Sustainability as a Strategic Driver Sustainability is core to Quark Expeditions’ license to operate in the polar regions. We recognize our responsibility to do more to protect these magnificent places and have, over the course of our nearly 30 years, undertaken many initiatives aimed at improving the environmental and social outcomes in the region. With the release of our Polar Promise, we aim to ingrain those values into our business. Every year, Quark Expeditions evaluates where we want to go as a business and we create key strategic drivers in categories like sales, product, customer experience and marketing. In 2019, two sustainability drivers were included to demonstrate our commitment to our Polar Promise. They are:
And the future looks even brighter. With the success of the publication of our Polar Promise and this annual report, Quark Expeditions is proposing four sustainability strategic drivers for 2020. 1. D eliver & Report on our Polar Promise 1st annual report by December 2019 2. Challenge our Polar Promise to ensure it stays relevant and is suitably ambitious for our business. Deliver a sustainability stretch plan 3. Create highly compelling stories showcasing significant sustainability progress for both internal and external audiences
These sustainability drivers form the roadmap leading to our Polar Promise goals for 2025.
1. Publish our three-year comprehensive sustainability plan by June 2019 2. Further reduce single-use plastic from ship operations, conduct trial with Ushuaia recycling companies
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