Practical guide for the implementation of environmental management system (ISO 14001) in the Ugandan tourist accommodation sector (Switchafrica / Gaiker / EU, 2020)

In the framework of the GREENTU Project, funded by the European Commission under the Switch Africa Green Programme, this Practical guide for the implementation of Environmental Management System (ISO 14001) in the MSMEs of the Ugandan Tourist Accommodation Sectors has been developed.

This guide aims to facilitate and promote the implementation and certification of EMS according to ISO 14001:2015 standard, throughout the Tourist Accommodation Sector in Uganda. The guide is aimed at the Tourist Accommodation Sector in Uganda and its MSMEs in particular, and it pursues to be an useful tool to foster the sustainability of the sector.

In this sense, it is worth to mention that the guide is divided into two main sections.

The first part of the guide sums up the requirements defined in each clause of the standard: context of the organization, leadership, planning, support, operation, performance evaluation and improvement.

Afterwards, a list of brief key points for a successful implementation is provided. Within next section, GreenTU team acknowledges the work accomplished by the 30 tourist accommodations involved.

The last part of the guide, Annex I, includes the list of the documented information required for the implementation of the Environmental Management System, and the link to download the templates of the procedures and records.