After over 35-years ago when Headwater began, we know better than most how life-affirming, awe-inspiring and horizon-expanding travel can be. We firmly believe travel should support our destinations to thrive too.
Our Thriving Nature, Thriving People plan lays out the ways in which we persistently and passionately strive to take a nature positive approach and contribute to destination communities.
From carbon and waste reduction, to support for rewilding and conservation, to providing economic opportunity for disadvantaged groups, we aim to support people and nature to thrive in harmony, in the way we run our business and design our adventures. Read more about this below.
NB. The links below will go to the Exodus Adventure Travels Sustainability webpages as Headwater is a sister brand to Exodus.
We thrive off travel. We firmly believe travel should support our destinations to thrive too. That’s why the conservation and restoration of nature is at the heart of our sustainability plan and practices. Nature Positive means halting and reversing biodiversity loss. Read more here to see the ways we strive to do this through our adventures, and read more about our Nature Positive approach.
We thrive on travel. We firmly believe travel should support communities across our destinations to thrive too. After all, meeting local people is the heart of what makes so many of our travel experiences so memorable. And whether a fleeting moment at a local market stall or being welcomes into someone’s home, travel can open doors for visitors and hosts alike. Click here to see the ways we seek to support people to thrive.
We take a nature positive approach to our adventures. This means that we do what we can to support nature to thrive, including recognising where travel negatively impacts our natural world and seeking to address it. Click here to give some explanation and context for the ‘carbon labels’ we feature in our carbon impact, seek to reduce it, and support the restoration of ecosystems which remove carbon from the atmosphere.
We acknowledge that travel can have a negative impact on nature, though increasing carbon emissions and pollution exploiting ecosystems. We are working hard to avoid and reduce these impact, and you too can play a vital role during your adventures. Click here to find some ways in which you can out nature first on your travels.
As a certified B Corp, we have joined the ranks of companies like Patagonia, Ben & Jerrys, Ella’s Kitchen and other travel companies. This global stamp of approval recognises Headwater as a purpose-driven company dedicated to continuous improvement and becoming ‘even better’ in terms of our social and environmental impact, using travel as a force for good. Read more here.
Any questions or comments, email sustailability@exodus.co.uk.
