Forever Project
Our commitment to net zero emissions and building a sustainable tomorrow.
Boyne Resorts recognizes human-driven climate change as an urgent issue for the world, as well as for the Snow Sports industry. In early 2021, we formalized commitments to climate action and announced our ForeverProject.
ForeverProject is an initiative to attain a sustainable tomorrow through collaboration, by positively affecting the lasting impact our resorts, team members, and guests have on the planet.
Guiding Principles
Mindful Efficiency
Create and maintain a culture of reduction: energy use, waste output, water impact; balanced with maximized utilization of our human, technological, natural, and financial resources.
Tireless Conservation
Protect the natural environment unwaveringly, ensuring proper use for purposes related to outdoor recreation, and preserving or rehabilitating the land over which we are stewards.
Innovative Collaboration
Support and reward outreach and partnerships that extend beyond all traditional boundaries, providing deeply valuable impact among our team members, and in our communities, industry, and environment for the long term.
Objectives
- Power all operations with 100% clean electricity
- Reduce dependence on carbon-based fuels in existing buildings through energy efficiency upgrades and electrification
- Develop and implement high-efficiency green building standards for design and construction of new facilities and real estate projects
- Upgrade our lift networks, installing the most technologically advanced lifts, and enhancing the energy efficiency of lift houses
- Install low-energy equipment while expanding snowmaking
- Add on-site renewable energy generation projects
- Monitor emerging technologies to identify opportunities to maximize efficiency and electrification of fleet vehicles and equipment
- Seek partnerships with local and/or meaningful programs to sequester carbon
- Expand composting
- Enhance recycling
- Partner with local and non-profit organizations to donate/repurpose items, from uniforms to equipment
- Participate in community environmental clean-ups
- Protect and limit disturbances to wildlife habitats, forests, and wetland ecosystems
- Conserve water through efficiency upgrades and utilizing recycled water where possible
- Educate team members on the purpose of specific plans and encourage their input and ideas
- Be a leader in the community, educating guests about sustainability welcoming their participation in initiatives
- Advocate at local, regional, and national levels for policies that promote climate solutions
- Invest in Team Member housing to address local housing shortages
- Encourage and provide options to team members to utilize sustainable modes of transportation
- Develop great people
- Promote carpooling and sustainable transportation options to and from our properties
- Collaborate with local and regional non-profits, government agencies, and community organizations
Work In progress
RENEWABLE ENERGY COMMITMENT
As of January 1, 2021, Boyne Resorts committed to a renewable energy purchase with CMS Enterprises, a CMS Energy subsidiary, that entirely offsets electric energy consumption at its resorts and facilities throughout North America. As a result, the resorts will achieve 100% renewable energy for the 2020/21 winter season by sourcing a global purchase of renewable energy credits.
Offset Your Trip
One of the major steps Sunday River has taken in reaching our 2030 net-zero emissions goal is to partner with Tradewater to offset emissions from our operations.
What is Tradewater?
Tradewater is a mission-based company that actively collects and destroys the most potent greenhouse gases ever created - refrigerant gases that are as much as 10,900 times more potent than CO2. The destruction of these gases before they enter the atmosphere is essential for slowing climate change.
Using the calculator below, you can calculate the impact of your trip and offset your carbon footprint with Tradewater. The credits from this purchase will go directly toward supporting Tradewater and their projects around the globe.
How can you help?
- Consider carpooling for your next trip to the mountains. If you have an electric vehicle, we also have SWTCH charging stations in Lot 3 (at South Ridge Lodge).
- Bring or purchase a reusable container for coffee and water to use in the base lodges.
- Keep all of your reservation and purchase confirmation documents on your phone to cut down on paper use.
- Use the proper receptacles when disposing of food and recyclables.
- Use your towels more than once if staying in our hotels.
- Stay out of roped-off sections of terrain in the glades to promote forest health.
- Offset your trip with Tradewater.