The Decade of Action Program: Building a Sustainable Future for BC Tourism through the UN Sustainable Development Goals is a capacity-building program to support businesses across B.C. to create a Sustainable Development Goal Strategy and Decade of Action Plan. Learn how to align the SDGs with your existing sustainability efforts, set targets for the future, and drive meaningful results for your guests, company, and community.
Facilitated by the BC Tourism Resiliency Network, in partnership with Synergy Enterprises, this pilot program will support up to 40 tourism businesses across B.C. through two workshops and one-on-one coaching for each participating business.
In the program, participants will:
Connect with passionate business leaders and discover how tourism can create a better world
Receive coaching to identify the SDGs that most align with your organization, and actions that promote resiliency, cost reduction, and access to talent
Identify key metrics to track your progress towards the SDGs
Integrate the SDGs into your messaging and communications
Develop an SDG Strategy and 10-year Action Plan for your organization
Help position BC’s tourism industry as a leader in sustainability
Decade of Action Seminar (Tuesday, October 19, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST)
An overview of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs
Examples of businesses advancing the SDGs to guide their strategic objectives
Build SDG alignment into your organizational planning and culture
Create a Decade of Action Plan for your organization
Tools & resources to engage your team and create capacity for change
Business Action Planning and One-on-One Coaching Calls (October - December)
Working with key players in your organization and using tools and templates from Synergy Enterprises, you will build out your own SDG Strategy and Decade of Action Plan. Plan on spending 4-6 hours engaging your team and completing your Decade of Action Plan template. Each business will receive 3 hours of one-on-one coaching time to assist with your plan.
Decade of Action Showcase (Thursday, November 18, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST)
Each business participant will share their goals and objectives, including the SDGs that their organization is tracking and how they plan to build capacity for change
Learn how to integrate the SDGs into your sustainability messaging