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The Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) issues the Certification for Tourism Sustainability (CST) Standard for gastronomic businesses. The standard establishes a voluntary scoring system to evaluate and certify the sustainable performance of restaurants and food and beverage establishments. It covers four areas: physical-biological, gastronomic environment, external client, and socioeconomic environment. In the physical-biological area, it assesses environmental policies, raw materials management, emissions and waste, water and energy consumption, wastewater treatment, and climate change actions. The gastronomic environment considers food safety policies, nutritional quality, research, production, organic foods, innovation, and supplier management. The external client area includes disclosure of sustainable policies and response measurement to the CST. The socioeconomic environment evaluates social responsibility, community involvement, safety, and business ethics. Certification requires compliance with environmental, health, fishing, wildlife, and tourism legislation, and a sworn statement by the legal representative regarding up-to-date tax and labor obligations.El Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) emite la Norma de Certificación para la Sostenibilidad Turística (CST) dirigida a empresas gastronómicas. La norma establece un sistema voluntario de puntuación para evaluar y certificar el desempeño sostenible de restaurantes y establecimientos de alimentos y bebidas. Abarca cuatro ámbitos: físico-biológico, entorno gastronómico, cliente externo y entorno socioeconómico. En el ámbito físico-biológico, se evalúan políticas ambientales, manejo de materias primas, emisiones y residuos, consumo de agua y energía, tratamiento de aguas residuales y acciones contra el cambio climático. En el entorno gastronómico, se consideran políticas de inocuidad, calidad nutricional, investigación, producción, alimentos orgánicos, innovación y manejo de proveedores. El ámbito de cliente externo incluye divulgación de políticas sostenibles y medición de respuesta al CST. El entorno socioeconómico valora la responsabilidad social, involucramiento comunitario, seguridad y ética empresarial. La certificación exige cumplimiento de legislación ambiental, de salud, pesca, vida silvestre y turismo, y una declaración jurada del representante legal sobre el estado al día en obligaciones fiscales y laborales.
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The company... I DECLARE UNDER OATH... FIRST: That the gastronomic establishment I represent, aspiring to receive the Certification for Tourism Sustainability, known by the initials "CST", is in compliance with current legislation, especially that which refers to the following regulations... SECOND: That it is not in default of the following obligations as legally applicable: payment of taxes to the Costa Rican Tourism Board, payment of employer and employee contributions to the Social Security Fund, payment to the Social Development and Family Allowances Fund (FODESAF)... THIRD: Likewise, I commit to maintain this condition for the duration of the Certificate and to comply with the terms of the aforementioned regulations, as this is a sine qua non requirement to obtain the Certification for Tourism Sustainability.La empresa... DECLARO BAJO FE DE JURAMENTO... PRIMERO: Que el establecimiento gastronómico que represento, aspirante a recibir el Certificado para la Sostenibilidad Turística, conocido por las iniciales ¨CST¨, se encuentra a derecho con la legislación vigente, especialmente con aquella que se refiere a las siguientes regulaciones... SEGUNDO: Que no se encuentra en estado de mora de las siguientes obligaciones en lo que le sea legalmente aplicable: el pago de impuestos ante el Instituto Costarricense de Turismo, el pago de las cuotas obrero patronales ante la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, el pago al Fondo de Desarrollo Social y Asignaciones Familiares (FODESAF)... TERCERO: Asimismo, me comprometo a mantener esta condición por el tiempo de vigencia del Certificado y cumplir con los términos de la normativa antes indicada, por ser esto requisito sine qua non para obtener el Certificado para la Sostenibilidad Turística.
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"La empresa identifica y analiza los impactos negativos causados o que es posible causar al medio debido a su operación, mediante un registro escrito, según Registro de Impactos Ambientales."
"The company identifies and analyzes the negative impacts caused or likely to be caused to the environment due to its operation, through a written record, according to the Environmental Impact Registry."
Ámbito Físico-Biológico, Políticas y fundamentos, 1.1
"La empresa identifica y analiza los impactos negativos causados o que es posible causar al medio debido a su operación, mediante un registro escrito, según Registro de Impactos Ambientales."
Ámbito Físico-Biológico, Políticas y fundamentos, 1.1
"Se prefiere el consumo de materias primas de cosechas locales."
"The consumption of locally sourced raw materials is preferred."
Ámbito Físico-Biológico, Materias Primas, 2.4
"Se prefiere el consumo de materias primas de cosechas locales."
Ámbito Físico-Biológico, Materias Primas, 2.4
"El consumo de agua es monitoreado continuamente por medio de medidores o sistemas alternativos, llevando un control escrito de las mediciones."
"Water consumption is continuously monitored through meters or alternative systems, keeping a written record of the measurements."
Ámbito Físico-Biológico, Consumo de Agua, 4.1
"El consumo de agua es monitoreado continuamente por medio de medidores o sistemas alternativos, llevando un control escrito de las mediciones."
Ámbito Físico-Biológico, Consumo de Agua, 4.1
"La empresa cuenta con un Reglamento Interno de Trabajo y se encuentra aprobado por el Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social."
"The company has an Internal Work Regulation and it is approved by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security."
Ámbito Socioeconómico, Responsabilidad Social, 23.1
"La empresa cuenta con un Reglamento Interno de Trabajo y se encuentra aprobado por el Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social."
Ámbito Socioeconómico, Responsabilidad Social, 23.1
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of the entire text - Full Text of Standard 0 Certification Standard for Tourism Sustainability for Gastronomic Establishments of Costa Rica COSTA RICAN TOURISM INSTITUTE STANDARD CERTIFICATION FOR TOURISM SUSTAINABILITY FOR GASTRONOMIC ESTABLISHMENTS OF COSTA RICA | Physical-Biological Scope | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | 1. Policies and fundamentals | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 1.1 | The company identifies and analyzes the negative impacts caused or likely to be caused to the environment due to its operation, through a written record, according to the Environmental Impact Registry provided by the Department of Tourism Sustainability (attached at the end of the standard). | 3 | | | | | 1.2 | The company has designed and implemented a monitoring plan that allows it to mitigate or eliminate the possible negative impacts identified, according to the same registry as the previous question. | 3 | | | | | 1.3 | The company has a Manual (or similar document) in which its Mission, Vision, and Policies are defined, from the perspective of Sustainability (considering environmental, social, economic, and cultural aspects) and disseminates it to its clients, collaborators, and stakeholders, through a document, multimedia, website, social networks, or other channels, in visible places within the facilities. | 3 | | | | | 1.4 | The company analyzes the mitigation plan together with the impact analysis instrument, on a semi-annual basis, making adjustments to perfect the operation. | 2 | | | | | Why? · The tourism company has an environmental impact in the areas where it develops its main commercial activity, so it must be responsible with programs or comprehensive actions in its operation that minimize the negative impact and reinforce the positive impacts. · The impacts that may be caused have direct or indirect consequences on the economic sustainability of the company.
What is an environmental impact? Any change in the environment, adverse or beneficial, that results from the activities, products, or services of a company. Ley Orgánica del Ambiente, article 2. Principles: · The environment is the common heritage of all the inhabitants of the Nation, with the exceptions established by the Political Constitution, international agreements, and laws. The State and private individuals must participate in its conservation and sustainable use, as they are of public utility and social interest. · Everyone has the right to enjoy a healthy and ecologically sustainable environment to develop, as well as the duty to conserve it, according to article 50 of our Political Constitution. What is expected? That the company: · Values the environment where it is immersed, knows and mitigates potential negative impacts, in coordination with public, private, and non-governmental sectors. · Actively participates in solving environmental problems at both regional and local levels.
Recommended practices · Design of a plan stipulating the main management and operation standards of the company in environmental matters, which allows for more or better quality and quantity of water, better scenic views, more vegetation cover (cobertura vegetal), wildlife in natural habitats, infrastructure with more sustainable, bioclimatic designs (design of buildings taking into account climatic conditions, leveraging available resources (sun, vegetation, rain, winds) to decrease negative environmental impacts, trying to reduce energy consumption), reduction of operating costs due to savings in water, energy, and supplies, among others. · Generation of a periodic discussion circle among key company employees about current and potential impacts generated by the company's activity. · Formulation of a follow-up to negative impacts and the results of mitigation actions, as an activity parallel to the company's daily activities. · Attention to suggestions or complaints from communities and official entities regarding harmful practices by the company. · The evaluation of these mitigation actions must be shown with quantitative and/or qualitative indicators. · Respect and promote pertinent national and international legislation and regulations in environmental matters. · That there is active support from Management, in such a way that the mission, vision, policies, strategic objectives, and operational plans are visible. · Some examples of Environmental Regulations: Ley Orgánica del Ambiente No. 7554 of October 4, 1994, Ley General de Salud No. 5395 of October 23, 1973, Ley de Conservación de la Vida Silvestre No. 7317 of October 30, 1992, Ley Forestal No. 7575 of February 13, 1993, Reglamento sobre Emisión de Contaminantes Atmosféricos provenientes de Calderas.
Decreto Ejecutivo No. 30222-S-MINAE, Ley Gestión Integral de Residuos No. 8839, May 25, 2010, Decreto Ejecutivo No. 33601 MINAE-S, Reglamento de Vertido y Rehuso de Aguas Residuales, among others. | | | | | | | 2. Raw Materials | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 2.1 | The company has policies that promote the use of organic raw materials. (Own and local gardens are recognized as an alternative to organic certifications) | 1 | | | | | 2.2 | Preference is given to raw materials that generate a low environmental impact in their production. | 1 | | | | | 2.3 | The life cycles of plantations are respected, considering the maturation processes of the products. | 2 | | | | | 2.4 | Preference is given to the consumption of raw materials from local harvests. | 1 | | | | | 2.5 | Over-exploitation of marine species is avoided, buying fish and seafood that comply with the recommended minimum catch sizes, and avoiding the purchase and inclusion on the menu of prohibited fish and seafood species; of sport interest; under temporary ban (vedadas) or categorized as endangered, vulnerable, or threatened. | 1 | | | X | | 2.6 | Preference is given to contracting with fish and seafood suppliers who commercialize products obtained through responsible fishing practices. | 2 | | | X | | 2.7 | The selection of meats is made taking into consideration the animals' diet. | 2 | | | | | Why? · Raw materials are the essential product for the operation of any gastronomic establishment; the quality of the preparations depends on them, and their adequate selection makes the difference in terms of sustainable food. · Raw materials of organic origin, or that use environmentally responsible harvesting procedures, respecting life cycles, and taking into consideration respect for the proper maturation of products, make it possible for the national gastronomic product to be strengthened, without causing major environmental damage.
Raw materials are known as the matter extracted from nature that will be transformed to produce materials that will later become consumer goods. In the gastronomic case, raw materials are all the ingredients necessary for the preparation and presentation of dishes. Strengthening the consumption of national raw materials represents a measure to improve the conditions of Costa Rican agriculture and, likewise, a system for reducing the carbon footprint. What is expected? That the Company: · The company must be aware that natural resources are not inexhaustible and that an adequate use of resources must be made. · Every human activity causes an environmental impact; large-scale agriculture with agrochemicals and poor land management practices damages soils, aquifers, among others. The company must know the origin and production practices of the raw materials. · The primary objective is the commercialization of foods without additives or synthetic substances, which favor greater environmental protection, thanks to non-contaminating techniques that are not harmful to human health. · Know about the harvest season of the raw materials necessary for the establishment's operation. · Respect for temporary bans (vedas) and prohibitions established by the authorities.
Recommended practices · Strengthening the consumption of national raw materials. · Inclusion of preference for organic products within purchasing policies. · Training personnel in responsible fishing. Organic products and their benefits become evident when fighting climate change, the loss of soil fertility, plantation diseases, among other cases. Responsible fishing is that right to fish which carries with it the obligation to do so responsibly in order to ensure the conservation and effective management of marine resources for present and future generations. According to the principle proposed by FAO and FECOP: "Fishing constitutes a vital source of food, employment, recreation, trade, and economic well-being for populations worldwide, both for present and future generations, and, therefore, should be carried out responsibly." The FAO has developed a Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing that FECOP has enforced in Costa Rica. http://www.fecop.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/v9878s00.pdf Affiliates as of 2013: · Asociación para la Pesca Turística de la Zona Sur (APTC) · Asociación Nacional de Operadores Turísticos y Afines de Quepos (ANOTA) · Cámara de Pescadores Turísticos de Guanacaste (CAPETUG) · Club Amateur de Pesca · Club Nacional de Pesca | | | | | | | 3.
Emissions and Waste | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 3.1 | As a standard, the company applies the four "R" principle: recycle, reuse, refuse, and recover. | 1 | | | | | 3.2 | Lightweight and biodegradable packaging products are used, the generation of single-use beverage containers is reduced, and returnable containers are preferred. | 1 | | | | | 3.3 | There is a solid and liquid waste management program that includes permanent actions. | 2 | | | | | 3.4 | The generation of all types of waste is continuously monitored, keeping a written record. | 1 | | | | | 3.5 | Goals have been established to decrease waste generation. | 1 | | | | | 3.6 | There is a conditioned site for the proper management and storage of waste. | 1 | | | | | 3.7 | The company verifies the final disposal of its waste. | 1 | | | | | 3.8 | The company participates in a recycling program. | 1 | | | | | 3.9 | The establishment offers incentives for diners who provide their own containers to transport take-out meals.
If the restaurant is closed to the general public, the NON-existence of take-away containers must be evidenced. | 2 | | | X | | 3.10 | For the distribution of delivery orders, preference is given to electric vehicles, or others whose operation does not depend on fossil fuel. | 2 | | | X | | 3.11 | Packaging and containers for delivery orders are organic or there is a recycling or reuse program. Lodging companies that do not offer take-out service are exempted; however, all those with room service must demonstrate that they use prolonged-use packaging. | 2 | | | X | | 3.12 | In its operation, the company uses containers, dishes, and the like that are of prolonged use and can be recycled or reused. | 2 | | | | | · Waste and emissions are all those materials one wishes to eliminate, which generally come from raw materials that have been acquired at a high cost. This includes all solid, liquid, and gaseous materials emitted into the air, water, or land, as well as noise and residual heat.
Minimizing waste and emissions also means increasing the degree of utilization of the materials and energy used for production, in addition to the decrease in polluting matter that ends up being released into the planet untreated. What is expected? That the Company: · Minimizes the production of waste and polluting residues. · Avoids poor waste disposal, keeping in mind what the final disposal of the waste will be. · Separates and utilizes waste. Recommended practices · Monitor waste production: Monitoring is a continuous function whose main objective is to provide stakeholders with early indications of progress, or setbacks, in achieving the proposed goals. · Maintain a record of produced waste (organic, inorganic, recyclable, and non-recyclable) and graph the data in order to assess them and make decisions and actions to follow or modify existing ones. · Monitoring must be carried out with the participation of company personnel, as well as with the collaboration of visitors, under the coordination of responsible individuals. · Waste can be measured in units of volume (bags of the same size and capacity) or by weight (in kilograms), so that it can be monitored whether the objective of reducing them is being met within the deadlines foreseen in a Management Plan. · Design a Management Plan that must consider aspects such as:
It may include in its mission its concern for the environment, and the social and cultural dimension, but if its daily operations reflect the opposite, the results can be very detrimental, because collaborators and clients will immediately perceive that what is preached is not being fulfilled in practice. · Communicating expectations and ethics: the mission must define the business goals and additionally the methodologies selected to achieve them must include the general principles that workers are expected to adhere to and practice. It must additionally include what the company commits to regarding its personnel, its clients, and the community where it operates. · Periodic updating: the mission must undergo continuous review and improvement to ensure that it remains useful and corresponds to the company's current reality. The mission answers the question: what is our reason for being? Some characteristics that the vision statement should have: · It must be positive, attractive, encouraging, and inspiring, promoting a sense of identification and commitment among all members of the company. · It must be aligned and coherent with the values, principles, and culture of the company.
