Professional Associations and Certifications

Our goal is to inspire our customers with authentic, unforgettable travel experiences rich in local culture, while ensuring that we uphold the highest standards of sustainability practices in the industry. To that end, we belong to a number of professional associations:

• Native Tours is an Arcadia Power Clean Energy Business Partner, relying on 100% wind-generated energy.
• Carbon offsetting for each tour is provided by Sustainable Travel International.
• Leave No Trace supporter and advocate, making good decisions to protect the world around you and to pass our nation's heritage of outdoor recreation to future generations by practicing "Leave No Trace" principles.
• Conservation International working to ensure a healthy, productive planet for everyone because people need nature to thrive.
• World Wildlife Fund securing a future for forests and the people and species who depend on them.
• Environmental Defense Fund our solutions protect natural systems while also benefiting people.
• Sierra Club Explore, Enjoy, and Protect The Planet.

• Native Tours is the first tour operator/agency in Peru to begin the EarthCheck Evaluate program, assessing our environmental and social performance against the UN Foundation's Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria.
• Rainforest Alliance's TOPS (Tour Operators Promoting Sustainability) for tourism companies working toward minimizing their environmental footprint and supporting workers, local cultures, and surrounding communities.
• International Ecotourism Society Uniting conservation, communities, and sustainable travel.
• United Nations Global Sustainable Tourism Council, the international body for establishing and managing standards for sustainable tourism.
• Action for Ethical Tourism.
• United Nations Environment Programme Sustainable Consumption and Production.
• UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme, where planning for tourism and heritage management is integrated at a destination level, the natural and cultural assets are valued and protected, and appropriate tourism is developed.
• Sustainable Tourism Online a comprehensive online information resource delivering substantial research, data, and tools.
• Indigenous Peoples' Biodiversity Network (IPBN) Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) Network, a network of indigenous scientists, lawyers, community educators, conservation practitioners and activists facilitating discussion among indigenous peoples concerning the opportunities for promoting, preserving and protecting their rights to manage, control, and benefit from their own knowledge and resources.
• Sustainable Pangea, mapping best practices and social technologies which are bringing about sustainable, positive change in Latin America.