Eco-responsibility
Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook ans Foresta Lumina is certified eco-responsible through its various implemented measures

Local purchases
- Emphasizing the identification of locally produced goods.
- Increasing the number of local products for sale in its on-site store.
- Purchasing of local products for its snack bar.
- Hiring a local workforce.
- Maintaining on-site local repair services for its manufactured items, tools, electronics and/or materials.

Sort your waste
- Providing campers with compost bags.
- Using compostable dishes.
- Purchase and installation of three-way bins (compost, recycling, and waste) identified with signs to help customers and staff compost properly.
- Recycle and sort everything that may be recycled.
- Have batteries and hazardous products recycled at recognized drop-off points.
- Use of recycled paper, cardboard and toilet paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
- Ask suppliers to avoid over-packaging products.

Biodegradable products
- Use in part biodegradable hygiene products for household maintenance, untreated wood for our constructions and water-based paint and stains.
- Avoid buying petroleum products, for example we no longer buy plastic bags, we sell reusable bags.

Reuse
- Use reusable dishes and containers (e.g.: coffee cups, water bottles…) within our company and ask our staff to do the same.
- Set up accessible zones for our customers to fill their reusable water bottles.

Green energy
- Prioritize rechargeable batteries. (CB)
- Use of LED technology, driven by exceptionally low power consumption.
- Charging stations for electric cars.
- Electric golf kart and Side by side vehicle.
- Use an ecological search engine for your current web searches and install it on computers (e.g., Lilo, Ecosia, etc.).
- Focus on digital: Avoid printing documents or opt for the double-sided option and hardly give any more paper cards, our cards are on the ONDAGO application.
- Solar light on the campground.
- Use eco-friendly lighting: turning off the lights before leaving is one of the most necessary actions as part of an eco-responsible effort.
- Carpooling between colleagues.
- For meetings, simple ecological gestures to limit travel: when meeting with multiple people, rely on videoconferences as much as possible.
- The possibility of teleworking, under the agreement of the company.

Wildlife
- Plant new trees each year.
- Reduce the environmental footprint by informing customers of the seven no-trace principles:
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- Preparing for an outdoor outing contributes to the success of your adventure, which will be a safe and entertaining experience.
- Use durable surfaces. Camp on official sites and walk only in trails.
- Responsibly manage your waste. Bring back what you initially brought. Inspect stopping places and campsites; do not leave any trash, leftover food, or litter.
- Leave stones, plants and any natural objects as found. This includes trees and plants, but also cultural objects.
- Fire management. Avoid trampling the vegetation to obtain firewood, purchase firewood at the reception.
- Respect wildlife. Observe wildlife from a distance. Do not follow or approach wild animals.
- Be respectful of other visitors and concerned about the quality of their experience.
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Socio-economic aspect
- By conducting employee and customer satisfaction surveys to better consider their opinions, comments, suggestions and needs.
- Provide an employee handbook and appraisal system.
- Provide an emergency response plan manual.
- By offering staff preferential rates on our products and services.