It indicates where the company is headed in the long term, or what it aims to become. · The reason for establishing a company's vision is for it to serve as a guide that allows focusing the efforts of all company members in the same direction, that is, ensuring that objectives are established, strategies are designed, decisions are made, and tasks are executed under its guidance; thus achieving coherence and order. To formulate a company's vision, we can ask the following questions: What is the future image we want to project for our company? What are our desires or aspirations? Where are we heading? Where do we want to go? Policy Formulation: these are action guidelines that seek to make the elements included in the mission concrete. Policies stipulate what must and can be done regarding the daily activities executed in the company, for example: purchasing policies, service policies, quality policies, savings policies, among others.
Having clearly established policies allows for the orderly generation of comprehensive projects and programs that unite the company's operation with sustainability elements. Likewise, they constitute an action plan that guides the actions of collaborators in performing their tasks, in order to ensure no deviation of efforts and the effective fulfillment of the company's objectives, that is, the basic rules of the game. Procedure for designing policies: · Establish the mission and vision · Gather information and documentation on the main environmental, social, and cultural problems affecting the environment in which the company operates. · Analyze and discuss with experts, company collaborators, and stakeholders in the environment the causes and effects of the focused problems. · Derive possible solutions or contributions to the solution of the focused problems. · Design the form or mechanism for applying the policy line derived from the previous steps. · Design the policies.
Objective Formulation: it is an intention that one wants to make a reality and must be capable of being classified as short-term (less than one year), medium-term (1 to 5 years), or long-term (more than 5 years). Objectives define a goal to be achieved, in one or several planning periods, and implicitly carry a set of actions required for their fulfillment. Goal Formulation: they establish the total and long-term intention of the administration. Generally, the company's goals fulfill three main functions: · They establish the desired future state that the company wants to achieve, thus constituting general principles that must be followed by the members of the organization. · They provide a logic or fundamental reason for the organization's existence. · They provide a set of standards against which organizational performance can be contrasted. Strategic planning is a process through which a company defines its long-term vision and the strategies to achieve it based on the analysis of its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, in order to evaluate the company's current situation and its competitive level.
It also involves the active participation of organizational actors, the permanent acquisition of information on its key success factors, and its constant review and periodic adjustments (at least once a year) so that it becomes a management style that makes the company a proactive and preventive entity. Some of the benefits obtained through Strategic Planning are: · It maintains a focus on both the future and the present. · It fosters interdisciplinary planning and communication. · It assigns priorities in the allocation of resources. · It constitutes the bridge with the short-term tactical planning process. · It forces administrators to view planning from the macro perspective, pointing out the central objectives so that they can contribute to achieving them. · Strategic planning is a process that keeps the management team united to translate the mission, vision, and strategy into tangible results, reduces conflicts, and fosters participation and commitment at all company levels with the efforts required to make the envisioned future a reality.
Recommended practices · Design and (permanently) update operating policies inspired by the values of sustainability in the social, economic, and environmental fields. · Remain permanently informed about sustainable development techniques, standards, guidelines, or policies promoted by official national and international organizations. · Periodically prepare a document to disseminate and make generally known the scope of the sustainability policies, preserving the following characteristics for its preparation: o Be brief and illustrative. o Show innovations and progress of the company and other companies in sustainability matters. o Present a balance between the graphic and the textual. o Show the advantages and gains that the company has obtained by applying these policies. · Assign a person in charge or an office within the company the task of preparing and reviewing the document disseminating the policies and procedures. · Maintain an updated record of service suppliers that practice the principles of sustainable development in their management, for which it is recommended to verify the following conditions: o Have suppliers subscribed to some national or international sustainability certification system, for example: CST, Blue Flag Ecology Program (Bandera Azul Ecológica), ISO 14000 Standards, among others. o Have suppliers that stand out for applying environmental protection practices. o Have suppliers officially or popularly recognized for their social welfare projection. · Prepare a concise document stipulating the main management and operation standards of the company in environmental and social matters, among others. · Periodically review the official documents that stipulate current legislation to stay updated on national and internal regulations. · Consider training programs for its collaborators and clients on the regulations relevant to its activity.
| | | | | | | | 9. Awareness Raising and Information | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 9.1 | The establishment ensures that suppliers comply with the purchasing policies. | 2 | | | | | 9.2 | Suppliers are informed of the guidelines of the supply area, in terms of necessary measures for the reception of products. | 2 | | | | | 9.3 | All collaborators and suppliers are aware of the food safety (inocuidad) policies. | 1 | | | | | the education of human beings in the ideas, principles, and techniques of sustainable development. This is why communication and training play a decisive role in achieving the goals of sustainable development in a lodging establishment. · In the dynamics of companies, training is defined as instruction to raise personal performance and company productivity. It is vitally important to note that training programs have the purpose of maintaining or improving current performance, meaning that training is linked to the individual's performance within the company at the present moment and the company's growth.
Training is framed within a cycle that seeks to identify and correct deficiencies in performance at a specific point in organizational processes through a sequence of stages that allow determining the type of training required: Diagnosis: this is the beginning of the cycle which consists of four phases: · Needs assessment. · Design of training programs containing their objectives and content. · Selection of methods for applying the training (how, when, where, and at what moment it will be delivered). · Upon completing the instruction, the effectiveness of the assimilation of the applied knowledge must be evaluated. Training can contribute to improving people's quality of life and improving their relationship with other collaborators, their family, and the community in which they reside. What is expected? That the Company: · Consider the need for integrated action by all actors involved in tourism activity, based on the conception of their companies as permanent learning centers, where knowledge and skills are exchanged that contribute to achieving superior results in business management and, at the same time, contribute to obtaining the sustainability model aspired to. · A training program must answer at least the following questions: Whom to train?, How to train?, In what to train?, Where to train?, When to train?, Who will train? · Involvement is a fundamental part of any program or project.
If people do not participate or do not feel part of it, success will hardly be achieved, therefore it must consider four fundamental stages: o Inform: explain to collaborators what the Program is about. o Train: provide collaborators with the tools so they can participate. o Incentivize: promote participation and involvement. o Recognize: listen to, take into account initiatives, and reward positive actions. Recommended practices · Apply the diagnostic stages that lead to determining and designing the training courses or talks deemed convenient, ensuring that all collaborators understand the policies and collaborate in achieving the objectives. · Ensure that collaborators become active agents who promote changes within the company. · Implement an Information Program directed at collaborators, through bulletin boards, newsletters, intranet, among others. · Have a Training Program that includes: o Presentation of the program, where the coverage, stages, and characteristics of the program are explained. o Strategic planning of training in the organization. o Analysis of the training situation in the company (SWOT and MECA analysis). o Training objectives. o Scheduling of training courses, including the calendaring of events according to detected needs, the scope of events and participants, instructors, the person responsible for operational coordination, costs, and budgets. o The content of the courses, the appropriate means for conducting and evaluating the instructional process. · Schedule and hold periodic meetings with collaborators to discuss and inform them about the policies and programs that the company has developed to achieve sustainable development. · Create and keep a record of collaborator participation in meetings, training sessions, and the sustainable activities they develop, as well as the agenda of topics covered, with their respective execution date, attaching photographs of the activity. · Invite experts to delve into different areas of human knowledge and consolidate the comprehensive vision of sustainable development. · Develop an instrument to evaluate and follow up on the training received by collaborators, considering at least the following: · Evaluation of training (course, workshop/other). § The training objective was met. § The training agenda (training content) was fulfilled. § The knowledge acquired is useful in their work area. § The facilities where the training was received were.. · Material evaluation. § The legibility of the training material was. § The presenter's support material was.. · Instructor/presenter evaluation. § Knows and masters the subject. § The presentation was clear. § Clarified any doubts. § Punctuality and adherence to schedule of the instructor/presenter. · Suggestions, observations, and proposals for the person in charge of the Training Program.
| | | | | | | | 10. Nutritional Quality | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 10.1 | All recipes are properly refined or standardized by a competent professional. | 1 | | | | | 10.2 | For menu design, the nutritional value of foods is taken into consideration. | 1 | | | | | 10.3 | Dishes low in saturated fat are offered. | 2 | | | | | 10.4 | Menu alternatives for people with special requirements or dietary regimes are available on the menu. | 1 | | | | | 10.5 | The organoleptic properties of foods are maximized in raw materials and in preparation. | 1 | | | | | 10.6 | The restaurant contributes to public health through the conscious and gradual reduction of the amount of sodium, sugar, and fat in its dishes. | 2 | | | | | 10.7 | Salt shakers are kept in the mise en place and are only provided to the consumer if they request them. | 2 | | | | | 10.8 | Dressings and emulsions are served on the side. | 1 | | | | | Why? · Adequate nutrition § Favors the social environment § Provides healthier individuals with a lower risk of developing both acute and chronic diseases. § Maintains a high level of strength and energy, which increases people's productivity. § Helps maintain a healthy weight and guarantee nutrient reserves. § Boosts the body's defenses. · Cardiovascular diseases have been the leading cause of death in the country since the 1970s.
The main risk factor for developing them is arterial hypertension, which is present in 1 out of every 3 adults in our country. Decreasing sodium consumption, along with increasing physical activity, are the most cost-effective measures to combat these diseases. The mise en place, or put in its place, is used in gastronomy to define the set of tasks carried out, whether in the kitchen or the dining room, just before preparing a... What is expected? That the Company: · Have all its recipes properly refined or standardized. · Have a balanced menu that favors balanced and nutritious eating for all diners. · Avoid the excessive use of saturated fats and eliminate trans fats. · Maximize the organoleptic properties (all those descriptions of the physical characteristics that matter generally has, as they can be perceived by the senses, for example its flavor, texture, smell, color) of raw materials.
For preparing dishes, the properties of each food are considered, trying to reduce the amount of salt and artificial compounds (colorings, flavor enhancers, flavorings, sweeteners, among others). · Have gastronomic variety for diners with diseases involving some nutritional restriction. · Contribute to the prevention of Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases by modifying dishes high in fats, refined sugars, and sodium. Recommended practices · Have a nutrition professional who is in charge of the nutritional monitoring of preparations. · Prepare and validate the menu. It must have a nutritional analysis, issued by a specialist in the field (nutritionist), that guarantees an adequate nutritional balance of the dishes prepared. · Establish an operations manual for preparing standardized dishes, which includes aspects such as the reduction in the use of oils, salt, and sodium-based condiments, as well as artificial or potentially toxic or allergenic substances. · Establish goals for the reduction of sodium, fat, and refined sugars based on the initial analysis (nutritional value of standardized recipe) in the preparations. · Develop preparations aimed at people with nutritional restrictions such as celiacs, lactose intolerant, nut allergies, among others. · Eliminate the salt shaker from the table, and it will only be provided to the diner if they ask for it. Instead of the salt shaker, they will offer mixtures of spices and culinary herbs free of or low in sodium. · Serve dressings and emulsions on the side.
| | | | | | | | 11. Research Actions | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 11.1 | Information is available on the harvest season of raw materials necessary for the establishment's operation. | 2 | | | | | 11.2 | The seasonality of marine species is considered in the establishment's menu. | 1 | | | X | | 11.3 | Harvest seasons are taken into consideration for menu preparation. | 1 | | | | | 11.4 | Research is conducted on native ingredients of Costa Rica that can be used for preparing dishes. | 2 | | | | | 11.5 | The results of the mentioned research are made known to collaborators. | 1 | | | | | Why? Research processes allow the company to be constantly informed and aware of products and innovative trends that can be applied in establishments. In the field of gastronomy, knowing about local products and species seasonality allows for reducing operational costs, and additionally, it allows for better showcasing of national products.
What is expected? That the Company: · Has knowledge about the harvest seasons of the products used for the menu. · Research alternative crops for preparing dishes. · Promote and incentivize local production under sustainability standards. · Consider what is proposed by collaborators. Recommended practices · Creation of a season calendar, based on the menu and what is necessary for production. · All members of a research team must know what they must do throughout the study, applying the same definitions and criteria to all participants and acting identically when faced with any doubt. To achieve this, it is essential to write a research protocol specifying all the details related to the study. · Constantly and, above all, creatively motivating and stimulating the best collaborators should be a policy of the Human Resources area so that their commitment to the company is nurtured and increased daily. This is recommended to be done.
| | | | | | | | 13. Production | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 12.1 | The establishment harvests some products in its own garden or is supplied with raw materials from local producers. | 2 | | | | | 12.2 | All raw materials are weighed and portioned at the time they arrive to be stored. | 2 | | | | | 12.3 | Microbiological quality analyses of food are carried out semi-annually. | 1 | | | | | Why? · Clean production is the continuous application of a preventive and integrated environmental strategy to the productive process, products, and services to increase overall efficiency and reduce risks for human beings and the environment. · Productive efficiency, because its application leads the company to make optimal use of raw materials, water, and energy, among other inputs, allowing the same quantity of products to be produced with a smaller quantity of inputs. The effect is a decrease in the unit cost of production and, at the same time, waste reduction. · It is evident that increasing productive efficiency will minimize environmental damages and maximize economic, environmental, and social returns.
What is expected? That the Company: · Constantly train collaborators so they are capable of carrying out the program and have environmental awareness when developing production. · Design production manuals, where food safety (inocuidad) and recipe standardization are guaranteed. · Raw materials selected for production must align with purchasing criteria, where sustainable production is taken into consideration. · Adequate disposal of cooking oils. Recommended practices · Standardization of recipes. · Compliance with food hygiene and handling courses. · Induction for adequate production. · Purchasing management is considered one more function of a larger process called materials management, which includes everything from identifying a need in the company and the respective acquisition of the necessary materials, to everything related to the proper disposal and storage of the acquired materials. · The purchase and use of products must reflect the company's sustainability policy, which is based on the use and reuse of environmentally compatible articles and inputs. · Collection of cooking oil.
| | | | | | | | 13. Organic Foods | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 13.1 | The use of organic foods is promoted through guidelines and policies, considering that a balance must be maintained between their use and the financial/economic sustainability of the company. | 1 | | | | | 13.2 | The establishment uses sources from organic agriculture (certified or having a productive management plan that demonstrates autonomous agricultural exploitation based on the optimal use of natural resources, without using synthetic chemical products, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs), neither for fertilizer nor to combat pests). | 1 | | | | | 13.3 | The meats offered as part of the menu (beef, pork, chicken, and all others the company offers) have some type of organic certification or accreditation, or a clear explanation of their production process, demonstrating that it is developed in accordance with organic, sustainable, or good practice processes, valuing topics such as animal welfare, slaughter methods, type of feeding, and allowing verification of, for example, the absence of chemical traces.
