ISO 26000

ISO 26000 is the International Standard for Corporate and Social Responsibility for Private and Public Organisations. With the issuing of the Standard, all companies and organizations now have the ability to develop and implement a system that will include all the CSR Principles that they must employ and manage in the wide spectrum of their activities and operations.

All the principles that are directly connected with CSR are included in this standard:

• Compliance with all the current Legal Framework
• Clarity Rules
• Ethical Conduct
• Respect for Human Rights
• Respect for the needs of all parties
• Compliance with the International Rules of Conduct

In the opposite, the standard, simplifies the meaning of CSR and helps Companies and Organizations to turn the main Principles of CSR into Proper Actions in order to create the optimum image towards the broader society.

The implementation of a Social Responsibility Management System under the ISO 26000 Standard, is not compulsory for the Classification of Hotels or Rentals-Furnished Rooms and Apartments in each respective category (stars/keys).

This Standard includes guidance but not requirements, therefore it cannot be Certified by an independent certification body like the other Standards of the ISO family.

However, the application of such a System leads to the fulfillment of the respective Optional Criterion the Hotel Category.

We emphasize on the fact that the fulfillment of the aforementioned criterion boosts the total rating by 100 points for Hotels.