Our sustainability policy
Sustainability
Responsible travel is a practical commitment: reducing our impact, working with local communities and improving our choices over time.
What guides us
A slower way to travel should also be a fairer way to travel
Ferula Viaggi – Slow Italy Tours is committed to minimizing its environmental impact, strengthening sustainable practices and encouraging travellers, partners and suppliers to take action. We treat sustainability as an ongoing process: policies are monitored, evaluated and improved with dedicated people and resources.
Every excursion designed by us, or on our behalf, should respect local customs, cultural integrity, natural resources and the communities that make Basilicata and Puglia so meaningful to visit.
Our commitments
Small choices, repeated carefully
Responsible tourism is made of decisions that seem small until they are repeated: who we work with, where we send travellers, how we speak about places and how we reduce avoidable impact.
Local economy
We involve guides, hosts and suppliers rooted in the territories.
Lower-impact rhythms
Walking, cycling and longer stays help travellers see more while rushing less.
Respect for places
Routes are designed with attention to landscapes, heritage and community life.
Continuous improvement
Sustainability is treated as something to monitor, adjust and improve.
Travelife standard
A framework that keeps us accountable.
Travelife is a certification programme for tour operators and travel agents based on international sustainable tourism standards and fair business practices. The standard includes labour conditions, human rights, environment, biodiversity and fair business practices.
The Travelife Partner Award recognizes our commitment to social and environmental sustainability. We currently comply with more than 100 criteria related to sustainability management, office operations, suppliers and customer communication, and we are working towards the Travelife Certified stage.
Code of conduct
Responsible travel also depends on clear behaviour
Our code of conduct turns sustainability into daily practice: how we work, how we choose partners, how we treat people and how travellers are invited to respect the places they visit.
How we run our business
We run a respectable business, reject bribery and corruption, and act according to fair competition and good business practices.
We take equality and inclusion seriously, working so that nobody is discriminated against because of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion, beliefs or sexual orientation.
We respect human rights and labour laws, and we aim to work with partners and suppliers who share the same requirements.
We ask our partners, suppliers and subcontractors to work with transparency, environmental care and ethical responsibility.
How travellers can help
Walking and trekking holidays bring freedom, but also shared responsibilities: safety, respect for other participants and care for fragile places.
- Do not leave the group on unfamiliar routes without informing your companion or guide.
- Do not overtake the leader at the head of the group.
- Do not throw waste or cigarette butts on the ground.
- Do not light fires.
- Do not remove archeological finds or natural elements.
- Do not take photos or videos where it is not allowed.
Before you travel
Practical tips for lighter, more respectful journeys.
Questions about sustainability?
Get in touch with our sustainability coordinator.
Travel slowly
Choose a journey that leaves more than footprints.
Browse our experiences or tell us what kind of journey you have in mind. We will help you shape it with care for places, people and pace.