Productive management practices must be recorded in official company books, according to the criteria of veterinarians and other related professionals. | 3 | | | | | Why? · To avoid the high concentration of chemicals in farmland, and therefore in consumers. The primary objective is the commercialization of foods without additives or synthetic substances, which favor greater environmental protection, through non-polluting techniques that are not harmful to human health. What is expected? That the Company: · Include the consumption of organic products within the supplier manual. · Prefer traditional production techniques, free of additives, hormones, toxic substances, transgenics, and chemical substances, or any other that does not harm the land. · Verification of labels and seals of organic products. · Raw material packaging must be biodegradable. · Take into consideration virtual water for the production of raw materials, as well as final products.
Recommended practices · The company, through the establishment of policies, avoids refined or industrialized ingredients, whenever possible starting from basic raw materials and using resources available in the country. · The company must communicate to its diners about the use of organic products. · Cooking techniques must respect the purity of flavors and textures; dish preparation must adopt techniques that maintain the qualities of the ingredients. · Hydroponics must be taken into consideration; they yield raw materials free of toxics, very nutritious, and take up little space. · In the absence of organic certifications, some recommended practices are: Blue Flag Ecology Program (Bandera Azul Ecológica) Actions against climate change, adaptation category, which evaluates topics such as water use according to the product used, soil management, agrochemical use, inputs and veterinary products (promotes the use of bio-inputs), waste and residue management, collaborator training and community relations, among others.
For example: CATIE dairy farm and Hacienda ARIO S.A. farm in Cóbano (beef cattle and tourism). · Good agricultural practices seal (mainly for agricultural products), issued by the MAG. · Rainforest Alliance certifications for agricultural activities. · Organic certificates: ARAO website (Accreditation and Registration of Organic Agriculture) www.cfe.go.cr / Orgánica. · Companies with a veterinary operation certificate from SENASA, which guarantees, for example, the treatment given to animals. · Eventually, companies that buy their products at "organic" stalls soon to be available at CENADA / Organic fairs. · Poultry raised and developed in pasture environments, as well as eggs from laying hens developed in this environment. · Clean production processes from MINAE. · Others that are known and not cited in this guide.
| | | | | | | | 14. Quality and Food Safety (Calidad e Inocuidad) | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 14.1 | All collaborators of the establishment have a duly current Food Handling course. | 1 | | | | | 14.2 | A program is established to guarantee food safety (inocuidad), (HACCP), or procedures derived from it to achieve the required levels of food safety. | 2 | | | | | 14.3 | The company has current cleaning and disinfection programs. | 1 | | | | | 14.4 | The establishment has a semi-annual analysis to ensure the quality of water and ice for human consumption, issued by an authorized entity. | 1 | | | | | 14.5 | Fish and seafood are selected considering the food safety (inocuidad) and quality of the product. | 1 | | | X | | 14.6 | For correct order taking (toma de la comanda), the collaborator must know the composition of the dishes to have the capacity to advise clients. | 1 | | | | | 14.7 | An order-taking system exists that allows knowing which dishes each client has requested, avoiding having to ask at the time of service which dish was requested by each diner. | 1 | | | | | 14.8 | There is a separation between clean areas (for handling) and dirty areas (for washing or garbage storage), preventing the mixing of elements. | 1 | | | | | 14.9 | Thawing of products is carried out in cold rooms, refrigerators, or cold rooms, never at room temperature or with water.
Defrosting trays are always used. | 1 | | | | | 14.10 | The establishment guarantees a space of comfort and privacy, maintaining the order and arrangement of tables and chairs, keeping the distances indicated by law. | 1 | | | | | 14.11 | The furniture and decoration are in good condition and are in accordance with the menu offered by the establishment. | 2 | | | | | Why? · The Codex Alimentarius recognizes that sufficient, safe, and wholesome food is a decisive element for achieving acceptable living standards, and that the right to enjoy a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of the individual and their family is proclaimed in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. · Food safety (inocuidad) is an implicit characteristic of food, and therefore if one wants to offer a quality product, food safety must be ensured. · Food quality can be viewed from different perspectives.
Thus, its diverse qualities can be considered: · Sensory: on the one hand, organoleptic, that is, relating to the senses (sight, smell, taste, touch), and on the other, digestive, which are those experienced after having ingested the food. · Nutritional: relating to its dietary possibilities and especially linked to its energy value and nutrient content. · Hygienic: relating to the non-alteration, adulteration, or contamination of food with substances that may affect consumer health or deteriorate the product's shelf life (vida de anaquel). · Service: relating to the functional possibilities of the various food ingredients, the stability of the product, its shelf life (vida de anaquel), the manner of using the food, among others.
· Safety, a fundamental part of quality, is the absence of agents that can harm the health and integrity of people and animals, whether physical (glass fragments, wire, among others), chemical (pesticides, toxins, among others), or biological (pathogenic microorganisms) in food. It means producing, storing, transporting, and offering to the final consumer products that are not harmful to human or animal health. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) A preventive, systematic process to guarantee food safety (inocuidad alimentaria), in a logical and objective manner. The seven principles of HACCP Principle 1: Hazards Principle 2: Identify Critical Control Points (CCP) Principle 3: Establish critical limits Principle 4: Establish a CCP monitoring system Principle 5: Establish corrective actions Principle 6: Establish a verification system Principle 7: Create a documentation system The implementation process must follow the different phases for optimal implementation: 1.
Form the work team: this team must be multidisciplinary, attempting to include workers from all departments involved in food safety (e.g., production, quality control, maintenance). Some of the responsibilities of this team will be: defining the specifications for each product; performing as many hazard analyses as necessary to detect critical points; updating the system whenever deemed necessary; and controlling that all controls and records required by the system are performed. 2. Describe the products: for each product, we must indicate its specifications, providing at least the following characteristics: product ingredients; preparation methodology; intended final consumer; consumption characteristics; microbiological, physical, and chemical characteristics; shelf life or expiry; storage characteristics and final consumer. 3. Identify the expected use of the product by consumers: it must be indicated to the intended consumer if it contains allergens. 4.
Develop the flow diagram and the process description: the flow diagram is a basic tool for detecting hazards by stages, and corresponds to a graphic representation consisting of a logical sequence of the processes that take place in the company. To describe the process, it is very important, in addition to defining each and every one of the activities to be carried out to prepare the product, to include an exhaustive description of the facilities and the distribution of the product throughout the production process. 5. Conduct a hazard analysis associated with production and identify preventive measures (HACCP Principle #1) 6. Identify the Critical Control Points (CCP) (HACCP Principle #2) 7. Establish critical limits for each CCP (HACCP Principle #3) 8. Establish a supervision or monitoring system (HACCP Principle #4) 9. Establish corrective actions (HACCP Principle #5) 10. Establish a data recording and filing system (HACCP Principle #6) 11.
Establish a system verification procedure (HACCP Principle #7) 12. Conduct a system review What is expected? That the Company: · All collaborators have an up-to-date Food Hygiene and Handling course and card. · Protection for public health, reducing the risk of foodborne illnesses. · Establishment of regulations and control systems that achieve a high sanitary level. · Rely on scientific advice for bacteriological risk assessment (micro-bacterial exams). · The company must train collaborators so that they perform their tasks with the highest possible degree of awareness of the risk involved in their execution. Recommended practices · Development of a quality management system that guarantees food safety (seguridad alimentaria); this must be defined as the premise for the system's implementation, both as a legal requirement, applicable to all establishments, and for obtaining certification. · Continuous training for kitchen staff on food hygiene and handling, as well as an induction for new collaborators.
All staff must have the food handling certification. · Quality systems must be verified. · Hygienic production of raw materials (verification with suppliers). · Handling, storage, and transportation. · Sanitation and maintenance of facilities. · Dress code for collaborators. | | | | | | | | 15. Innovation | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 15.1 | The company seeks to make its dishes authentic, generating differentiation from the competition. | 2 | | | | | 15.2 | Gastronomic adaptations of international dishes are created. | 2 | | | | | 15.3 | The company encourages collaborators to design new dishes, of an innovative nature and that strengthen the consumption of local products | 2 | | | | | 15.4 | Traditional preparations of the country are offered on the menu. | 1 | | | | | 15.5 | The establishment has a suggestion box in a visible area. | 1 | | | | | 15.6 | Customer comments are continually reviewed and analyzed with the collaborators. | 2 | | | | | Why? · Gastronomy ultimately results in an art; allowing the chef and cooks to develop their own works will serve as market differentiation for establishments.
To achieve appetizing and well-presented dishes, using different cooking techniques, mixing temperatures, flavors, colors, textures, making the most of the country's great plant diversity. · Innovation and creation are not only an added value for companies, but also for the country, strengthening the national trends of the gastronomic sector, and similar controls in the production of dishes and food. What is expected? That the Company: · Through innovation, manages to conquer new markets, increase productivity, and improve competitiveness, thus achieving the enhancement of national gastronomy. Being competitive today is only possible in a sustainable way, with high productivity, since differences in the cost of capital, raw materials, energy, and transport are no longer decisive, · Implementation of innovation plans by the company, to be put into practice with collaborators. · Innovation of dishes, taking into consideration studies on the seasonality of species. · Recommendations from collaborators and diners are implemented.
Recommended practices · Focus attention and efforts on a specific strategy for improving the business in terms of gastronomic sustainability. · Strategic training for collaborators, so they have updated knowledge in different areas, thus dedicating the necessary resources to put strategies into practice. · Learn from experience, reflecting on the processes and operation of the establishment. In this case, a device that allows for continuous improvement must be set up. | | | | | | | | 16. Management of suppliers and raw materials. | Score | YES | NO | NA* | | 16.1 | The company has a supplier selection policy that guarantees gastronomic sustainability policies. | 2 | | | | | 16.2 | Have a standard form (order sheet or shopping list), where orders and their reception are evaluated. | 1 | | | | | 16.3 | There is a goods reception area with access from the outside without needing to pass through any public-use area of the restaurant.
Should this coincide, there is a policy so that reception is preferably carried out outside of business hours. | 1 | | | | | 16.4 | For the correct reception of goods, the order sheet or shopping list is taken as a reference, checking that it matches the delivery note and the products received, controlling weight, quantity, expiry date, product condition, and packaging condition (rejecting swollen, wrinkled, or broken cans). | 1 | | | | | 16.5 | All delivered products that have any anomaly are duly noted, as well as reported and separated. | 1 | | | | | 16.6 | Weighing equipment is available, in working order and well calibrated, to control the entry of goods. | 1 | | | | | 16.7 | Controls are carried out so that during the reception of goods, products are never left on the floor. | 1 | | | | | 16.8 | Refrigeration chambers are available for the storage of perishable products, and these are in perfect condition, order, and cleanliness. | 1 | | | | | 16.9 | Products in the chambers are stored in descending order (processed or semi-processed products at the top, fresh products in the middle, and fruits and vegetables at the bottom). | 1 | | | | | 16.10 | Cooked products are stored in airtight containers, cold, and noting the date of preparation. | 1 | | | | | 16.11 | If freezing chambers are available, these are in perfect condition, order, preservation, and cleanliness, closing correctly and with no frost. | 1 | | | | | 16.12 | All cold storage spaces have thermometers, preferably with external display.
Additionally, a control of these temperatures is carried out by means of a record. | 2 | | | | | 16.13 | There is a storage order for non-perishable products, arranged by families or by proximity to the handling area, using product rotation criteria to avoid expiration. | 1 | | | | | Why? The control maintained over merchandise and the inputs necessary for the establishment's operation serves to safeguard safety (innocuidad) and gastronomic safety. Adequate handling of raw materials favors the reduction of contamination and accidents due to foodborne illnesses. Strict control of incoming products helps reduce unnecessary purchases, which establishments often make due to ignorance in the absence of stock controls in warehouses. What is expected? That the Company: Establishments must have merchandise reception policies, in which service hours, and guidelines for the selection and rejection of products must be stipulated.
This is with the aim of providing order to the establishment. The supplier selection policies developed by the company must be known by those responsible for purchasing and receiving merchandise. The reception areas and warehouses must be in accordance with the provisions; they must be sites with specific hygiene standards, cross-contamination must not be allowed. Recommended practices The company must maintain separate cooling chambers for seafood, meats, and vegetables. A periodic review of the temperatures of the cooling and freezing chambers must be carried out. Supply schedules must be established for suppliers. There must be order controls, checked against the receipt of products. | | | | | | | | External Client Sphere | | | | | | | 17. Policies | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 17.1 | The customer is informed about the raw material selection policies. | 1 | | | | | 17.2 | The customer is informed about responsible seafood consumption policies. | 1 | | | X | | 17.3 | Policies are disseminated to customers, in a way that highlights the advantages of consuming products; organic, local, environmentally responsible, etc. | 2 | | | | | · Informing the customer about the strategies the company is carrying out will help raise awareness among the public, so that each time a diner visits an establishment to enjoy a dish, they have full confidence that the products with which it was prepared are of excellent quality, and in accordance with food sustainability standards. · Providing information so that customers can replicate it in their respective homes, this also impacts the collaborators themselves.
What is expected? That the Company: · The dissemination of the innovative practices with which the company is improving production. · That there is a commitment from the company to truthfully transmit the processes carried out in the establishment, thereby guiding diners toward good practices. Recommended practices · Implementation of informative methods for diners. · Constant research on closed seasons (vedas) and the harvest of plant species according to the season, in order to transmit this to the target audiences. | | | | | | | | 18. Dissemination | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 18.1 | Customers are informed about the availability of a seasonal menu. | 1 | | | | | 18.2 | The company informs customers about the importance of respecting the life cycles of plantations. | 2 | | | | | 18.3 | The customer is involved in the consumption of organic raw materials, thereby promoting their consumption. | 1 | | | | | 18.4 | Consumers are invited to participate in the processes of recycling, reducing, reusing, and refusing. | | | | | | 18.5 | The company informs and guides its community about climate change and promotes the implementation of actions against it. | 3 | | | | | 18.6 | The company informs customers about climate change, the actions it implements, and invites them to participate. | 2 | | | | | 18.7 | The customer is provided with historical-cultural information about the area or region where the company is located. | 2 | | | | | 18.8 | The company has procedures for the general dissemination and execution of its zero-tolerance policies regarding the commercial exploitation of minors, as well as against drug dealing and other social problems | 2 | | | | | Why?
