{"id":156768,"date":"2025-09-26T15:50:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T12:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santashotels.fi\/?p=156768"},"modified":"2026-06-07T17:43:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:43:52","slug":"green-key-recertifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santashotels.fi\/en\/green-key-recertifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa&#8217;s Hotels | Green Key recertifications for the chain&#8217;s hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-md-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sustainability at Santa&#8217;s Hotels has gained further recognition, as the Green Key sustainability certificate recertification audits were successfully completed at five Santa&#8217;s Hotels properties during autumn 2025. The final property will be reaudited by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Green Key certificate was first awarded in 2024 to the following Santa&#8217;s Hotels:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Santa&#8217;s Hotel Santa Claus<br>\u2022 Santa&#8217;s Igloos Arctic Circle<br>\u2022 Santa&#8217;s Resort &amp; Spa Hotel Sani<br>\u2022 Santa&#8217;s Hotel Tunturi<br>\u2022 Santa&#8217;s Hotel Aurora<br>\u2022 Santa&#8217;s Hotel Rakka<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newly confirmed recertifications demonstrate the chain&#8217;s long-term commitment to responsible tourism and sustainable development.<br><br><em>\u201cWe are proud that our sustainability work is once again receiving international recognition this year. Maintaining the Green Key certificate requires continuous improvement and concrete actions, and this is an important part of the promise we make to our customers,\u201d<\/em> says<strong> Sanna Sandgren, CEO of Santa&#8217;s Hotels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does Green Key mean?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Green Key is one of the world\u2019s leading sustainability certifications in the tourism sector. Its criteria are based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and include, among other things:<br><br>\u2022 reducing environmental impact<br>\u2022 increasing social benefits<br>\u2022 supporting the local economy<br><br>The certificate obliges companies to continuously develop their operations. The independent Green Key jury awards certificates based on regular on-site audits.<br><br>Santa&#8217;s Hotels&#8217; commitment to the Green Key program reinforces that sustainability and sustainable development are central to the company\u2019s operations \u2013 now and in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further information:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sanna Sandgren<br>CEO, Santa&#8217;s Hotels<br>Tel: +358 40 199 3525<br>sanna.sandgren(at)demo.krow.fi\/santashotels\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainability at Santa&#8217;s Hotels has gained further recognition, as the Green Key sustainability certificate recertification audits were successfully completed at five Santa&#8217;s Hotels properties during autumn 2025. The final property will be reaudited by the end of 2025. The Green Key certificate was first awarded in 2024 to the following Santa&#8217;s Hotels: \u2022 Santa&#8217;s Hotel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":156757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[336,388],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","category-sustainability-articles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santashotels.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santashotels.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santashotels.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santashotels.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santashotels.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156768"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/santashotels.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171232,"href":"https:\/\/santashotels.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156768\/revisions\/171232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santashotels.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santashotels.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santashotels.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santashotels.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}