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Sustainability at Go2Africa

We send travellers into some of the world’s most pristine landscapes, where every decision must be rooted in minimising the environmental impact of their presence.

Go2Africa is a part of Nawiri Group, a Certified B Corp™, underlining our commitment to sustainability in how we design trips, choose

partners and advise travellers. We are committed to partnering with camps and lodges that share our values with the ambition that every safari we book delivers meaningful impact, both through our own programmes, but also by ensuring that the properties where our guests stay have clear plans to support wildlife, landscapes and local people, without compromising exceptional experiences and service.

We are guided by trusted global benchmarks including B Corp and Travelife and highlight both independently certified partners and those creating tangible impact on the ground.

We have taken on a an ‘ongoing audit’ to ensure the places we recommend meet clear, credible sustainability expectations and are ‘over / within a time frame committed to ensuring our entire supply chain is verified as sustainable. This includes ensuring the camps and lodges our guests stay in are operating responsibly, from tracking waste, water usage and emissions, to adopting renewable energy sources. And making a positive impact in the community

Why Sustainability Matters in Travel

Travel experiences take place within living landscapes and communities. Without careful management, tourism can place pressure on wildlife, water resources and local livelihoods. When done well, it can fund conservation, create meaningful employment and help protect ecosystems that might otherwise be lost.

This is why sustainability shapes where we send travellers and who we work with.

 

Why We Focus so Strongly on Our Partners

Go2Africa does not operate accommodation or transport directly so much of our environmental impact lies in who we choose to work with, and who we don’t.

Every lodge, camp and supplier we recommend becomes part of our responsibility. If their practices are unsustainable, that impact flows directly to the traveller experience and to the destinations we promote.

Across Africa, many of the properties we work with are doing meaningful and often exceptional work for people, wildlife, and places. We recognise and value these efforts sustainability looks different in every context, and progress is rarely linear.

That’s why we invest significant time and resources into:

  • Auditing suppliers against a clear sustainability baseline – guided by BCorp and Travelife, while no independent Africa supplier lists currently exists
  • Supporting partners as they improve practices over time
  • Highlighting certified and independently verified camps and lodges
  • Actively steering bookings towards higher-impact options until we can get to a 100% sustainable service base

 

What We Look For

Credit: CLAWS – Andy Maano

Our sustainability baseline is guided by internationally recognised tourism frameworks recognised by GSTC and approved by Travalyst and focuses on practical, measurable actions, including:

  • Responsible energy and water management
  • Waste reduction and plastic elimination
  • Fair employment practices and local hiring
  • Community engagement and local sourcing
  • Wildlife protection and land stewardship

 

What Guides Us

To evaluate sustainability claims responsibly, we rely on three complementary industry bodies, each playing a distinct role:

  • GSTC – Global Baseline Standards: Sets internationally recognised sustainability criteria and accredits the organisations that certify tourism businesses providing the global foundation for what sustainable tourism means.
  • TSCA – Strengthening Certification Practice: An emerging alliance of leading certification bodies working to harmonise standards and strengthen audit quality, helping certifications become more consistent.
  • Travalyst – Market Credibility Filter: Backed by major global travel platforms, Travalyst screens sustainability certifications for independence, audit rigour, and trustworthiness helping determine which certifications are credible enough to be shown to travellers.

Where possible, we highlight properties that hold third-party sustainability certifications recognised by Travalyst. While certification is not the only route to responsible travel, it remains one of the clearest ways to demonstrate progress which helps strengthen integrity across our supply chain, reduce the risk of greenwashing, and gives our travellers confidence that claims are grounded in evidence. These certifications include:

  • B Corp: Verifies company-wide social, environmental, and governance performance.
  • EarthCheck: Science-based environmental certification focused on measurable data (energy, water, waste, carbon).
  • Fairtrade Tourism: Ensures fair wages, decent working conditions, and direct community benefit.
  • The Long Run’s Global Ecosphere Retreat: A GSTC-recognised certification aligned with global sustainability frameworks, requiring members to meet 91 criteria across Conservation, Community, Culture and Commerce, verified through independent onsite audits, annual reporting and six-year recertification.
  • Travelife: Tourism-specific sustainability certification aligned with EU green-claims expectations.