The success of any program consists entirely of the knowledge and acceptance it has in the environment; hence the need to disseminate any commitment of the company, to communicate and disclose any activity in which it participates. In this way, knowledge of the CST program will be achieved in two ways, as well as the good social and environmental practices by which the establishment is governed. What is expected? That the Company: · Disseminates Sustainability policies. · Provides facilities so that the customer can participate in some activities of the CST program. · Customer participation must not be forced; it must be voluntary, therefore it must be supported by the cordial way the company invites and the kindness the customer shows when choosing one or several options. Recommended practices · For the waste separation program, provide differentiated bins in the rooms, or at least one of these with a recycling symbol sticker, so that the customer has the option to perform this practice. · Use indicative signs or table tents to encourage the customer to turn off lights and other electrical equipment, such as air conditioning, when not in use or when out of the room. · Use indicative signs or table tents to encourage the customer to save water when washing hands, among other things. · Explanatory documents about food.
Seasonal menu Refers to taking advantage of the seasonality of species, both flora and fauna; however, the concept is more linked to fruits and vegetables, basing the menu on this criterion to maximize organoleptic particularities, while lowering costs according to the availability of harvests. | | | | | | | | 19. Response Measurement and support for the CST | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 19.1 | The company declares under oath that all information contained in its promotional material is strictly truthful. | 1 | | | X | | 19.2 | The company's promotional material references and promotes the objectives of the CST. | 1 | | | X | | 19.3 | The customer is informed and motivated to participate in the different CST programs that the company is developing. | 1 | | | X | | 19.4 | The company collaborates with activities of the ICT's Tourism Sustainability Department, providing knowledge, logistics, or other cooperation. | 1 | | | X | | Why?
The company must maintain a system for evaluating its performance in sustainability, which can be based on the CST regulations and the criteria that customers develop about it. What is expected? That the Company: The CST is the fundamental parameter by which companies evaluate the performance and quality of service of tourism companies. Recommended practices · Design and apply a survey among customers with questions relating to the CST and the advantages for the tourist, the company, and the country, example: "CST Survey" The services you have enjoyed at this company have been designed taking into account criteria for protecting natural resources, social responsibility practices, involvement of our collaborators in community projects, and generally with compliance with the criteria of the Certification for Sustainable Tourism standard. If you have seen these efforts, we would greatly appreciate you answering the following questions: Do you consider environmental protection and social responsibility as decisive factors when selecting the restaurant you will visit?
YES ____ NO ____ During your stay, did you observe or learn of any effort by this company related to environmental protection and/or efforts related to social responsibility? YES ____ NO ____ Which ones?_________________________________________________ What is your opinion regarding the participation of the gastronomic establishment in social and environmental responsibility programs? ( ) Very important ( ) Not very important ( ) Indifferent Are you aware of the Certificate of Sustainable Tourism (CST)? YES ____ NO ____ What do you think? ______________________________________________________________ Thanks to the sustainability efforts you have seen at this company, would you use its services again and/or recommend them to others? YES ____ NO ____ Please give us your comments or recommendations regarding our environmental protection and social responsibility efforts. We commit to having already implemented your recommendations by your next visit. · Keep a record of the opinions and assessments that both customers and business owners have of the company's participation in the Certification for Sustainable Tourism (CST) Program.
This will allow knowing the level of acceptance and applicability of the questionnaire and introducing the necessary changes for its better application. · Semiannually communicate to the National Commission for CST Accreditation the study of the results of the surveys applied to customers about the CST, to the email: PROC. PROG. DE [email protected] Provide collaborators with the possibility of addressing problems, complaints, and allowing them to develop the solutions they deem most convenient according to the case. Develop printed or audiovisual material that makes a faithful interpretation of the objectives, foundations, and systems that constitute the CST, in order to fully inform the customer about the Program. Partner with other business owners to share initiatives, innovations, and practical advice for the application of the CST in their companies and to exchange results of evaluations and customer surveys. | | | | | | | | 20.
Training | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 20.1 | The establishment trains its collaborators in accordance with business policies (Mission - Vision - Policies - Scope) | 1 | | | | | 20.2 | The directives taken for policy compliance are disseminated to all collaborators. | 1 | | | | | 20.3 | There is a training program for collaborators on the impact of tourism activity on climate change. | 2 | | | | | Why? · Sustainable development involves the balanced progress of the three constitutive aspects of human life on earth: the sociocultural, the economic, and the environmental. But these three aspects can only be harmonized if a central element is consolidated: the education of the human being in the ideas, principles, and techniques of sustainable development. That is why communication and training play a determining role in achieving the goals of sustainable development in a lodging establishment. · In business dynamics, training is defined as instruction to raise personal performance and company productivity.
It is vitally important to note that training programs have the purpose of maintaining or improving current performance, meaning that training is linked to the performance of the person within the company at the present moment and the growth of the company. Training is framed within a cycle that seeks to identify and correct deficiencies in performance at a specific point in organizational processes through a sequence of stages that allow determining the type of training required: Diagnosis: it is the beginning of the cycle consisting of four phases: · Needs assessment. · Design of training programs containing their objectives and content. · Selection of methods for applying training (how, when, where, and at what moment it will be given). · Upon completing the instruction, the effectiveness of the assimilation of the applied knowledge must be evaluated. Training can contribute to improving people's quality of life and improve their relationship with the rest of the collaborators, their family, and the community in which they reside.
What is expected? That the Company: · Considers the need for integrated action by all actors involved in tourism activity, starting from the conception of their companies as permanent learning centers, where knowledge and skills are exchanged that contribute to achieving superior results in business management and, at the same time, contribute to obtaining the sustainability model aspired to. · A training program must answer at least the following questions: whom to train?, how to train?, in what to train?, where to train?, when to train?, who will train? · Involvement is a fundamental part of any program or project; if people do not participate or do not feel part of it, success will hardly be achieved, therefore, four fundamental stages should be considered: o Inform: explain to collaborators what the Program is about. o Train: provide collaborators with the tools so they can participate. o Incentivize: promote participation and involvement. o Recognize: listen to, take into account initiatives, and reward positive actions.
Recommended practices · Application of the diagnostic stages that lead to determining and designing the training courses or talks deemed convenient, ensuring that all collaborators understand the policies and cooperate in achieving the objectives. · That the company integrates all collaborators so that they get involved and actively participate in achieving the objectives and goals. · That collaborators become an active agent that promotes changes within the company. · Implementation of an Information Program aimed at collaborators, through bulletin boards, newsletters, intranet, among others. · Having a Training Program that includes: o Presentation of the program, explaining the coverage, stages, and characteristics of the program. o Strategic planning for training in the organization. o Analysis of the training situation in the company (SWOT and MECA analysis). o The training objectives. o The programming of training courses, including scheduling of events according to detected needs, the scope of events and participants, instructors, the person responsible for operational coordination, costs, and budgets. o The contents of the courses, the appropriate means for conducting and evaluating the instruction process. · Schedule and hold periodic meetings with collaborators to discuss and inform about the policies and programs the company has developed to achieve sustainable development. · Prepare and keep a record of collaborators' participation in meetings, training, and sustainable activities they develop, as well as the agenda of topics covered, with their respective execution date, attaching photographs of the activity. · Invite experts to delve into different areas of human knowledge and consolidate the comprehensive vision of sustainable development. · Develop an instrument that allows evaluating and monitoring the training received by collaborators, considering at least the following: · Training evaluation (course, workshop/other) § The training objective was met. § The training agenda was met (training content). § The knowledge acquired is useful in your work area. § The facilities where the training was received were.. · Material evaluation § The readability of the training material was. § The speaker's support material was.. · Instructor/speaker evaluation § Knows and masters the subject § The presentation was clear. § Clarified your doubts. § Punctuality and schedule compliance of the instructor/speaker. · Suggestions, observations, and proposals for the Training Program manager: __________ | | | | | | | | 21.
Economic benefits | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 21.1 | The consumption of organic products, or local or regional suppliers is encouraged. | 2 | | | | | 21.2 | In the preparation of dishes, national raw materials prevail over imported products. | 1 | | | | | Why? · The social concern of companies is not something new; it is an aspect that the community itself has been demanding, since organizations have acquired a fundamental role within society. · A socially responsible company is one that not only manages to be economically sustainable, but one that cares about the effects its management causes in all possible areas, considering its scope from clients, workers, suppliers, and the community in general. What is expected? That the Company: · Supports productive initiatives being generated in the community or generates new initiatives that contribute to or strengthen local development. · Undertakes relationships with community leaders and tries to understand their problems and aspirations. · Tries to get involved as much as possible and identify with the community, this is an essential part of the tourism product the company is selling. · Promotes a local economy by supporting artisanal, agricultural, service activities, among others. · Becomes a driver of sustainability at the level of local communities.
Recommended practices · Demonstrate the intention to collaborate with community development and for this, as a minimum, it must: · Use and consume goods and services produced locally, such as agricultural, organic, biodegradable products, furniture making, among others, and inform its guests. · Promote the sale of locally or regionally produced articles and crafts in the company store, while also providing a space so that artists, artisans, painters, sculptors, among others, can directly show the creation of their art and the customer has the opportunity to have a direct experience or encounter with that local artist. · Select local, regional, or national articles and crafts to decorate the different areas of the establishment, allowing the promotion of artisans, sculptors, painters, or others. · Prefer the use of local goods and products produced under the sustainable concept; if this is not happening, become a promoter of this idea in the local community. · The consumption of local goods and services can substantially reduce costs with fewer intermediaries and transportation costs. | | | | | | | | 22.
Food Responsibility | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | 22.1 | The establishment has a gastronomy consistent with its geographical location. Taking advantage of the raw materials closest to the restaurant's operations | 2 | | | | | 22.2 | The company uses alternative ingredients when the originals are scarce. | 2 | | | | | Why? · Food sovereignty is the right and one of the fundamental pillars of the sovereignty of peoples and nations. It is the right of each nation to maintain and develop its own capacity to produce the basic foods of its people.
It implies the capacity to determine the food supply for the population from local and national production, respecting productive and cultural diversity. · At the local level, food sovereignty favors the maintenance of proximity agriculture destined primarily to supply regional and national markets. Food crops and small-scale family agriculture should be favored, due to their greater economic, social, and environmental effectiveness, compared to industrial agriculture and large-scale plantations where numerous salaried workers are employed. The place and role of women are privileged. · Complementary to the concept of food security, which refers to the quantity of food available, the access of populations to it, the biological utilization of food, and the issue of crisis prevention and management, food sovereignty also grants importance to the social and environmental conditions of food production.
It advocates for more equitable access to land for poor farmers, to the means, if necessary, of agrarian reform and mechanisms for protecting the mortgage holder's use rights. What is expected? That the Company: · Prioritize local agricultural production to feed the population, access for all to land, water, and seeds. · Prefer raw materials that care for the conservation of biodiversity and local and national production. · Consolidation of the national gastronomic culture. · The establishment must be aware of guaranteeing food for future generations, taking into consideration elements such as availability, access, consumption, and biological utilization. Recommended practices · Avoid unnecessary purchases, which allows guaranteeing that all citizens have adequate food. · Exercise precaution by guaranteeing the innocuousness of products (suppliers). · Respect the specific culinary practices of each area. · Facilitate the means of production for families or micro-entrepreneurs so that they can exploit their lands and socially strengthen the economy. · Promote the biofortification of foods, the use of organic and native inputs of high nutritional value. · Reduce the conditions that foster unfair competition between national and imported products. · Guarantee food, strengthening and cooperating with communities to produce, distribute, and consume their own foods. Highlighting their own gastronomic identity.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23. Social Responsibility | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | | 23.1 | The company has an Internal Work Regulation and it is approved by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social). | 1 | | | | | 23.2 | The company has policies and actions that prohibit child labor (under 15 years of age), or other types of actions in this area dictated by national or international legislation, and there is an awareness program aimed at employees on child labor and its implications. | 1 | | | | | 23.3 | The company promotes equal opportunity and respects the human rights of all its stakeholders. | 1 | | | | | 23.4 | The company has at least one position to be filled by persons with a disability as established in the legislation. | 2 | | | | | 23.5 | The company contributes to and supports the training of students from the locality so that they can carry out internships or practical training in the establishment. | 2 | | | | | 23.6 | Locally trained persons or students, trained in the manner described above, have been hired by the company. | 1 | | | | | 23.7 | The company has a policy of employing people from the communal or national area to work at the administrative or managerial level. | 1 | | | | | 23.8 | The company uses people from the locality or surrounding communities to fill at least 60% of staff hiring. | 1 | | | | | 23.9 | The company leverages the training courses it provides to its staff, giving the residents the opportunity to participate with the intention of training potential company employees or contributing to their technical development or improvement in quality of life. | 3 | | | | | 23.10 | No personnel is contracted illegally or under conditions below the minimum, or any other type of actions that go against the human respect of the employee dictated by national or international legislation. | 1 | | | | | 23.11 | There is a procedure for the appropriate handling of requests, complaints, or recommendations from the community. | 1 | | | | | 23.12 | One or more first-aid kits will be available, containing at least the products and medications recommended by the competent organization or entity and they will not be expired. | 1 | | | | | Why? · Tourism activity as a potential component of sustainable development cannot be conceived without considering its relationship with social and cultural aspects, since social and cultural issues form a fundamental part of the concept of sustainable development, along with the economic and environmental aspects. · Costa Rica has stood out for being one of the first countries in the region to have a regulatory framework regarding Corporate Social Responsibility in Tourism (Responsabilidad Social Corporativa Turística, RSCT).
The country innovates in the fight against the commercial sexual exploitation of minors, and imposes a penalty of disqualification from engaging in commerce for 3 to 10 years on those business owners who promote or facilitate this scourge. What is expected? That the Company: · As a service industry, tourism has the capacity to generate a high degree of economic linkages (encadenamientos económicos) in the community. Being focused primarily on providing leisure options, the cultural and environmental wealth of the locality and the region lends itself to creating new entertainment offerings for the tourist population; therefore, sustainable tourism companies must ensure that these new options are the healthiest possible and that they also subscribe to the principles of sustainable tourism. · The economic linkage of tourism also includes a range of complementary services, such as food, transportation, lodging, crafts, guide services, among others.
Insofar as these services can be generated locally and regionally, so that the profits remain in the area, sustainable tourism thus contributes to local and regional development. The distribution of these linkage opportunities with the tourism industry among local small and medium-sized enterprises (PYMES), rather than with large national or transnational companies, promotes that the economic linkage of sustainable tourism spills benefits locally, achieving a positive effect on local development. · One aspect for the company to consider is that Costa Rica, as a Member of the International Labor Organization, ratified in August 2001 Convention No. 182 on "The Prohibition of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Immediate Action for their Elimination", adopted at the 87th Meeting of the International Labor Conference in Geneva in 1999. · There is no doubt that the unanimous adoption of the mentioned Convention by the tripartite representatives of the 174 Members of the International Labor Organization, including Costa Rica, proved to be historic and an unequivocal demonstration of the universal will to combat child labor and the general determination to seek the necessary means to do so. · The elimination of the worst forms of child labor constitutes a challenge for global society, which, motivated by the problem of this scourge that limits and violates the integral development of minors, seeks alternatives so that hundreds of millions of children worldwide, subjected to labor exploitation, can fully enjoy their fundamental rights. · That the companies in the Tourism Sector eliminate any type of discrimination against persons with disabilities, guarantee equal opportunities for the population, serve as a legal instrument so that persons with disabilities achieve their maximum development, their full social participation, as well as the exercise of their rights through the equalization of opportunities; both for employees and for the company's external clients. · It is recommended that the company have a set of positions to be filled by persons with a disability, asserting, if deemed necessary, their right to the reduction of income tax payment, originating from the payment of salaries for this population according to established procedure. 25.4 Recommended practices · That the company value local resources, which will become important and of touristic interest, thus generating their own conservation and improvement with positive effects on the well-being of both the tourist population and the local and regional communities. · The company, as an important actor in the local and regional economy, can collaborate, for example: in the improvement of infrastructure (roads, parks, sports facilities, health centers, educational centers, community centers, among others), which will contribute to improving local and regional well-being, including that of the company. · Support the development of micro-enterprises that can be developed in the community.
