In certain locations there may be initiatives promoted by public entities, tourism bodies, destination managers or business associations to facilitate companies' access to certification, training, advisory or promotional services. Each programme sets its own terms, scope and participation requirements.
In some destinations, the promoting body or entity — a municipal council, a regional tourism body or a business association — puts together its programme by contracting us for a set number of certification services, which it makes available to the beneficiary companies in its destination through discount codes or other means of participation determined by the promoter itself. That promoter freely decides the access terms for the services in its programme (for example, being up to date with municipal fees, belonging to a local association or having their registered tax address in the destination) and whether to offer these services free of charge or at a reduced cost for beneficiaries.
The programme's promoter — a municipal council, a local tourism manager or a business association — contracts us for a set number of certification services for individual entities in its territory. Depending on the terms it has set for allocating these already-paid services, it may provide you with a code that works as a discount coupon for your certification service. If your entity can benefit from this support, request your code and apply it when taking out your certification service under the Biosphere Scheme through our Biosphere Sustainable platform: your annual fee of €359/entity will be reduced according to the percentage set by the programme's promoter.
Check whether any destination management body or business association in your destination runs this type of programme. If so, request your code on its official website, providing your corporate email and your company's details: it is the promoter itself that checks you meet its conditions before providing it to you.
Some programmes may facilitate our certification services at reduced prices, according to the terms defined by the promoting entity and the applicable scope in each case.
If the programme provides for it, your entity may appear in information or promotional spaces linked to its promoter, in accordance with its participation and publication terms.
There are programmes where the promoter offers bonuses or additional services in training, advisory and other support actions for participating entities with other service providers.
Check whether there are active programmes in your location that allow your entity to access discounts on our certification services. Review the available list and select the corresponding programme or promoting entity to request its code:
Biosphere is contracted by annual subscription, making a single payment per year of €359/company. Biosphere destination linking codes act as discount coupons of up to 100%, depending on the bonus provided by the destination to its companies. If you have a destination linking code, you will be able to enjoy this subscription at no cost to your company. You will have full access to all the management and certification services of your business sustainability, at no cost throughout the year. Remember that the audit and certification process is included in the subscription, at no additional charge, but the service will only be activated once you have demonstrated 100% of minimum efforts in the system.
First of all, you have to check if your destination is a Biosphere destination and if it offers this type of bonus to its companies. You can check this information from the list on our website. If your destination offers this line of assistance, go to its official Biosphere website and request the code. In order to validate your application, you must leave as contact details a corporate email, the link to your company's website and your company name. In this way, the destination will be able to check if your business activity is carried out in that territory and, if it is verified correctly, they will provide you with the code so that you can insert it in your Biosphere profile, applying the bonus automatically in your shopping cart.
If your company was subscribed to Biosphere before your destination decided to start its sustainable commitments with our community, this is great news for you! It means that, from that moment on, your new annual subscriptions will become subsidised. Remember that these codes depend on the destinations themselves and the bonuses they wish to provide to their companies. Keep up to date with our communications so that you don't miss any news about your destination. If it becomes part of Biosphere, ask us for information so that you don't miss the opportunity to enjoy our services at no cost.
Of course! You can always decide to pay the annual subscription fee, avoiding being tied to your destination. However, you will lose incredible benefits such as: the bonus of your subscription, the appearance of your company in highlighted sections in Biosphere destination communications, and access to additional services that the destination may offer to companies in its programmes, such as training actions, consultancy services, among others.
As long as the destination continues to be a member of the Biosphere community, and wishes to maintain the line of participation for its business network with a bonus, this service will remain active. From the moment the destination code is entered, the company has unlimited bonus access for 365 days. In the days prior to the expiry of the subscription, the company will be notified if it needs to renew the subscription. Otherwise, the process will be carried out automatically without interrupting the services.
Destination codes, multi-entity codes (for groups and company chains) as well as special discount coupons are available. However, their simultaneous use is limited to the application of the code with the most beneficial discount for your company at any given time.
