{"id":4479,"date":"2025-01-03T16:30:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T15:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aubergelesmurets.com\/?p=4479"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:03:17","slug":"european-ecolabel-definition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aubergelesmurets.com\/en\/definition-ecolabel-europeen\/","title":{"rendered":"European Ecolabel\u00ab certification: what is it? why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our establishment has European Ecolabel certification... but what is Ecolabel?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here's a quick guide:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>THE official European Union label for environmental excellence, created in 1992, valid and recognised in all European countries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A voluntary, individual approach to labelling products and services, including tourist accommodation (our category).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A rigorous, controlled process that only 21 hotels in mainland France can boast.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Certification is awarded by AFNOR, an independent body, after an on-site inspection visit to examine every point in the specifications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y8d5nw27owM\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">To find out more, watch this video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why has Auberge Les Murets voluntarily embarked on the long road to European Ecolabel certification?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This commitment inspires us deeply ... We do it ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To respect the natural environment that surrounds us and limit our impact on our immediate (and distant) surroundings,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To guide our establishment and our teams towards a sustainable, eco-responsible way of life,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To encourage our customers to travel differently and with a clear conscience; because when you visit our House, the impact of your stay is less than in a non-Ecolabel establishment... everything is done here to limit our impact on the Living World,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Because we are convinced that change has to come from within the company, from the human collective, and that we have to stop waiting,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To strengthen and structure our commitments and formalise all these \"small gestures\" into a guiding charter,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To make tourism part of a long-term strategy for sustainable economic development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br>... And because we love team challenges!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aubergelesmurets.com\/fr\/actualites-administrees\/i\/actualites-administrees\/engagements-environnementaux-nos-actions-en-detail.html\">To find out more about our actions, click here<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our establishment has European Ecolabel certification... but what is Ecolabel?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eco-label-europeen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aubergelesmurets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aubergelesmurets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aubergelesmurets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aubergelesmurets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aubergelesmurets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4479"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.aubergelesmurets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7948,"href":"https:\/\/www.aubergelesmurets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479\/revisions\/7948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aubergelesmurets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aubergelesmurets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aubergelesmurets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aubergelesmurets.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}