Your experience as a business owner can be very valuable in helping people from the community start a small business by observing the following: encouraging people from the community, providing advice, support, following up. The aim is to create "a seedbed of micro-enterprises" driven by the tourism business owners themselves, precisely to enrich the offer of services in the industry. This project can be developed at the local, regional, and even national level; there is no limitation in this sense. · Promote training in plastic, scenic, and musical arts to stimulate local and regional creativity, which also serves to increase the entertainment offerings for tourist populations. · The integration of companies into local and regional development is not limited to their economic ties, but includes a range of aspects that contribute to well-being, such as social relations, security, among others; they can become another member of the community by participating in local festivities, sponsoring sports events, supporting or participating in social welfare or environmental protection organizations.
In this way, the company can positively become part of the local or regional identity and be respected and consulted on decisions that affect the well-being of the localities. · Do not underestimate the importance of local or national tourism; packages should be designed that offer facilities (reduced seasonal rates) to encourage this type of tourism. This must be in writing and known to the employees who serve the tourist. · Promote, in written, visual, and verbal promotional media, the history of the community or immediate region where the company is immersed; in this way, the idiosyncrasy of the people is made known (its people, main activities, customs, traditional foods, the reason for its name, among others.). · Give due continuity and monitoring to the commitments entered into upon adhesion to the Code of Conduct Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents (Código de Conducta Contra la Explotación Sexual Comercial de Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes), coordinated by the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (Instituto Costarricense de Turismo) through the Department of Tourism Sustainability Programs, contact via email: [email protected], or by phone 2299-5800, ext. 372 or 375, and comply with Law No. 7899 Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors, published in Gazette No. 159 of August 17, 1999, and Law No. 8590 "Strengthening the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation of Minors Through the Reform and Addition of Several Articles to the Penal Code, Law No. 4573 and Reform of Several Articles of the Criminal Procedure Code, Law No. 7594. · The company must have an internal policy that prevents, discourages, avoids, and sanctions sexual harassment conduct (Law Against Sexual Harassment in Employment and Teaching, No. 7476 of February 3, 1995, and its reform through Law No. 8805 of April 28, 2010, published in Gazette No. 45 of March 3, 1995, and Gazette No. 106 of June 2, 2010, respectively), whose objective is to prohibit and sanction sexual harassment as a discriminatory practice based on sex, against the dignity of women and men in labor and teaching relationships.
Among the considerations to take into account are: · This policy must be made known to all employees in writing and verbally. Likewise, the content of the Law against Sexual Harassment must be disseminated within the company. · Personnel with experience in the prevention of sexual harassment must be maintained in the company. · The Ministry of Labor must be informed of all complaints of sexual harassment filed in the workplace. · Within the sexual harassment policy, Investigating Committees must be established, whose appointment, duration, procedures, and others must be recognized and supervised by the Ministry of Labor. · Child labor: It is the activity that implies the participation of boys and girls under fifteen years of age, whatever the type of relationship that has been established - salaried, independent work, family work, among others - in the production and commercialization of goods or in the provision of services that prevent their access to, performance in, and permanence in education or that is carried out in dangerous environments, produces immediate or future negative effects on intellectual, physical, psychological, moral, or social development. · The company must have an internal written policy that prevents child labor. · The company will not expose working children or adolescents to situations, inside or outside the workplace, that are dangerous, unsafe, or unhealthy. · The company will establish, document, maintain, and effectively communicate to all its employees and interested parties, the policy and procedures for the rescue of children detected working and will provide the necessary help to allow these children to be attended to by the competent entities. · Comply with current legislation related to this topic, for example among others: Code of Childhood and Adolescence Law No. 7739 of January 6, 1998; Labor Code of August 27, 1943; International Conventions of the International Labor Organization, especially No. 138, ratified by Costa Rica through Law No. 5594 of October 21, 1974; Approval of International Convention Number 182 on "The Prohibition of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Immediate Action for its Elimination" Law No. 8122 of August 17, 2001; Prohibition of Dangerous and Unhealthy Work for Adolescent Workers Law No. 8922 of February 3, 2011; Regulation to the Law on Prohibition of Dangerous and Unhealthy Work for Adolescent Workers, Executive Decree No. 36640-MTSS of June 22, 2011, among others. · Make known to the company's staff the texts of Law No. 7600, Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, of April 18, 1996. · Define within the company's objectives the achievement of non-discriminatory attention for persons with disabilities. · Promote facilities and conditions for the labor insertion of persons with disabilities. · Comply with the necessary accessibility in its infrastructure, as stipulated in the corresponding legislation. · Encourage community work among its employees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. Involvement with the community | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | | 24.1 | The perception of the community regarding the impacts generated by the company is consulted through the periodic application of surveys at least every 6 months. | 2 | | | | | 24.2 | The company has made or makes economic or in-kind contributions to the community for specific infrastructure works or their maintenance. | 2 | | | | | 24.3 | The company integrates local or community organizations that work towards improvements for the locality where it operates. | 2 | | | | | 24.4 | The company contributes to social projects, jointly with community institutions, public, private, NGOs, among others. | 1 | | | | | Why? · Tourism activity as a potential component of sustainable development cannot be conceived without considering its relationship with social and cultural aspects, since social and cultural issues form a fundamental part of the concept of sustainable development, along with the economic and environmental aspects. · Costa Rica has stood out for being one of the first countries in the region to have a regulatory framework regarding Corporate Social Responsibility in Tourism (RSCT).
The country innovates in the fight against the commercial sexual exploitation of minors, and imposes a penalty of disqualification from engaging in commerce for 3 to 10 years on those tourism business owners who promote or facilitate this scourge. What is expected? That the Company: · Support society and provide financing for specific projects. · Sponsor activities and the dissemination of information. · Involve employees in the different sustainable practices that the company is carrying out. · Make donations to organizations, schools, among others. · Link with the tourism industry among local small and medium-sized enterprises (PYMES), rather than with large national or transnational companies, promotes that the economic linkage of sustainable tourism spills benefits locally, achieving a positive effect on local development. Recommended practices · The gastronomic establishment must be in harmony with the community, making the link between the two fundamental. · Talks, workshops, courses, and others must be extended to the community public. · Direct support to organizations, educational centers, among others; this can be of an economic, intellectual, or physical nature.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25. Emergency Facilities | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | | 25.1 | The facilities have emergency exits, and they are signposted according to the regulatory technical specifications of the bodies in charge of the matter. | 1 | | | | | 25.2 | The facilities have fire extinguishers (they are current/valid) and are signposted according to the regulatory technical specifications of the bodies in charge of the matter. | 1 | | | | | 25.3 | The facilities have either smoke detectors, fire alarms, or water sprinkler systems, emergency lamps, and are in an adequate state for their use. | 1 | | | | | 25.4 | The company has a civil liability insurance policy to cover clients in case of an accident. | 2 | | | | | Why? · The term Health is defined by the 1946 Constitution of the World Health Organization as the case of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of ailments or diseases.
It can also be defined as the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of an organism at both the micro (cellular) and macro (social) level. · Occupational health (salud laboral) is built in an adequate work environment, with fair working conditions, where workers can develop an activity with dignity and where their participation is possible for the improvement of health and safety conditions. · Furthermore, it is required that the infrastructure have facilities for use in case of emergency in which employees and clients can be evacuated from a building in the shortest possible time without risking physical integrity, that it has all the fire extinguishing implements and timely signage that optimizes the use of these implements and exits. What is expected? That the Company: · Develop a safety-oriented business culture that becomes the axis of business success, both from the point of view of image (care for the environment, ensuring the safety of employees, among others), and from the point of view of reducing to zero the incidents or accidents suffered by employees, which allows avoiding costly compensation for accidents that the legislation obliges companies to pay when such events have occurred due to a lack of prevention. · Another important concept to take into consideration is Risk, which is the probability that exists when carrying out a task and that said task produces incidents or accidents. · The company must train employees so that they perform tasks with the highest possible degree of awareness about the risk involved in their execution. · The key to keeping risks at a low level is prevention, and this is achieved through the existence of procedures, which allow employees to know perfectly what prevention, protection, and safety measures to take so that the operational risks are minimal. · Safety and hygiene signs and notices are systems that provide specific information, whose purpose is to attract attention quickly and provoke an immediate reaction, warn of a danger, indicate the location of safety devices and equipment, promote habits and attitudes of safety and hygiene in the workplace; these must be understandable to any employee within the company's facilities, and their preparation should avoid, as much as possible, the use of long words or texts. · Develop an Emergency Plan, which is a series of planned, directed, and scheduled analyses, observations, and evaluations in a document, whose purpose is to serve as a guide for the phases of prevention, mitigation, preparation, response, and rehabilitation, actions that must be carried out facing emergency situations or imminent disaster, caused by the vulnerability presented by employees, buildings, or systems to threats inherent to nature, such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, volcanic activity, landslides, or those caused by activities carried out by man such as fires, spills of hazardous products, and explosions. · Have an infrastructure, among others, with emergency exits, emergency stairs or slides located in accordance with current regulations, regarding maximum travel distances, ventilation, protection from heat and smoke, and at the same time have fire extinguishers properly located, a sprinkler system, and adequate signage that optimizes the evacuation of employees and clients from the building.
Recommended practices · Carry out a diagnosis of the risks presented in the development of the activity; for this purpose, one can be guided by the protocols of the Ministry of Health. · Develop procedures and technical standards to minimize the consequences of the risks present in daily activities; for this purpose, see the standards that INTECO has developed on the matter. · Form different committees that collaborate in risk prevention and emergency care. · Establish training plans for all employees regarding emergency care. · Carry out drills to verify the implementation of adequate evacuation plans. · Have adequate equipment to attend to emergencies. · Carry out an inventory of the required signage. · Place the respective safety signage in the different areas of the company. · Review the validity of fire extinguishers and locate them correctly, according to the regulatory technical specifications of the bodies in charge of the matter. · Periodic informative meetings must be held for all personnel, in which the emergency plan is explained.
At least once a year, a general emergency drill must be carried out, where real conclusions will be obtained that lead to achieving greater effectiveness, improvement in the plan, and a change of conduct of all employees, and feedback between the parties. Related regulations: INTE 21-02-01-96 Fire Safety, Signage; INTE 21-03-01-96 Means of Evacuation and Escape; NFPA101 Human Safety Code; DE-12715-MEIC Official Standard for the Use of Colors in Safety and their Symbology, General Health Law, General Law on Workplace Risks; Decree MTSS-27434 "Regulation on Occupational Health Offices or Departments"; Decree No. 18379-TSS Regulation on Occupational Health Commissions"; Law and Regulation of the Benemérito Fire Department, among others.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. Other Safety Elements | Score | YES | NO | NA * | | | 26.1 | Within the company's property, areas have been signposted to warn about risks or dangers. | 1 | | | | | 26.2 | The company places gas cylinders in a suitable place with their respective labeling, as recommended by the corresponding bodies. | 2 | | | X | | 26.3 | The company has a written code of ethics that contemplates the company's principles and values, and it is made known to all its employees and clients, while there is a department or person responsible for its follow-up. | 2 | | | | | 26.4 | The company executes practical actions to guarantee the safety of both clients and employees. | 3 | | | | | 26.5 | The company has an up-to-date emergency plan, duly authorized by the competent professional, carries out the necessary drills, and verifies its compliance. | 3 | | | | | Why? Safety standards in tourism services constitute a constant in the link between tourist, company, and destination.
In this sense, the company, its management, and its employees assume direct responsibility for the safety of the tourist, which is why foresight constitutes one of the elements that must be strengthened through continuous training and preparation. What is expected? That the Company: · Develop an effective induction to execute actions that guarantee the safety and backing of employees and tourists, so that the client becomes a promotional spokesperson for the company and the country nationally and internationally by being able to testify about the safety standards of our country. · Must adjust to the regulation that seeks not only the regulation of advertising to prevent it from visually overpowering the notices of informational signs on roads, but also to prevent them from taking advantage of landscape views and affecting the aesthetics of the roads. · Consider that individual ethics and organizational ethics cannot be sharply separated because, at the end of the day, those who perform tasks in organizations are specific people with their own private ethics and personal convictions about what should be done at each moment. · To define business ethics, we must refer directly to the actors who make decisions, the people, directors, managers, bosses, workers. · If we base ourselves on the fact that human capital is one of the greatest business assets, if not the greatest, and we become aware that these people are valuable in themselves, that they must be respected, and that they cannot be treated as a means but as an end, we will have taken the first step to ethically ground companies.
Likewise, individuals must reflect on their role within the productive system and must govern their acts with principles and values that add value to their daily work. · Some ideas on the components of an ethical company can be considered: o Live according to five fundamental values: equality, respect, freedom, dialogue, solidarity. o An organizational culture with common values for its members. o Strive to achieve the satisfaction of all agents involved in the company: shareholders, directors, employees, suppliers, clients, and the community. o Assume corporate social responsibility for its actions. Recommended practices · Adequate signage for those sites that pose a risk to employees, as well as to the client. · Prepare and disseminate the Code of Ethics to its employees, as well as to its clients, and place it in an accessible location. · Give the necessary recommendations to guarantee the client's safety, both inside and outside the company's facilities; these must be in writing, for example: keep belongings visible and under your control in public areas; when using taxi services, verify that it complies with legal requirements such as yellow triangles on the doors and a fare meter; request information at the company's reception about the safest routes and means of transport, especially at night; avoid accepting help or company from unknown persons, among others.
· Comply with the stipulations in the Emergency Plan approved by the corresponding Entity and develop the necessary logistics to make it known to both its employees and its clients.
(*)NA = ALL QUESTIONS UNDER THE CORRESPONDING DESCRIPTOR AND SCOPE THAT DO NOT HAVE AN "X" ARE OF MANDATORY COMPLIANCE.
SCOPE: PHYSICAL BIOLOGICAL / QUESTION 1.1 - 1.2MATRIX: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REGISTRY | IDENTIFIED PROBLEM FACTORS | NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS CAUSED | SHORT OR LONG-TERM EFFECTS | ACTIONS FOR MITIGATION OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS | REFERENCE DOCUMENT / EXECUTION PLAN | ACTIONS START DATE | ACTIONS EXECUTION DATES | RESULT OBTAINED | ACTIONS RESPONSIBLE PARTY | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Some Identified Impact Factors: Soils, Hydrology, Flora, Fauna, Landscape, Physical Risks, Quality of Life, Rural Economy, Heritage, Ethnic, among others.
