Broaden your skill set, qualify as a Sustainable Spa Practitioner
This internationally accredited course provides all wellness practitioners with fundamental, hands-on, knowledge of sustainable business practices and treatment choices for the greater benefit of their industry and clients and, ultimately, for the preservation of our communities and natural environment.
Sustainability is a strategic objective in the wellness industry and the ability to guide and transform any spa or wellness destination to implement such practices in their businesses has, consequently, become a critical skills set.
The spectrum of theoretical material provided in this course, inclusive of a practical workshop, is delivered on four levels, over 11 hours, at the end of which the practitioner will complete an assessment and receive a certificate. The course materials will include the Greenspa Guide as a text book, a licence to use the GSN Greenspa Calculator software as audit tool and template sustainability policies and reports.
• Appreciate how sustainability principles are applied to spas/salons
• Identify the commercial benefits associated with a sustainable spa business
• Implement green building principles in new or existing spa buildings
• Incorporate sustainable fixtures and fittings in spas
• Select sustainable and ethical cosmetic products for spas
• Select sustainable and ethical consumables for spas
• Apply the management principles necessary to create a sustainable spa
• Incorporate water and energy efficiencies in spas
• Implement Fair Trade practices
• Practice responsible waste management in spas
• Conduct a sustainability audit
Synopsis of Content
- Understanding sustainability in context
- How sustainability unlocks value in a spa business
- Understanding carbon foot printing and carbon neutrality
- Global developments in the sustainable wellness industry
- Governments position on green enterprise
- Greenwashing
- Greening the Spa building
- Sustainable fixtures, fittings & furniture for spas
- Sustainable options for spa furniture and equipment
- Sustainable options for retail and professional products
- Sustainable options for spa consumables/amenities
Conducting a sustainable spa business
- Policies and procedures
- Annual reporting
- Fair trade and social responsibility
Energy and Water efficiencies
Waste management
- The circular economy
- Reduction practices
- Recycling
- Conducting a waste audit
The Green Kitchen
Practical workshop: Conducting an audit on an existing spa or salon
GSN Planet members receive 20% discount off the course price of $140.
Please email info@greenspanetwork.org for discount code prior to registering for the course.
