Sustainability
Foundations
SkiStar’s strategic framework is based on three foundations to ensure the business can achieve its vision ‘To create memorable mountain experiences’. The foundations’ focus areas guide the work forward and include our sustainability strategy, culture and employees, and a safe and secure experience (ESG).
Safe & secure
Safe & Secure is SkiStar’s promise to our guests. We want our guests to feel safe and to guarantee memorable mountain experiences all year round that offer quality, activity, experiences and safety throughout the customer journey.
More on page 52 of our annual report
Sustainability
Sustainability and responsible entrepreneurship are integral parts of SkiStar’s strategy, business model, governance and culture. Through SkiStar’s sustainability strategy, we want to get more people moving while our guests get to enjoy our wonderful mountain environment.
More on page 38 of our annual report
Employees & culture
SkiStar’s employees are its most important asset, helping drive the Company forward. Our foundation enables us to make visible the obvious role that our employees and our culture represent for the business.
More on page 49 of our annual report
Strategy & sustainability goals
Activity & recreation
Target for 2030
By 2030, SkiStar’s ambition is to be the primary choice for guests who prioritise active holidays, and to have 7million skier days and activity days.
Performance measures
- Seven million skier days and activity days, of which: 6.4 million skier days and 600,000 activity days.
- Contribute to increasing the number of new mountain guests.
Outcome 2023/24
- 6,105,926 (5,682,561) skier days.
- 267,064 (252,584) activity days.
Ecosystem & impact
Target for 2030
By 2030, SkiStar aims to reduce its carbon footprint by 50 percent and have a circular approach, while creating financial growth, with 2020/21 as the base year.
Performance measures
- Net zero carbon footprint from our operations (cf. SBT 1)
- Suppliers who account for 66.1 percent of emissions must have climate targets in place by 2027/28 (compare SBT 3).
- Halve the carbon footprint from guests’ and employes’ journeys to our destinations (c.f. SBT 5).
- Reduce emissions from fuel and energy-related activities, as well as waste, by 25 percent (cf. SBT 4)
- Increased proportion of self-produced energy. SBT 2).
- Promote biodiversity by including the mitigation hierarchy throughout all projects.
Outcome 2023/24
- 58 (56) percent CO2 reduction in SkiStar’s operations compared with base year 2020/21.
- 149,520 (134,516)2) tonnes of CO2 from SkiStar’s entire value chain during the financial year.
- SkiStar increased its electricity consumption by 5 percent compared with the previous year.
- Solar panel installations produced 220 MWh of renewable electricity during the year.
- During the year we continued to develop our targets in line withScience Based Targets for Nature (SBTN). We plan to begin quantifying and measuring these targets in the coming financial years.
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Target for 2030
SkiStar aims to contribute to sustainable development along with our stakeholders throughout the value chain.
Performance measures
- Increased percentage of overnight stays.
- 100 percent of all suppliers sign up to SkiStar’s Supplier Code of Conduct.
Outcome 2023/24
- Overnight stays rose by 5 percent compared with the previous year.
- 92 percent of all new suppliers have signed up to SkiStar’s Supplier Code of Conduct.
SkiStar's other sustainability initiatives
Skistar is behind a number of sustainability initiatives, including solar-powered lifts, and an expanded number of charging poles for electric cars.
SkiStar's unique pilot project
We are taking a significant step in its transition to a fossil-free operation by testing complete electrification of a ski resort.
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