Examples: Compaction, erosion, Contamination, Habitat Alteration, Species Dispersal, Visual Alteration, Seismicity of the Zone, Crime risk, Price increase, Monument Alteration, Social Division.
Protocol number (all in letters). Before me __________, Notary Public with office in __________, appears Mr. / Ms. (full name or indicate exception if foreigner) __________, of legal age, marital status __________, occupation __________, nationality (in case of being a foreigner: passport number or residency card, all in letters) __________, resident of (indicate exact address) __________, bearer of the identity / residency card number (all in letters) __________, in his/her capacity as (position in the company) __________, with powers of _________ of the Corporation (full name of the corporation) _________, with Legal Entity ID number (all in letters) __________, company registered in the Mercantile Section of the Public Registry, at volume, page, entry (all in letters) __________, owner of the marine-coastal tour operation company called (name of the establishment) __________ located at (indicate exact address) __________, being aware of the scope of the legislation governing the operation of my establishment, I DECLARE UNDER OATH, before the witnesses (if any, it is not mandatory, but if there are any, the full name and qualifications must be noted) __________, knowing that failing to tell the truth could incur in false testimony and perjury punishable with imprisonment according to the Penal Code and warned by the undersigned Notary of the transcendence of his/her statements, I declare the following:
FIRST: That the gastronomic establishment I represent, aspiring to receive the Certificate for Tourism Sustainability, known by the initials ¨CST¨, is in compliance with the current legislation, especially with that which refers to the following regulations, as applicable to our operation:
CST STANDARD FOR GASTRONOMIC COMPANIES International Declaration on Food Security Declaration of the World Summit on Food Security, Rome, November 16 to 18, 2009. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/wsfs/Summit/Docs/Final_Declaration/K6050S_WSFS_OEWG_06.pdf On Health and Food Health 1. General Regulation for the Granting of Operating Permits of the Ministry of Health, Executive Decree Nº 34728-S of May 28, 2008.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=63938&nValor3=83251&strTipM=FN 2. General Health Law, Law N° 5395 of October 30, 1973 and its amendments.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=6581&nValor3=81388&strTipM=FN 3. Creation of the Ministerial Council for Food Safety (CMIA) and the Intersectoral Commission for Food Safety, as consultative, analysis, deliberation, and recommendation bodies of the Executive Branch, Executive Decree N° 30083 of January 17, 2002. http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nVal or1=1&nValor2=47789&nValor3=50777&strTipM=FN 4. Regulation of the organization and operation of the secretariat of the national food and nutrition policy, Executive Decree N° 31714 of December 02, 2003, article 26.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/Scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspxnrm_texto_completo.asp x?param1=NRM&nValor1=1&nValor2=52606&nValor3=57140&strTipM=FN 5. Regulation on the Quality and Safety of Fats and Oils Used During Food Frying, Executive Decree N° 35930 of January 04, 2010.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij//busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1 &nValor2=67849&nValor3=80549&strTipM=FN 6. National Food Safety Policy, Executive Decree Nº 35960-S-MAG-MEIC-COMEX of April 07, 2010.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij//busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1 &nValor2=67830&nValor3=80517&strTipM=FN On Environmental Rights 7. Convention on Biological Diversity and its Annexes I and II, signed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 13, 1992.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=21104&nValor3=22424¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=3&strSim=sim 8. Organic Environmental Law, Law N° 7554 of October 4, 1995 and its amendments.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=27738&nValor3=81387&strTipM=FN 9. Ley Forestal, Law N° 7575 of February 13, 1996.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=41661&nValor3=80563¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=2&strSim=simp 10. Biodiversity Law, Law N° 7788 of May 27, 1998, latest version made on November 21, 2011.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=39796&nValor3=74714&strTipM=FN On Maritime Zones and Fishing 11. Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, approved by the FAO, its official application established by Executive Decree N° 27919 of December 16, 1998. Published in La Gaceta on June 14, 1999.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=56139&nValor3=61516&strTipM=FN 12. Law on the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone, Law Nº 6043 of March 2, 1977 and its amendments.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=32006&nValor3=33757&strTipM=FN 13. Regulation for the establishment of marine areas for responsible fishing (in accordance with executive decree N° 27919-MAG) (Agreement AJDIP/138) of April 04, 2008.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=62999&nValor3=72188¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=7&strSim=simp 14. Regulation for the Establishment of Marine Areas for Responsible Fishing and Declaration of National Public Interest of Marine Areas for Responsible Fishing, Executive Decree Nº 35502-MAG of October 1, 2009.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=66353&nValor3=77994¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=6&strSim=simp 15. Manual for the Elaboration of Coastal Regulatory Plans in the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone. The Instituto Costarricense de Turismo approves the modification to the Manual for the Elaboration of Coastal Regulatory Plans in the Maritime-Terrestrial Zone, published in La Gaceta N° 52 of Tuesday, March 16, 2010, so that a section is included to elaborate coastal planning in sectors declared as non-tourism suitable. With this publication, the previous Manual is repealed, the foregoing is based on the Board of Directors Agreements of Session N° 5737, Article 5, Section VI, held on February 28, 2012, Official Note SJD-102-2012 and Session N° 5743, Article 5, Section I, held on April 17, 2012, Official Note SJD-188-2012.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=72519&nValor3=88554¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp 16. Fishing and Aquaculture Law, N ° 8436 of March 1, 2005, effective as of April 25, 2005: articles 9, 38, 63, 64, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 79, 140, 141, 147.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=54688&nValor3=59923&strTipM=FN 17. Regulation to the Fishing and Aquaculture Law. Executive Decree N° 8436 of May 25, 2011, effective as of September 30, 2011.
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http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=65835&nValor3=79849&strTipM=FN 20. Regulations for small game and big game hunting outside of protected wilderness areas and for fishing in protected wilderness areas, Executive Decree N° 36515-MINAET of January 28, 2011.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=70311&nValor3=84791&strTipM=FN 21. Executive Decree Nº 19647 of March 30, 1990, regulates the capture of Cambute and Lobster: articles 1 and 2.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=10007&nValor3=10710&strTipM=FN 22. Executive Decree Nº 13371-A of February 16, 1982, establishes the minimum size for capture and commercialization of Piangua: article 1.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=21595&nValor3=22924&strTipM=FN 23. Executive Decree Nº 30742-S-MAG-MSP of August 5, 2002, regulates the primary commercialization of piangua (Anadara tuberculosa).
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=49363&nValor3=52782&strTipM=FN INCOPESCA Resolutions and Agreements: NOTE: (Only the references found on the INCOPESCA and SINALEVI websites are indicated.
24. INCOPESCA Board of Directors Agreement Nº 051-1995 of March 23, 1995, prohibits commercial fishing with all types of trammel net, beach seine, and trawl net at less than 4 fathoms (6.4 meters) depth; 25. INCOPESCA Board of Directors Agreement Nº 114 of April 25, 2003, Regulation for the National Program for the Certification of compliance with good handling practices for fishery products for export and the domestic market (HACCP). Article 3.
26. INCOPESCA Board of Directors Agreement Nº 439-2003 of October 24, 2003, sport fishing. Article 1.
27. INCOPESCA Board of Directors Agreement Nº 221-2009 of July 30, 2009. Regulates shrimp and other crustacean fishing in the country. Articles 7, 8, 9; 28. INCOPESCA Board of Directors Resolution Nº 153-2000. Prohibits the extraction and commercialization of Cambute in Costa Rican waters. Article 1.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=41527&nValor3=43776&strTipM=FN 29. INCOPESCA Board of Directors Agreement Nº 090-2009 of April 08, 2009. Prohibits directed fishing for sailfish, using surface longline adapted for that purpose and with live bait. Article 1, 8 30. INCOPESCA Board of Directors Agreement Nº 221-2009 of July 30, 2009, establishes zoning of the Gulf of Nicoya, dividing it into three zones for the purposes of fisheries management, and establishing permitted fishing gear in each zone: Article 9.
31. INCOPESCA Board of Directors Agreement Nº 315-2009 of October 25, 2009, published in La Gaceta N° 226 of November 20, 2009, declares Palito de Chira as a marine area for responsible fishing.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM¶m2=2&n Valor1=1&nValor2=66714&nValor3=78669&strTipM=FN&lResultado=18&strLib=lib 32. INCOPESCA Board of Directors Agreement Nº 191-2010 of June 11, 2010, declares Golfo Dulce as a marine area for responsible fishing. Article 1.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=68809&nValor3=82338&strTipM=FN 33. INCOPESCA Board of Directors Agreement Nº 251-2009 Accepts the petition that six artisanal fisher organizations and one tourism fishing organization that work within Golfo Dulce make to declare the formation of Golfo Dulce as the Golfo Dulce Marine Area for Responsible Fishing http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=66020&nValor3=77450&strTipM=FN On Culture 34. Law on National Archaeological Heritage, Law N° 6703 of December 28, 1981 and its amendments.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=37336&nValor3=39362&strTipM=FN 35. Recommendations on the conservation of cultural property that the execution of public or private works may endanger. Given by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, on November 22, 1968. Law Nº 4711, of January 06, 1971.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=1221&nValor3=1307&strTipM=FN 36. Convention on the means of prohibiting and preventing the illicit import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property, Law N 7526, approved on July 5, 1995. Effective as of August 16, 1995.
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http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NSR¶m2=1&p aram3=FECHA¶m4=DESC 39. Law that Regulates Property, Exploitation and Commerce of Archaeological Relics and its regulation, Law Nº 7 of October 6, 1938.
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http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM¶m2=1&n Valor1=1&nValor2=11950&nValor3=76454&strTipM=FN&lResultado=2&strSelect=sel 43. Regulation for the Quality of Water for human consumption in health establishments, Executive Decree N° 37083 of March 22, 2012.
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http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=59524&nValor3=83250&strTipM=FN 45. Amendment to the Regulation for the Discharge and Reuse of Wastewater and the General Regulation for the Granting of Operating Permits of the Ministry of Health. Executive Decree N°36304 of July 01, 2010, effective as of December 24, 2010.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=69337&nValor3=83248&strTipM=FN 46. Declares a health emergency due to deficiencies in the supply of water suitable for human consumption, Executive Decree N°37072 of April 26, 2012.
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http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=12648&nValor3=87566¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=2&strSim=simp 48. Amendment to the Wildlife Conservation Law, Law Nº 7317 of December 04, 2008.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=64631&nValor3=75062¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp 49. Regulation to the Wildlife Conservation Law, Decree Nº 32633-MINAE of September 20, 2005. Articles 26, 29.
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25226-MEIC-TUR of March 15, 1996.
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http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=68300&nValor3=83024&strTipM=FN 53. Regulation for the Regulation of Rational Energy Use, Executive Decree 25584-MINAE-H-MS of October 24, 1996.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=29536&nValor3=84622&strTipM=FN 54. Regulation for the Prevention of Visual Pollution, Executive Decree N° 35860 of February 26, 2010.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=67623&nValor3=80220&strTipM=FN 55. Declares of Public Interest the International Congress of Business Strategies called "Competitividad y Productividad: pilares de la sostenibilidad empresarial", Executive Decree N°35464 of July 27, 2009.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/Scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=66135&nValor3=77626¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=8&strSim=simp 56. Declares of public interest the event called "Diseño, Innovación y Sostenibilidad", Executive Decree Nº 35377-MICIT of June 27, 2009.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=65851&nValor3=77171&strTipM=FN On Economic Promotion 57. National System for Quality, Law N° 8279 of May 21, 2002.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=48548&nValor3=51738&strTipM=FN 58. Approval of rural territorial development policies within a framework of environmental sustainability and revitalization of the institutional system, Executive Decree N° 35973 of April 07, 2010.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=67924&nValor3=80696&strTipM=FN On regulations for sodas in public educational centers (optional for this type of business or in case the restaurant has alliances or projects in educational centers) 59. Regulation for the Operation and administration of the soda service in public educational centers, Executive Decree N° 36910 MEP- S of November 22, 2011.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=71782&nValor3=87953&strTipM=FN SECOND: That it is not in default on the following obligations, as legally applicable: the payment of taxes before the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo, the payment of employer-employee contributions to the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, the payment to the Fondo de Desarrollo Social y Asignaciones Familiares (FODESAF) of 5% on the total of wages and salaries paid monthly to its workers according to the Ley de Desarrollo Social y Asignaciones Familiares, Law N° 5662 of December 23, 1974, and the tax on Legal Entities of Law N° 9024 of December 23, 2011, (which applies to commercial companies, as well as to any branch of a foreign company or its representative and individual limited liability companies that are registered or that henceforth register in the National Registry).
THIRD: Likewise, I commit to maintaining this condition for the duration of the Certificate and to complying with the terms of the aforementioned regulations, as this is a sine qua non requirement for obtaining the Certificate for Tourism Sustainability.
MBA Alberto López Chaves In the capacity of Technical Secretary of the National Accreditation Commission
Sincerely,
en la totalidad del texto - Texto Completo Norma 0 Norma de Certificación para la Sostenibilidad Turística para Empresas Gastronómicas de Costa Rica INSTITUTO COSTARRICENSE DE TURISMO NORMA CERTIFICACIÓN PARA LA SOSTENIBILIDAD TURÍSTICA PARA EMPRESAS GASTRONÓMICAS DE COSTA RICA | Ámbito Físico-Biológico | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | 1. Políticas y fundamentos | Puntaje | SI | NO | NA * | | 1.1 | La empresa identifica y analiza los impactos negativos causados o que es posible causar al medio debido a su operación, mediante un registro escrito, según Registro de Impactos Ambientales aportada por el Departamento de Sostenibilidad Turística (adjunto al final de la norma). | 3 | | | | | 1.2 | La empresa ha diseñado e implementado un plan de monitoreo que le permita mitigar o eliminar los posibles impactos negativos identificados, según el mismo registro de la pregunta anterior. | 3 | | | | | 1.3 | La empresa cuenta con un Manual (o documento similar) en el que se define su Misión, Visión y Políticas, desde la perspectiva de la Sostenibilidad (considerando aspectos ambientales, sociales, económicos y culturales) y lo divulga a sus clientes, colaboradores y públicos de interés, por medio de un documento, multimedia, sitio web, redes sociales u otros canales, en lugares visibles en las instalaciones. | 3 | | | | | 1.4 | La empresa analiza el plan de mitigación en conjunto con el instrumento de análisis de impactos, de manera semestral, haciendo ajustes para perfeccionar la operación. | 2 | | | | | ¿Por qué? · La empresa turística tiene un impacto ambiental en las áreas donde desarrolla su principal actividad comercial, por lo que debe ser responsable con programas o acciones integrales en su operación que minimicen el impacto negativo y reforzar los impactos positivos. · Los impactos que puedan ser provocados tienen consecuencias directas o indirectas sobre la sostenibilidad económica de la empresa.
