As a travel company who engage with various stakeholders in tourism as high-end technological companies, clients from all around the world, travel agencies, hotels, transport companies, car hire and flights providers, Aeolos Cyprus Travel Ltd. understands our key role and influence in the sustainability development of tourism. Therefore, we are committed to promoting sustainability. We aim to follow, implement and promote good sustainability practices to maximize positive impacts and minimize negative impacts on tourism of our operations and to influence our clients and partners to do the same. Our policy is divided into 10 themes. Each theme consists of a set of principles and practical actions accordingly.       

1. Sustainability Management & Legal compliance

We commit to sustainability management, practiced by these following actions:

• To have an appointed employee who is responsible for sustainability coordinator tasks.
• To have a sustainability mission statement that is communicated to customers, partners and suppliers.
• To have an accessible and written sustainability policy that aims for a reduction of the negative social, cultural, economic and environmental impacts of the company’s activities and includes employee related health and safety aspects.
• To collaborate and actively involved in external forums and working groups which are supportive to sustainability in tourism.
• To conduct baseline assessment of the company’s performance on sustainable practices.
• To have sustainability guidelines and assessment system in place to identify the sustainability performance of key suppliers/partners.
• To have sustainability action plan with clear targets, actions, measures, responsibilities and time planning.
• To develop documented procedures to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the sustainability policy, objectives and targets.
• To ensure company’s transparency in sustainability by public reporting and communicating.
• To ensure that all staff are fully aware of our Sustainability Policy and are committed to implementing and improving it.

We commit to complying with all national legislation, regulations and codes of practice.

2. Internal management: social policy & human rights

We commit to sustainable internal management by having clear written and well-communicated social policy that includes the following principles:

• To grant employees the freedom of employment and contract termination with notice (ideally minimum one month) and without penalty.
• To include labor conditions according to national labor law and a job description in the employment contract.
• Wage rate is to be mentioned in the contract and equals or above the national legal wage.
• To determinate and compensate of overtime working hours based on agreement. At the moment we do not have overtime working hours in Aeolos Cyprus Travel Ltd., however if in the future we have overtime working hours we will determinate the compensation of overtime working hours.
• To provide medical and liability insurance according to the national law.
• To grant employees fixed paid yearly holiday and sick leave and unpaid annual leave allowance.
• To have health and safety policy for employees which complies to national legal standards.
• Aeolos Cyprus Travel ensures that people are not discriminated in regards to recruitment, conditions of employment, access to training and senior positions, advancement in terms of residentship, gender, race, age, disability, ethnicity, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or in any other way. 

• Have a safe working place.
• Prevent risks to our employees’ health.
• Ensure safe working practices are documented and implemented.
• Make sure that all materials are handled, stored, and used safely.
• Provide adequate first aid facilities.
• Inform employees about any potential hazards of the job (e.g., chemicals and other substances), and provide adequate information, instructions, training, and supervision to safely perform the job.
• Set up emergency plans.
• Ensure that ventilation, temperature, lighting, toilet, washing and rest facilities all meet health, safety, and welfare requirements.
• Regularly check that equipment is being used as intended and is well-maintained.
• Prevent or control exposure to substances that may be a health hazard.
• Take precautions particularly when using or in proximity to flammable or explosive materials, electrical equipment, noise, and radiation.
• Avoid potentially dangerous work involving manual handling (and when this work is absolutely necessary, take precautions to reduce the risk of injury).
• Provide health supervision as needed.
• Provide protective clothing or equipment for employees.
• Display warning and health and safety posters appropriately.
• Report and record accidents, injuries, diseases, and dangerous occurrences.

