The Braga Youth Center has been working on adopting good environmental practices, which is why, under the Green Key, it has adopted an environmental policy, the aim of which is to promote sustainable behaviour.

Environmental Policy 

The Braga Youth Centre is an InvestBraga business unit that integrates the Youth Hostel. It is headquartered in Braga and, in addition to its hotel dimension, it strongly emphasizes working with young people, promoting Human Rights and boosting Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Citizenship and Youth Associationism projects. Being aware of the environmental impacts that its activities may imply, and on a purely voluntary basis, the Braga Youth Centre makes efforts to improve its environmental performance and reduce its ecological footprint, betting on a more sustainable operation from an environmental point of view. In this sense, hereby, institutes its Environmental Policy, focusing on its fulfillment and constant improvement. 

By ensuring the implementation of its Environmental Policy, the Braga Youth Centre takes responsibility for, not only following the legislation and environmental regulations applicable, but also for the voluntary commitments made, namely with the efficient management of natural resources, such as energy, water, materials/supplies and waste from its activity, as well as promoting guest environmental awareness.

Identify, promote and evaluate… 

… continually the expectations, needs and satisfaction of our Customers and Partners, adapting the offer of our services to their growing environmental awareness and developing the operation through processes with a strong nature of environmental sustainability. 

Implement and maintain… 

… all the requirements inherent to the development of the activity, including the legislation and regulation applicable to the sector, as well as the commitments voluntarily assumed.

Dynamize and involve… 

… all Employees and Partners in a proactive attitude, regarding the efficient management of natural resources, such as energy, water, materials/supplies and even waste from its activity; create conditions for young people to learn and develop their own activities to promote environmental sustainability, based on the Sustainable Development Goals declared by the United Nations (ONU).

Communicate… 

… effectively and be able to disseminate the communication to all Customers, Employees, Partners, Suppliers, Visitors, the General Public and Interested Parties, not only its importance, but also the commitments to environmental protection, to the reduction of ongoing environmental impacts and to the promotion of Biodiversity, in harmony with the promotion of the Sustainable Development Goals declared by the ONU.