¿Qué es un impacto ambiental? Cualquier cambio en el ambiente, adverso o beneficioso, que resulta de las actividades, productos o servicios de una empresa. Ley Orgánica del Ambiente, artículo 2. Principios: · El ambiente es patrimonio común de todos los habitantes de la Nación, con las excepciones que establezcan la Constitución Política, los convenios internacionales y las leyes. El Estado y los particulares deben participar en su conservación y utilización sostenible, ya que son de utilidad pública e interés social. · Todos tienen derecho a disfrutar de un ambiente sano y ecológicamente sostenible para desarrollarse, así como tienen el deber de conservarlo, según el artículo 50 de nuestra Constitución Política. ¿Qué se espera? Que la empresa: · Valore el entorno donde se encuentra inmersa, que conozca y mitigue los impactos negativos potenciales, en coordinación con los sectores públicos, privados y no gubernamentales. · Participe activamente en la solución de los problemas ambientales tanto a nivel regional, como local.
Prácticas recomendadas · Diseño de un plan en donde se estipulen las principales normas de gestión y operación de la empresa en materia ambiental, que permita más o mejor calidad y cantidad de agua, mejores vistas escénicas, más cobertura vegetal, fauna silvestre en hábitats naturales, infraestructura con diseños más sostenibles, bioclimáticos (diseño de edificaciones teniendo en cuenta las condiciones climáticas, aprovechando los recursos disponibles (sol, vegetación, lluvia, vientos) para disminuir los impactos ambientales negativos, intentando reducir los consumos de energía), reducción de costos de operación por ahorro de agua, energía e insumos, entre otros. · Generación de un círculo de discusión periódica entre funcionarios clave de la empresa sobre impactos actuales y potenciales que genera la actividad de la empresa. · Formulación de un seguimiento a los impactos negativos y los resultados de las acciones para su mitigación, como actividad paralela a las actividades diarias de la empresa. · Atención de las sugerencias o reclamos provenientes de las comunidades y entidades oficiales respecto a prácticas perjudiciales de parte de la empresa. · La evaluación de estas acciones de mitigación debe mostrarse con indicadores cuantitativos y/o cualitativos · Respetar y promover la legislación y reglamentos pertinentes nacionales e internacionales, en materia ambiental. · Que se cuente con el apoyo activo de la Gerencia, de tal manera que sea visible la misión, visión, políticas, objetivos estratégicos y planes operativos. · Algunos ejemplos de Normativa Ambiental: Ley Orgánica del Ambiente No. 7554 del 4 de octubre de 1994, Ley General de Salud No. 5395 del 23 de octubre de 1973, Ley de Conservación de la Vida Silvestre No. 7317 del 30 de octubre de 1992, Ley Forestal No. 7575 del 13 de febrero de 1993, Reglamento sobre Emisión de Contaminantes Atmosféricos provenientes de Calderas.
Decreto Ejecutivo No. 30222-S-MINAE, Ley Gestión Integral de Residuos No. 8839, 25 de mayo 2010, Decreto Ejecutivo No. 33601 MINAE-S, Reglamento de Vertido y Rehuso de Aguas Residuales, entre otras. | | | | | | | | 2. Materias Primas | Puntaje | SI | NO | NA * | | 2.1 | La empresa cuenta con políticas que promuevan el uso de materias primas orgánicas.(Se reconocen los huertos propios y de la localidad como una alternativa a certificaciones orgánicas) | 1 | | | | | 2.2 | Se prefieren materias primas que generen en su producción un bajo impacto ambiental. | 1 | | | | | 2.3 | Se respetan los ciclos de vida de las plantaciones, considerando los procesos de maduración de los productos | 2 | | | | | 2.4 | Se prefiere el consumo de materias primas de cosechas locales | 1 | | | | | 2.5 | Se evita la sobre-explotación de especies marinas, comprando pescado y mariscos que cumplan con las tallas mínimas de captura recomendadas, y evitando la compra e inclusión en el menú de especies de pescado y mariscos prohibidas; de interés deportivo; vedadas o categorizadas en peligros de extinción, vulnerables o amenazados. | 1 | | | X | | 2.6 | Se prefiere contratar con proveedores de pescado y mariscos quienes comercialicen productos obtenidos a través de prácticas de pesca responsable. | 2 | | | X | | 2.7 | La selección de carnes, se hace tomando en consideración la alimentación los animales. | 2 | | | | | ¿Por qué? · Las materias primas son el producto esencial para la operación de todo establecimiento gastronómico, es de ellas que depende la calidad de las preparaciones, la adecuada selección de estas marcas la diferencia en lo que en términos de alimentación sostenible se refiere. · Las materias primas de procedencia orgánica, o que utilicen procedimientos de cosecha responsables con el medio, respetando ciclos de vida, tomando en consideración el respecto por la adecuada maduración de los productos, hace posible que el producto gastronómico nacional se fortalezca, sin causar grandes daños medio ambientales.
Las materias primas se conocen como la materia extraída de la naturaleza y que se transformará para elaborar materiales que más tarde se convertirán en bienes de consumo. En el caso gastronómico, las materias primas son todos los ingredientes necesarios para la preparación y la presentación de los platillos. Fortalecer el consumo de materias primas nacionales, significa una medida para mejorar las condiciones del agro costarricense y de igual forma como un sistema para la reducción de la huella de carbono. ¿Qué se espera? Que la Empresa: · La empresa debe ser consciente que el recurso natural no es inagotable, que se debe hacer una utilización adecuada de los recursos. · Toda actividad humana causa un impacto ambiental, la agricultura en gran escala con los agroquímicos y las malas prácticas del manejo de la tierra, daña suelos, mantos acuíferos, entre otros. La empresa debe conocer la procedencia y las prácticas de producción de las materias primas. · El objetivo primordial es la comercialización de alimentos sin aditivos, ni sustancias sintéticas, que favorezcan una mayor protección del medio, gracias a técnicas no contaminantes, ni perjudiciales para la salud humana. · Conocer sobre la época de cosecha de las materias primas necesarias para la operación del establecimiento. · Respeto por las vedas y prohibiciones que las autoridades establezcan.
Prácticas recomendadas · Fortalecimiento del consumo de materias primas nacionales. · Inclusión dentro de las políticas de compra la preferencia de productos orgánicos. · Capacitación al personal en función de la pesca responsable. Los productos orgánicos y sus beneficios se hacen evidentes cuando se lucha contra el cambio climático, la perdida de fertilidad de los suelos, enfermedades de plantaciones, entre otros casos. La pesca responsable es aquel derecho a pescar que lleva consigo la obligación de hacerlo de forma responsable a fin de asegurar la conservación y la gestión efectiva de los recursos marinos para las presentes y futuras generaciones. Según el principio que propone la FAO y FECOP: "La pesca constituye una fuente vital de alimentos, empleo, recreación, comercio y bienestar económico para las poblaciones de todo el mundo, tanto para las generaciones presentes como para las futuras y, por lo tanto, debería llevarse a cabo de forma responsable" La FAO a desarrollado un Código de Conducta para la Pesca Responsable que FECOP la ha hecho regir en Costa Rica. http://www.fecop.org/wp- content/uploads/2013/04/v9878s00.pdf Afiliados al 2013: · Asociación para la Pesca Turística de la Zona Sur (APTC) · Asociación Nacional de Operadores Turísticos y Afines de Quepos (ANOTA) · Cámara de Pescadores Turísticos de Guanacaste ( CAPETUG) · Club Amateur de Pesca · Club Nacional de Pesca | | | | | | | | 3.
Emisiones y Residuos | Puntaje | SI | NO | NA * | | 3.1 | Como norma la empresa aplica el principio de las cuatro "R": reciclar, reutilizar, rechazar y recuperar. | 1 | | | | | 3.2 | Se utilizan productos de empaque ligero y biodegradable, se disminuye la generación los envases de bebidas de un solo uso y se prefiere el envase retornable. | 1 | | | | | 3.3 | Se cuenta con un programa de manejo de residuos sólidos y líquidos, que contemple acciones permanentes. | 2 | | | | | 3.4 | La generación de todos los tipos de residuos es monitoreada continuamente, llevando un registro escrito. | 1 | | | | | 3.5 | Se han establecido metas para disminuir la generación de desechos. | 1 | | | | | 3.6 | Existe un sitio acondicionado para el adecuado manejo y acopio de los desechos. | 1 | | | | | 3.7 | La empresa verifica la disposición final de sus desechos. | 1 | | | | | 3.8 | La empresa participa en algún programa de reciclaje, | 1 | | | | | 3.9 | El establecimiento ofrece incentivos para comensales que provean sus propios recipientes para transportar comidas pedidas para llevar.
En caso que el restaurante se encuentre cerrado al público general se debe evidenciar la NO existencia de recipientes para llevar. | 2 | | | X | | 3.10 | Para la distribución de los pedidos a domicilio se prefiere vehículos eléctricos, u otros cuyo funcionamiento no dependa del combustible fósil. | 2 | | | X | | 3.11 | Los empaques y recipientes para pedidos a domicilio son orgánicos o se cuenta con programa de reciclaje o reutilización. Se exime a las empresas de hospedaje que no ofrezcan el servicio para llevar, sin embargo todos aquellos que tiene servicio a la habitación deben evidenciar que utilizan empaques de uso prolongado. | 2 | | | X | | 3.12 | La empresa en su operación utiliza recipientes, vajillas y demás, que sean de uso prolongado y que se pueden reciclar o reutilizar. | 2 | | | | | · Los desechos y las emisiones son todos aquellos materiales que se desea eliminar, que por lo general provienen de materias primas que han sido adquiridas a un alto costo.
Aquí se incluye todos los materiales sólidos, líquidos y gaseosos, que se emiten al aire, agua o tierra, así como el ruido y calor residual. Minimizar los desechos y las emisiones también significa aumentar el grado de utilización de los materiales y energía usados para la producción. Sumando a esto la disminución de materia contaminante que termina siendo lanzada al planeta sin tratar. ¿Qué se espera? Que la Empresa: · Minimice la producción de desechos y residuos contaminantes. · Evite la mala disposición de los desechos, que se tenga presenta cual va a ser la disposición final de los desechos. · Separe y aproveche los desechos. Prácticas recomendadas · Monitoree la producción de desechos: el monitoreo es una función continua cuyo principal objetivo es proporcionar a los interesados, indicaciones tempranas de progreso, o de retroceso, en el logro de metas planteadas. · Que se mantenga un registro de desechos producidos (orgánicos, inorgánicos, reciclables y no reciclables) y graficar los datos con el fin de valorar los mismos y tomar decisiones y acciones a seguir o modificar las existentes. · El monitoreo se debe ejecutar con la participación del personal de las empresas, así como también con la colaboración de los visitantes, bajo la coordinación de personas responsables. · Los desechos pueden ser medidos en unidades de volumen (bolsas de un mismo tamaño y capacidad) o por peso (en kilogramos), de manera que se pueda ir monitoreando si el objetivo de ir reduciéndolos se va cumpliendo en los plazos previstos en un Plan de Manejo. · Diseñe un Plan de Manejo en el que debe tomar en cuenta aspectos como:
AMBITO: FISICO BIOLOGICO / PREGUNTA 1.1 - 1.2MATRIZ: REGISTRO IMPACTOS AMBIENTALES | PROBLEMA IDENTIFICADO FACTORES | IMPACTOS AMBIENTALES NEGATIVOS CAUSADOS | EFECTOS A CORTO O LARGO PLAZO | ACCIONES PARA MITIGACION DE IMPACTOS NEGATIVOS | DOCUMENTO DE REFERENCIA /PLAN DE EJECUCION | FECHA DE INICIO DE ACCIONES | FECHAS DE EJECUCION DE ACCIONES | RESULTADO OBTENIDO | RESPONSABLE DE ACCIONES | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Algunos Factores de Impactos identificados: Suelos Hidrología, Flora, Fauna, Paisaje, Riesgos Físicos, Calidad De Vida, Economía Rural, Patrimonio, Étnicos, entre otros.
Ejemplos: Compactación, erosión, Contaminación, Alteración del Hábitat, Dispersión de Especies, Alteración Visual, Sismicidad de la Zona, Riesgo delincuencia, Incremento precios, Alteración Monumentos, División Social.
Número de protocolo (todo en letras). Ante mí __________, Notario Público con oficina en __________, comparece el / la señor (a) (nombre completo o indicar excepción si es extranjero) __________, mayor, estado civil __________, ocupación __________, nacionalidad (en caso de ser extranjero: número de pasaporte o cédula de residencia, todo en letras) __________, vecino (a) de (indicar dirección exacta) __________, portador (a) de la cédula de identidad / residencia número (todo en letras) __________, en su condición de (cargo en la empresa) __________, con facultades de _________ de la Sociedad Anónima (nombre completo de la sociedad) _________, con cédula de Persona Jurídica número (todo en letras) __________, sociedad inscrita en la Sección Mercantil del Registro Público, al tomo, folio, asiento (todo en letras) __________, propietario de la empresa de tour operación marino costera denominado (nombre del establecimiento) __________ ubicado en (indicar dirección exacta) __________, teniendo conocimiento de los alcances de la legislación que rige la operación de mi establecimiento, DECLARO BAJO FE DE JURAMENTO, ante los testigos (si los hay, no es obligatorio, pero si los hay debe anotarse el nombre completo y las calidades) __________, conociendo que de no decir la verdad, podría incurrir en falso testimonio y el perjurio sancionadas con pena de prisión según el Código Penal y advertido (a) por el sucrito Notario (a) de la trascendencia de sus manifestaciones declaro lo siguiente:
PRIMERO: Que el establecimiento gastronómico que represento, aspirante a recibir el Certificado para la Sostenibilidad Turística, conocido por las iniciales ¨CST¨, se encuentra a derecho con la legislación vigente, especialmente con aquella que se refiere a las siguientes regulaciones, según corresponda a nuestra operación:
NORMA CST EMPRESAS GASTRONÓMICAS Declaración internacional sobre Seguridad Alimentaria Declaración de la Cumbre Mundial Sobre la Seguridad Alimentaria, Roma del 16 al 18 de noviembre de 2009. Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO).