We currently highlight a growing number of independently certified hotels, lodges, and camps across Africa that have undergone third-party audits against recognised sustainability standards, helping travellers identify options with verified environmental and social performance.

 

Supporting industry-wide change

Raising standards within tourism cannot happen in isolation. Real change only occurs when sustainability becomes a shared expectation. By embedding sustainability into our supplier selection, trip design and advisory role, we:

  • Help drive demand for better practices
  • Create demand for better practices
  • Reward suppliers who invest in sustainability
  • Encourage others to improve to remain competitive
  • Increase transparency across the tourism value chain

 

Looking Ahead

As global expectations around sustainability continue to evolve, including new regulatory requirements in key markets, Go2Africa is committed to staying ahead of the curve. We will continue refining our criteria, strengthening supplier engagement and making sustainability clearer and more meaningful for travellers.

B Corp

Wir sind stolz als Teil von Nawiri Gruppe die B-Corp-Zertifizierung, eine Auszeichnung, die an Unternehmen vergeben wird, die nachweislich hohe Sozial- und Umweltstandards erfüllen Leistung, Transparenz und Verantwortlichkeit. Wir sehen B Corp als Basis und nicht als Ziel für Nachhaltigkeit. Für uns Es ist eine Verpflichtung zur Rechenschaftspflicht, die uns hilft, Fortschritte zu machen und unsere Standards von Jahr zu Jahr zu verbessern.

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Nachhaltiger Betrieb in unserem Büro

Als Teil der V&A Waterfront folgt unser Büro in Kapstadt nachhaltigen Bau- und Betriebspraktiken. Wir minimieren den Stromverbrauch durch energieeffiziente Systeme und ein intelligentes Abfallmanagement einführen, einschließlich Recycling und Mülltrennung, um Deponieabfälle zu reduzieren. Bei der Beschaffung bevorzugen wir lokale und ethisch vertretbare Lieferanten, um eine verantwortungsvolle Beschaffung von Büromaterial und Betriebsmitteln.

Nachhaltige Reise-Lieferkette

Wir sind Wir setzen uns dafür ein, dass die Camps und Lodges, mit denen wir zusammenarbeiten, nachhaltig und wirkungsvoll sind. Unser Ziel ist es, dass 100% der von uns gebuchten Unterkünfte über Nachhaltigkeitspläne verfügen, die folgenden Zielen dienen sowohl ihre Ökosysteme als auch ihre Gemeinden. Zwar gibt es keinen einheitlichen branchenweiten Rahmen für afrikanische Immobilien, wir haben unsere eigene Basisbewertung auf der Grundlage des GSTC entwickelt Kriterien, die sich an B Corp und Travelife Richtlinien. So können wir den Fußabdruck jeder Unterkunft besser verstehen und wirklich verantwortungsvolle Safaris anbieten.

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Reisende

Wir sind bestrebt, eine globale Gemeinschaft von Befürwortern aufzubauen, die die Nachfrage nach verantwortungsbewusstem Reisen steigern. Je mehr Reisende sich für nachhaltige Optionen entscheiden, desto mehr verlagert sich die Branche auf Praktiken, die die sowohl den Menschen als auch den Ökosystemen zugute kommen. Um unsere wirkungsvollsten Safaris zu präsentieren, wir haben unsere "Highest Impact Safaris" und "Trips with a Purpose" entwickelt. Diese eindringlichen Erlebnisse einen dauerhaften Wandel herbeizuführen und es den Reisenden zu ermöglichen, Teil der Lösung zu sein und Afrika verantwortungsvoll zu erkunden.

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