'Sustainable development is about changing our society for the better, and it is a change in which we will all need to play our part. For TUI Northern Region, implementing sustainability principles into our work is a real priority. My fellow Group Management Board member Dermot Blastland is a driving force in ensuring TUI Travel understands its role and takes sustainable development seriously.'
Johan Lundgren, Managing Director, TUI Northern Region
PLC Board representative for sustainable development
'Sustainable tourism is central to my goals for the future success of our business. In five years' time, I'd like to think that we won't be discussing sustainable tourism at all – it will just be part of the way we do business.'
Dermot Blastland, Managing Director, TUI UK & Ireland
GMB representative for sustainable development
The Northern Region comprises the distribution and tour operating businesses in the source markets of the UK & Ireland, Canada and the four Nordic countries Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. Brands include Star Tour, Fritidsresor and Finnmatkat, the Nordic tour operators and retailers, First Choice and Thomson, the leading UK high street brands and Signature Vacations, the tour operator in Canada.
TUI Northern Region has developed a supplier sustainable development contract addendum, containing minimum social and environmental standards, which will be incorporated into the contract cycles of all these brands.
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