http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/wsfs/Summit/Docs/Final_Declaration/K6050S_WSFS_OEWG_06.pdf Sobre la Salud y la Salud Alimentaria 1. Reglamento General para el otorgamiento de Permisos de Funcionamiento del Ministerio de Salud, Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 34728-S del 28 de mayo de 2008.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=63938&nValor3=83251&strTipM=FN 2. Ley General de Salud, Ley N° 5395 del 30 de octubre de 1973 y sus reformas.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=6581&nValor3=81388&strTipM=FN 3. Creación del Consejo Ministerial para la Inocuidad de Alimentos (CMIA) y la Comisión Intersectorial para la Inocuidad de Alimentos, como instancias consultivas, de análisis, deliberación y recomendación del Poder Ejecutivo, Decreto Ejecutivo N° 30083 del 17 de enero del 2002. http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nVal or1=1&nValor2=47789&nValor3=50777&strTipM=FN 4. Reglamento de la organización y funcionamiento de la secretaría de política nacional de alimentación y nutrición, De reto Ejecutivo N° 31714 del 02 de diciembre del 2003, artículo 26.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/Scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspxnrm_texto_completo.asp x?param1=NRM&nValor1=1&nValor2=52606&nValor3=57140&strTipM=FN 5. Reglamento sobre la Calidad e Inocuidad de las Grasas y Aceites Utilizadas Durante la Fritura de Alimentos, Decreto Ejecutivo N° 35930 del 04 de enero del 2010.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij//busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1 &nValor2=67849&nValor3=80549&strTipM=FN 6. Política Nacional de Inocuidad de los Alimentos, Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 35960-S-MAG-MEIC-COMEX del 07 de abril del 2010.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij//busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1 &nValor2=67830&nValor3=80517&strTipM=FN Sobre los Derechos Ambientales 7. Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica y sus Anexos I y II, firmado en Río de Janeiro, Brasil el 13 de junio de 1992.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=21104&nValor3=22424¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=3&strSim=sim 8. Ley Orgánica del Ambiente, Ley N° 7554 del 04 de octubre de 1995 y sus reformas.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=27738&nValor3=81387&strTipM=FN 9. Ley Forestal, Ley N° 7575 del 13 de febrero de 1996.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=41661&nValor3=80563¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=2&strSim=simp 10. Ley de Biodiversidad, Ley N° 7788 del 27 de mayo de 1998, última versión realizada el 21 de noviembre del 2011.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=39796&nValor3=74714&strTipM=FN Sobre Zonas Marítimas y Pesca 11. Código de Conducta Para Pesca Responsable, aprobado por la FAO, establecida su aplicación oficial por el Decreto Ejecutivo N° 27919 del 16 de diciembre de 1998. Publicada en La Gaceta el 14 de junio de 1999.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=56139&nValor3=61516&strTipM=FN 12. Ley sobre la Zona Marítimo Terrestre, Ley Nº 6043 del 2 de marzo de 1977 y sus reformas.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=32006&nValor3=33757&strTipM=FN 13. Reglamento para el establecimiento de áreas marinas para la pesca responsable (de conformidad con el decreto ejecutivo N° 27919-MAG) (Acuerdo AJDIP/138) del 04 de abril del 2008.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=62999&nValor3=72188¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=7&strSim=simp 14. Reglamento para el Establecimiento de las Áreas Marinas de Pesca Responsable y Declaratoria de Interés Público Nacional de las Áreas Marinas de Pesca Responsable, Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 35502-MAG de 1° de octubre del 2009.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=66353&nValor3=77994¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=6&strSim=simp 15. Manual para la Elaboración de Planes Reguladores Costeros en la Zona Marítimo Terrestre. El Instituto Costarricense de Turismo aprueba la modificación al Manual de Elaboración de Planes Reguladores Costeros en la Zona Marítimo Terrestre, publicado en la Gaceta N° 52 del martes 16 de marzo del 2010, para que sea incluido un apartado para elaborar planificaciones costeras en los sectores declarados de aptitud no turística. Con esta publicación queda derogado el anterior Manual, lo anterior se sustenta en los Acuerdos de Junta Directiva de Sesión N° 5737, Artículo 5, Inciso VI, celebrada el 28 de febrero del 2012, Oficio SJD-102-2012 y Sesión N° 5743, Articulo 5, Inciso I, celebrada el 17 de abril del 2012, Oficio SJD-188-2012.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=72519&nValor3=88554¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp 16. Ley de Pesca y Acuicultura, N ° 8436 del 1 de marzo del 2005, vigente desde el 25 de abril del 2005: artículos 9, 38, 63, 64, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 79, 140, 141, 147.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=54688&nValor3=59923&strTipM=FN 17. Reglamento a la Ley de Pesca y Acuicultura. Decreto Ejecutivo N° 8436 del 25 de mayo del 2011, vigente desde el 30 de setiembre del 2011.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=71196&nValor3=86337¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp 18. Creación de Área Marina de Manejo Montes Submarinos; Decreto Ejecutivo N° 36452 del 3 de marzo del 2011, artículos 4, 6 y 8.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=70523&nValor3=86205&strTipM=FN 19. Regulación de las nuevas categorías de manejo para las Áreas Marinas Protegidas, conforme al Reglamento a la Ley de Biodiversidad; Decreto Ejecutivo N° 35369 del 18 de mayo del 2009, artículos 9 y 9 bis.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=65835&nValor3=79849&strTipM=FN 20. Regulaciones para la caza menor y caza mayor fuera de las áreas silvestres protegidas y de la pesca en áreas silvestres protegidas, Decreto Ejecutivo N° 36515-MINAET del 28 de enero del 2011.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=70311&nValor3=84791&strTipM=FN 21. Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 19647 de 30 de marzo de 1990, reglamenta la captura de Cambute y Langosta: artículos 1 y 2.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=10007&nValor3=10710&strTipM=FN 22. Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 13371-A de 16 de febrero de 1982 establece la talla mínima de captura y comercialización de la Piangua: artículo 1.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=21595&nValor3=22924&strTipM=FN 23. Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 30742-S-MAG-MSP de 5 de agosto de 2002, regula la comercialización primaria de la piangua (Anadara tuberculosa).
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=49363&nValor3=52782&strTipM=FN Resoluciones y Acuerdos INCOPESCA: NOTA: (Se señalan únicamente las referencias encontradas en el sitio web de INCOPESCA y de SINALEVI.
24. Acuerdo de Junta Directiva de INCOPESCANº 051-1995 de 23 de marzo de 1995, prohíbe pesca comercial la pesca comercial con todo tipo de trasmallo, chinchorro y red de arrastre a menos de 4 brazas (6.4 metros) de profundidad; 25. Acuerdo de Junta Directiva del INCOPESCA Nº 114 de 25 de abril de 2003, Reglamento para el Programa Nacional de Certificación de cumplimiento de buenas prácticas de manejo de productos pesqueros para la exportación y el mercado interno (HACCP). Artículo 3.
26. Acuerdo de Junta Directiva de INCOPESCANº 439-2003 de 24 de octubre del 2003, pesca deportiva. Artículo 1.
27. Acuerdo de Junta Directiva del INCOPESCA Nº 221-2009 de 30 de julio de 2009. Regula la pesquería de camarón y otros crustáceos en el país. Artículos 7, 8, 9; 28. Resolución de Junta Directiva de INCOPESCA Nº 153-2000. Prohíbe la extracción y comercialización de Cambute en aguas de Costa Rica. Artículo 1.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=41527&nValor3=43776&strTipM=FN 29. Acuerdo de Junta Directiva de INCOPESCA Nº 090-2009 de 08 de abril del 2009. Prohíbe la pesca dirigida al pez vela, utilizando palangre de superficie adaptada para ese fin y con carnada viva. Artículo 1, 8 30. Acuerdo de Junta Directiva de INCOPESCANº 221-2009 de 30 de julio de 2009, establece zonificación del golfo de Nicoya, dividiéndolo en tres zonas para los efectos de ordenación pesquera, y estableciendo artes de pesca permitidas en cada zona: Artículo 9.
31. Acuerdo de Junta Directiva de INCOPESCANº 315-2009 de 25 de octubre de 2009, publicado en la Gaceta N° 226 del 20 de noviembre de 2009, declara Palito de Chira, como área marina de pesca responsable.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM¶m2=2&n Valor1=1&nValor2=66714&nValor3=78669&strTipM=FN&lResultado=18&strLib=lib 32. Acuerdo de Junta Directiva de INCOPESCANº 191-2010 de 11 de junio de 2010, declara el golfo Dulce como área marina de pesca responsable. Artículo 1.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=68809&nValor3=82338&strTipM=FN 33. Acuerdo de Junta Directiva de INCOPESCANº 251-2009 Acoge la petición que seis organizaciones de pescadores artesanales y una organización de pesca turística que faenan dentro del Golfo Dulce para que declare la conformación el Golfo Dulce como Área Marina de Pesca Responsable Golfo Dulce http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=66020&nValor3=77450&strTipM=FN Sobre Cultura 34. Ley sobre Patrimonio Nacional Arqueológico, Ley N° 6703 del 28 de diciembre de 1981 y sus reformas.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=37336&nValor3=39362&strTipM=FN 35. Recomendaciones sobre la conservación de los bienes culturales que la ejecución de obras públicas o privadas pueda poner en peligro. Dadas por la Conferencia General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura, el 22 de noviembre 1968. Ley Nº 4711, del 06 de enero de 1971.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=1221&nValor3=1307&strTipM=FN 36. Convención sobre las medidas que deben adoptarse para prohibir e impedir la exportación e importación de propiedad ilícita de bienes culturales, Ley N 7526, aprobada el 5 de julio de 1995. Rige a partir del 16 de agosto de 1995.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=25107&nValor3=26560&strTipM=FN 37. Convención de Defensa del Patrimonio Arqueológico, Histórico, Artístico de las Naciones Americanas. Convención de San Salvador, Ley Nº 6360, ratificada el 20 de agosto de 1979. Rige a partir del 21 de septiembre de1979.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NSR¶m2=1&p aram3=FECHA¶m4=DESC 38. Convención sobre la protección del Patrimonio Mundial, Cultural y Natural. Ratificada el 26 de octubre de 1976. Ley Nº 5980, rige a partir del 24 de diciembre de 1976.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NSR¶m2=1&p aram3=FECHA¶m4=DESC 39. Ley que Regula Propiedad, Explotación y Comercio de Reliquias Arqueológicas y su reglamento, Ley Nº 7 del 6 de octubre de 1938.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=2262&nValor3=2403&strTipM=FN 40. Ley de Patrimonio Histórico Arquitectónico de Costa Rica, Ley N° 7555 del 29 de octubre de 1995.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=24929&nValor3=26382&strTipM=FN 41. Créase el certamen denominado "Comidas y Bebidas Típicas", Decreto Ejecutivo N° 29813 del 04 de setiembre del 2001.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=47168&nValor3=50027&strTipM=FN Sobre las Aguas 42. Ley de Aguas, Ley N° 276 del 27 de agosto de 1942 y sus reformas.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM¶m2=1&n Valor1=1&nValor2=11950&nValor3=76454&strTipM=FN&lResultado=2&strSelect=sel 43. Reglamento para la Calidad del Agua para consumo humano en establecimientos de salud, Decreto Ejecutivo N° 37083 del 22 de marzo del 2012.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=72438&nValor3=88359&strTipM=FN 44. Reglamento de Vertido y Reuso de Aguas Residuales, Decreto Ejecutivo N° 33601 del 19 de marzo del 2007 y sus reformas.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=59524&nValor3=83250&strTipM=FN 45. Reforma Reglamento de Vertido y Reuso de Aguas Residuales y Reglamento General para el Otorgamiento de Permisos de Funcionamiento del Ministerio de Salud. Decreto Ejecutivo N°36304 del 01 del julio del 2010, vigente desde el 24 de de diciembre del 2010.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=69337&nValor3=83248&strTipM=FN 46. Declara emergencia sanitaria debido a deficiencias en el suministro de agua apta para consumo humano, Decreto Ejecutivo N°37072 del 26 de abril del 2012.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=72383&nValor3=88278&strTipM=FN Sobre la Vida Silvestre 47. Ley de Conservación de la Vida Silvestre, Ley Nº 7317 de 30 de octubre de 1992 y sus reformas.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=12648&nValor3=87566¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=2&strSim=simp 48. Modificación de la Ley de Conservación de la Vida Silvestre, Ley Nº 7317 de 04 de diciembre del 2008.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=64631&nValor3=75062¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp 49. Reglamento a la Ley de Conservación de Vida Silvestre, Decreto Nº 32633-MINAE de 20 de setiembre de 2005. Artículos 26, 29.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=55518&nValor3=79941&strTipM=FN 50. Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Flora y Fauna Silvestres (CITES), Ley Nº 5605 de 22 de octubre de 1974.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=64363&nValor3=74611&strTipM=FN Sobre el Turismo 51. Reglamento de las Empresas y Actividades Turísticas, Decreto Ejecutivo No.
25226-MEIC-TUR del 15 de Marzo de 1996.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=63938&nValor3=83251&strTipM=FN Sobre la Sostenibilidad, Ahorro y Reciclaje 52. Ley para la Gestión Integral de Residuos, Ley N° 8839 del 24 de junio del 2010.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=68300&nValor3=83024&strTipM=FN 53. Reglamento para la Regulación del Uso Racional de la Energía, Decreto Ejecutivo 25584-MINAE-H-MS del 24 de octubre de 1996.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=29536&nValor3=84622&strTipM=FN 54. Reglamento para la Prevención de la Contaminación Visual, Decreto Ejecutivo N° 35860 del 26 de febrero del 2010.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=67623&nValor3=80220&strTipM=FN 55. Declara de Interés Público el Congreso Internacional de Estrategias Empresariales denominada "Competitividad y Productividad: pilares de la sostenibilidad empresarial", Decreto Ejecutivo N°35464 del 27 de julio del 2009.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/Scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1 &nValor2=66135&nValor3=77626¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=8&strSim=simp 56. Declara de interés público el encuentro denominado "Diseño, Innovación y Sostenibilidad", Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 35377-MICIT del 27 de junio del 2009.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=65851&nValor3=77171&strTipM=FN Sobre el Fomento Económico 57. Sistema Nacional para la Calidad, Ley N° 8279 del 21 de mayo del 2002.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=48548&nValor3=51738&strTipM=FN 58. Aprobación de políticas de desarrollo territorial rural en un marco de sostenibilidad ambiental y revitalización del sistema institucional, Decreto Ejecutivo N° 35973 del 07 de abril del 2010.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=67924&nValor3=80696&strTipM=FN Sobre regulaciones para sodas en centros educativos públicos (opcional para este tipo de negocios o en caso de que el restaurante tenga alianzas o proyectos en centros educativos) 59. Reglamento para el Funcionamiento y administración del servicio de soda en los centros educativos públicos, Decreto Ejecutivo N° 36910 MEP- S del 22 de noviembre del 2011.
http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/busqueda/normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1& nValor2=71782&nValor3=87953&strTipM=FN SEGUNDO: Que no se encuentra en estado de mora de las siguientes obligaciones en lo que le sea legalmente aplicable: el pago de impuestos ante el Instituto Costarricense de Turismo, el pago de las cuotas obrero patronales ante la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, el pago al Fondo de Desarrollo Social y Asignaciones Familiares (FODESAF) de un 5% sobre el total de sueldos y salarios que paguen mensualmente a sus trabajadores según la Ley de Desarrollo Social y Asignaciones Familiares, Ley N° 5662 del 23 de diciembre de 1974 y el impuesto a las Personas Jurídicas de la Ley N° 9024 del 23 de diciembre del 2011, (el cual aplica a sociedades mercantiles, así como a toda sucursal de sociedad extranjera o su representante y empresas individuales de responsabilidad limitada que se encuentren inscritas o que en adelante se inscriban en el Registro Nacional).
TERCERO: Asimismo, me comprometo a mantener esta condición por el tiempo de vigencia del Certificado y cumplir con los términos de la normativa antes indicada, por ser esto requisito sine qua non para obtener el Certificado para la Sostenibilidad Turística.
MBA Alberto López Chaves En calidad de Secretario Técnico de la Comisión Nacional de Acreditación
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