At Biosphere Responsible Tourism, also known by its acronym BRT, we are a certification body, currently the only one authorised by the Responsible Tourism Institute (RTI) to operate the Biosphere Scheme and to independently assess the conformity of entities with its requirements.
Our BRT certification processes are third-party, with external and independent audits, and follow the principles of competence, consistency and impartiality that the ISO/IEC 17065 standard requires of those who apply it. At BRT we offer our certification services in 7 languages and 100% online, covering businesses of different kinds —hotels, restaurants, museums, among others— and territorial tourism management bodies, which we call ‘destinations’. The certification services we currently offer at BRT are for the Biosphere scheme.
To carry out certification processes online, at BRT we have designed our own Biosphere Sustainable platform: a virtual system where each entity interested in certification registers its profile and completes its certification process independently. For the Biosphere scheme, the entity wishing to receive our assessment can use our platform to consult the applicable requirements of the Scheme, structured around the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to provide, manage and consult the documentation and evidence it submits for its assessments through third-party audits.
Once its documented actions have been assessed, at BRT we communicate them in our public web repository, where we list all entities holding a valid certification, so that anyone interested can consult the actions that have been assessed, the validity and scope of their certificate, and any other relevant information on the certifications issued by our certification body.
Biosphere Responsible Tourism, S.L. (BRT) is the certification body authorised by the Responsible Tourism Institute (RTI) to operate the Biosphere Scheme and to independently assess the conformity of entities with its requirements, and therefore to offer certification services under that scheme (auditing, and deciding on the granting, renewal or withdrawal of the Biosphere certificate). At present, Biosphere Responsible Tourism S.L. is the only authorised body.
You can hire our certification services wherever you are. As it is completed online through our platform, the whole certification process, from the documentation through to the assessment and audit service, can be carried out remotely, without the location of your entity being a barrier.
And you don't need to worry about the language! By offering our services internationally, we have made sure that you can carry out the certification process in your own language and without having to translate your documentation to be assessed in the audit processes. To achieve this, we have designed our platform with all the instructions and functions needed for the certification process under the Biosphere Scheme in up to seven languages, the same ones in which we make our audit services available: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, French, German and Turkish.
