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Saas-Fee · 1 800 m

Walliserhof·Sustainability

Die Verantwortung

Luxury That
Treads Lightly

ibex fairstay Gold. Swisstainable III. 6,800 trees. One cow named Wal Lisa. The receipts, not the rhetoric.

I

Unsere Nachhaltigkeits-Reise

Measured,
Not Claimed

Tourism in a high alpine, sensitive place carries a responsibility. Saas-Fee, with its glacier world, feels the change in the climate before most. We hold that everyone can contribute to protecting this landscape — and we prefer to show the receipts rather than the rhetoric.

Gold
ibex fairstay Level
III
Swisstainable Label
0
Trees Planted
0%
Women in Management
II

Grow My Tree

A Birthday Present
That Keeps Growing

0+
Trees planted in our guests’ names

Every guest who celebrates a birthday with us receives a tree — planted in their name, with a personalised certificate handed over on site or sent by post. The seedlings are raised by smallholders and villagers in Tanzania, who are supported by the project; the trees absorb CO₂, release oxygen, give animals a habitat and keep the soil healthy. Their growth is monitored long-term.

We chose GrowMyTree because they are an entirely transparent partner — and because they do not stop at trees, but carry social projects alongside them.

See the Transparency Report
III

Die Auszeichnungen

Audited,
Not Asserted

Recertification

ibex fairstay — Gold

  • Advancement to Gold reflects a standing commitment to lead on sustainability across the whole operation
  • Certifies and supports sustainable business management
  • Holistic management: environmental compatibility and savings potential always weighed together
  • Value creation stays in the region
Switzerland Tourism

Swisstainable — Level III

  • “Leading” — the deepest of the three tiers
  • An industry joining forces for a fully sustainable travel experience
Food Waste

Too Good To Go

  • Partner of the app that rescues surplus food
  • Participation in Swiss Veggie Day
  • “With every meal saved, the world becomes a little better.”
Accessibility

OK:GO Initiative

  • Accessibility information published for our offers and services
  • Easing travel planning for people with disabilities, senior guests and families with small children
IV

Die Herkunft

The Shortest
Possible Journey

Wal Lisa von Hof

The House
Keeps a Cow

Her name is Wal Lisa von Hof and she spends her summer on the Triftalp, supplying the house with fresh alpine cheese. The kitchen team fishes trout from Lake Kreuzboden. The herbs grow in the garden in front of the hotel — and the birthday wishes we write our guests are printed on seed cards, so a flower grows when they plant them at home.

Die Küche

Nothing Left Over

  • Our own kitchen herbs grown through the summer
  • Vegetables followed by season, never against it
  • Waste cut by planning, by Too Good To Go, and by passing surplus to the team
  • From nose to tail — the whole animal is used
Im Hotelalltag

The Everyday

  • Help planning arrival and departure by public transport, with the SBB luggage service
  • Guests collected from the car park or bus terminal by electric car
  • Swiss products preferred throughout the house
  • Diversey systems dosing cleaning agents to the drop
  • Plastic reduced, with the aim of removing it altogether
Renovation 2019

Built Into the Walls

  • Prepared for connection to the district heating network
  • Ventilation systems replaced entirely
  • Refrigeration cells in the kitchen renewed
  • Rooms furnished in local wood and stone
Sponsorings

The Valley

  • Support for local associations
  • Mattmark Memorial, IceClimbing World Cup, Allalin Race and other events across the Saas Valley
  • Support for charitable organisations
V

Die Mitarbeitenden

Sustainability
Includes People

Training

Financial and time support for training and further education, and apprenticeship training in-house.

Flexibility

Part-time work is possible — the mountain does not suit every life the same way.

Leadership

Forty percent of the management team are women.

Experience

Employment opportunities for the 55+ age group.

Security

Full-year contracts rather than season-to-season employment.

ibex fairstay Gold
Swisstainable III
Grow My Tree
Too Good To Go
OK:GO
Swiss Veggie Day
Car-free Village

ibex fairstay — Level Gold

The Award Belongs
to the Whole House

Kitchen, service, spa, housekeeping and front office — the certificate in the photograph was earned by everyone standing in it.

Your Grand Time-Out

The Mountains
are Waiting

Walliserhof · Grand-Hotel & Spa — Est. MDCCCLXXXIII
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