As part of the Responsible Cape Town pilot project, a workshop on World Tourism Day 2012 saw several leading Responsible Tourism businesses sharing their practices and recent actions on the theme of Sustainable Energy.

1. Welcome to

2. Seven wonders of Nature
2004 the Cape floristic region declared a Natural World Heritage Site
Table Mountain National Park one of the regions

5. Our Journey
• 2011 – Runners up in the SKAL (Sustainable development in Tourism) awards.
• 2011 – TMACC awarded Overall Winners for responsible tourism at the annual Imvelo awards ceremony
• 2011 – Joined the CCC RT pilot
• 2010 - Platinum certification by the Heritage Environmental Management Company
• 2008 - Imvelo Award: Best Single Resource Management, Water
• 2007 – Joined Heritage Environmental program – RT first introduced
• 2003 - Environmental Management System was awarded ISO14001 certification by the South African Bureau of
Standards.
• 1997 - First Environmental Management System for the operational phase of the cableway was drawn up with
the help of consultants.

8. 0.7Liters per flush
1 000 000 litres saving in one year

9. Every drop that goes down a drain comes down
via cable car at night

10. Waste to landfill July 2009 - June 2012
250
200
203 tons
150
Tons
132 tons
100
77 tons
50
0
2010 2011 2012
Waste to landfill is down from 203 ton to 77 ton
in the past year

13. - Yvettie Munava –
- Rootz Creationz – design and manufactures jewellery from
produce handcrafted gifts recycled cardboard from the
which supports a number of cableway.
impoverished families.

15. Average of 20 000 school
children per year

16. This year 10 learnerships - retail
150 permanent staff members employed at TMACC
100 contact staff employed in all areas each year for a six month period