20210713 Raadsbrief Rapportage audit 2021 keurmerk Green Destination bijlage 2 Certification letter 2021

Green Destinations Certification Committee

Rapenburg 8 2311 EV Leiden The Netherlands certification@greendestinations.org www.greendestinations.org

Gemeente Schouwen-Duiveland T.a.v. Eric Caspers & Paula Hanse Laan van St Hilaire 2 4301 SH Zierikzee The Netherlands RE: Green Destinations Certification Leiden, 1 June 2021 Dear Mr. Caspers, Dear Mrs. Hanse, We have the pleasure to inform you that the Green Destinations Certification Committee decided positively on the compliance of Gemeente Schouwen-Duiveland with the Green Destinations Standard for destinations, and to grant once again the GSTC-Accredited Green Destinations Certified status. Congratulations on this excellent achievement. Certificate #: Issue Date: Valid until:

GDC21-001 01 June 2021 31 May 2024

Corrective actions In the Certification Report, 7 conditional corrective actions are noted regarding the compliance and related evidence of corresponding criteria. These are not considered as essential non-conformities. We expect however that these actions are taken and that periodical reporting is provided to Green Destinations following the indicated reporting schedule. These are essential conditions for the Certification, and in case deadlines or objectives cannot be met this may have implications for the scope or continuation of the Certification. Communication We await your preferences and communication / press strategy considerations before publicly announcing the certification on our communication channels. Please find attached your digital certificate (we’ll soon mail you the acrylic glass print certificate) but we’re afraid a public event to offer the certificate to your official destination representative if not foreseen in the coming months.

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You may now use the Certification Logo under the conditions stipulated in the Certification Agreement. The Certification logo is attached to this message in PNG and full vector formats. A new logo will be made available each year the certification is valid (2022 next year, etc.) In addition, and thanks to the GSTC Accreditation of Green Destinations as Certification Body, Breckenridge will be entitled to display the ‘GSTC Chain of Custody’ logo alongside the Mountain IDEAL marks. The use of this logo incurs a license fee and should be handled directly with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council via info@gstcouncil.org (cc certification@greendestinations.org) QualityCoast Status The re-assessment of your sustainability reporting has also resulted that your QualityCoast Platinum Award status has been prolonged - congratulations again. Top 100 We look forward to continuing our collaboration and hearing about your inspiring stories in this year’s Top 100 competition (www.greendestinations.org/sustainabletop100), making together tourism more sustainable, one story at a time. Yours sincerely,

Albert Salman, President, Green Destinations Foundation

Annex 1: Schouwen Duiveland Certification Report (separate) Annex 2: Green Destinations Certified Certificate (separate) Annex 3: Green Destinations Certified 2021 Logos (separate)