• Making sure premises are properly ventilated with clean and fresh air.
• Keeping temperatures at a comfortable level (e.g., a minimum of 13?C (55?F) where the work involves physical activity).
• Making sure facilities are well lit.
• Keeping the workplace and equipment clean and well-maintained.
• Ensuring that areas are big enough to allow easy movement (at least 11m³/388ft³ per person).
• Providing workstations suitable for the employees and their tasks.
• Keeping floors, walkways, stairs, roadways safe to use.
• Protecting people from falling from high levels or into dangerous substances.
• Storing things properly to avoid injuries.
• Fitting windows, doors, and gates with safety devices.
• Providing suitable washing facilities and clean drinking water.
• Giving access to rest areas for breaks and lunches, including suitable facilities for pregnant women and nursing mothers.
• Allowing employees proper breaks and leave.
• Assuring safety of employees who work alone, or off-site.
• To have first aid sets and trained staff are available at all relevant locations.
• To obey national concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment.
• To have effective procedures in place for employees to voice out their complaints and expectations.
• To have a measurement system for employee satisfaction on a regular basis.
• To provide periodic guidance and training for employees on roles, rights and responsibilities regarding health and safety issues. This includes fire and relevant natural disasters.
• To create opportunities for students in participating in traineeship/internship/apprenticeship.
• To encourage employment opportunities for persons with special needs.

• Actively reduce the use of disposable and consumer goods.
• Favor the purchase of sustainable goods and services, office and catering supply, giveaways and merchandise and from local suppliers where possible.
• Purchase products in bulk, to reduce the amount of packaging materials and from local suppliers where possible.
• Set copy and printing machines by default to double-sided printing or other forms of paper saving modes.
• Use cleaning materials which are non-hazardous, non-eutrophic and biodegradable and are certified with an eco-label, if locally available.
• Avoid printing brochures – prefer distributing all brochures or any other communication material online. In the rare case of the need to print communication material we use environmentally friendly paper, with a printing company that works with a certified environmental management system, if locally available at reasonable costs.
• Implement measurements to have an 'internet only' policy.
• Have an active commitment to measure, monitor and reduce energy consumption.
• Calculate and compensate CO2 emissions and compare different periods.
• Purchase green energy and energy efficient lighting for all areas, when available.
• Switch off Lights and equipment when not in use, use automatic switch on/off system with timers or movement sensors and set equipment by default in the energy saving mode, where this is feasible.
• Prefer low energy equipment when buying new items, including considerations of cost and quality.
• Have an active policy to reduce water consumption, implemented and monitored on a monthly or yearly basis for benchmark purposes.
• Use sustainable water sourcing, which does not adversely affect environmental flows.
• Install water saving equipment in toilets.
• Comply with the national legislation concerning waste disposal.
• Develop and implement a solid waste reduction and recycling policy, with quantitative goals.
• Take measures to reduce the amount of packaging materials and not provide non-recyclable or non-biodegradable package materials.
• Take action to reduce the amount of (non-refillable) plastic bottles of drinking water for office use.
• Separate all materials which can be recycled and organize collection and proper disposal.
• Implement waste reducing methods when using ink and toner cartridges for printing and copying, whenever feasible. 
• Recycle or properly dispose of batteries. 
• Comply with national legislation of wastewater treatment, which should be reused or released safely.
• Minimize and substitute the use of harmful substances and manage properly the storage, handling and disposal of chemicals.
• Use lead-free and water-based paints, both inside and outside, when locally available.
• Implement practices to minimize pollution from its buildings (as far as being able to be controlled by the company).
• Measure and reduce staff related travel and use more sustainable modes of transport. Calculate its emissions, with the aim to reduce and compensate, through a reliable locally available program.
• Encourage employees to use public transport or sustainable means of transport.
• Reduce transport related impacts by tele-work, tele/video meetings, work-at-home policies or other means.
• Maintain and properly check motorized company vehicles, to reduce emissions and energy use and make sure they comply with the legal emission standards.
• Provide periodic guidance, training and/or information to all staff members, about their roles and responsibilities with respect to internal environmental practices.
• Comply with land use, zoning and protected or heritage area laws and regulations. when planning, designing, constructing, renovating, operating or demolishing   company buildings and infrastructure.
• Base planning, design and construction of new buildings or renovations, on locally appropriate and feasible sustainable practices and materials.
• Contribute to the protection and preservation of local historical, archaeological, culturally, and spiritually important properties and sites, and   not impede access to them by local residents.