Commitment to quality, Caring for the environment
Our commitment to quality and caring for the environment is in our management DNA. We firmly believe that this is the path to excellence. Year by year we aim to improve in offering our customers the best of services while setting an example by caring for the environment, particularly our marine environment.
- Bettering our management as an ongoing goal, to become the best Gijón Marina we can be and a leader both nationally and internationally.
- Increasing customer satisfaction.
- Complying with legal and regulatory requirements (European, national, regional and local) as well as with the requirements of organizations and groups we belong to. Adapting to future standards, customer needs or social requirements, a responsibility and commitment shared by the entire Gijón Marina team.
- Protecting and improving the environment by preventing pollution while reducing our own environmental impact, offering our customers more environmentally friendly services, promoting the efficient use of resources, and selecting activities that minimize pollution.
- Minimizing, recycling, reusing, and properly managing the waste our activities generate.
- Striving to innovate, within our current economic capabilities, in both technical means and the professional development of our staff.
Actions and objectives
We currently hold the following quality and environmental certificates:
Download documentation:
- ISO 9001 and 14001
- SICTED Commitment to Quality Tourism
- Blue Flag
- Biosphere Certificate
Awards and projects
Blue Flag
For the last thirteen years, the BLUE FLAG has been flying at Gijón Marina as a symbol of our commitment to environmental management. This award is based on our compliance with a series of criteria, which are grouped into four basic categories:
- Water quality.
- Environmental information and education.
- Environmental management.
- Safety and services.
Check out the 2024 PDG BLUE FLAG PANEL here.
Gijón Marina: award for 27 years as a Blue Flag location:
Biosphere Certified
Gijón Marina has been Biosphere Certified since 2022. This certification is awarded by the U.N.-associated Responsible Tourism Institute, member of the World Tourism Organisation and founder of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council.
Biosphere certification guarantees the proper long-term balance of a destination’s economic, socio-cultural and environmental aspects, providing significant benefits for the organisation itself, society, and the environment.
Receiving Biosphere certification is a reward for the effort made in compliance with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda.
SICTED Seal for Commitment to Quality in Tourism
Since 2006 Gijón Marina has held the SICTED seal for “Commitment to Tourism Quality”, an award which certifies compliance with established requirements and recognizes commitment to quality and ongoing improvement, while distinguishing our tourist services above those of our competitors.
X Hempel Award
The Marina’s track record in environmental matters and our plans for the future earned us the 10th HEMPEL AWARD in November 2010. This quality award recognizes efforts made to benefit sailing. Thanks to this project, a book was published on the study of the marina’s flora and fauna with the aim of increasing public awareness about local marine biodiversity and the importance of its conservation.
Imagin Seabin Project in collaboration with Blue Carbon
Gijón Marina is carrying out a waste collection project in collaboration with Imagin Bank and Blue Carbon. This initiative, known as IMAGINE SEABIN, aims to set up a SEABIN plastic suction device in every autonomous community with a sea coast.
Started in Australia in 2017, the Seabin project has collected more than 1,400 tons of plastic from the world’s oceans and seas. Each Seabin is able to collect 1 to 1.4 tons of plastic a year. These devices, placed on docks at ports, use an energy efficient system to suck up floating debris often found in coastal waters.