The Peak District EQM is a place based environmental quality mark that recognises businesses that protect and enhance the environment and their locality, to increase the fulfilment of customers. The Peak District Environmental Quality Mark (PDEQM) started off as a replicable, place-based environmental quality mark for farms and tourism businesses in the Peak District. In 2011 it was reviewed and r
enewed and then validated by Visit England. The new scheme can be customised for any destination. The EQM is a place based environmental quality mark that enables any businesses to demonstrate how they use and enhance the place in a sustainable way, to increase the fulfilment of customers. It is a way that businesses can demonstrate not only how they are running good, sustainable businesses, reducing their negative impact on the environment and supporting their communities but also influencing customers' behaviour, engagement and knowledge. The new EQM is built as follows:
Foundation principles (informed by most up to date, best sustainable practise)
Audits and ongoing improvement
From the principles come the questions (to enable businesses to showcase what they are doing)
To accompany the questions is the guidance (the route to ever improving ‘wise growth')
The guidance is developed from the best practice of real businesses
The Principles:
Participating organisations (businesses)
Local Environment
Global Environment
People and communities
Scheme owners
