISO 14001 is a standard for environmental management systems that is applicable to any business, regardless of size, location or income. The aim of the standard is to reduce the environmental footprint of a business and to decrease the pollution and waste a business produces. The most recent version of ISO 14001 was released in 2004 by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) which has representation from committees all over the world.

City Sightseeing  Cape Town in 2008 were presented with the Environmental Concern Award in recognition of their contribution towards improving the environment. They have reduced waste generated by their operations and increased recycling to cut the amount of waste sent to a landfill site. All waste on the buses is recycled and seven specially allocated bins are on each bus which separate plastic, cans, paper, glass and cardboard. In 2009 to date, City Sightseeing have recycled 200 bins.

City Sightseeing are reducing their carbon footprint significantly by reducing emissions into the atmosphere and so their impact on climate change and air quality by expanding their fleet of buses with low-emission busses. Pedal Power is promoted internally as an alternative mode of transport. City Sightseeing is complying with various ISO 14001 principles for waste reduction and recycling. They are also accredited with the Forest Stewardship Council and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes. Positioned at the forefront of environmental compliance in South Africa, City Sightseeing acknowledges the value of looking after nature in order to protect the tourism business.

Show your commitment to supporting World Tourism Day by using an environmentally friendly and leading open-top bus tour operator. Tickets can be purchased and more information found on www.citysightseeing.co.za.

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