JACKSON, Wyo. — Signal Mountain Lodge is the latest entity to achieve the Business Emerald Sustainability Tier (BEST) level of sustainability performance from the Riverwind Foundation, the originator of the BEST designation.
The program now boasts eight entities including the Elk Refuge Inn, Jackson Lake Lodge, Flat Creek Ranch, Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, Jackson Hole Airport, Jackson Hole Wildlife Safaris, and Xanterra’s Yellowstone National Park Lodges.
“We commend our entire team on their efforts to create a culture of sustainability over the last 20 years,” said Jason Ryan, general manager of Signal Mountain Lodge. “We appreciate employee health and safety coordinator Eric Hatch’s work toward spearheading and successfully completing the lengthy assessment process in his first year of leadership.”
The standards in the BEST program are comparable to the world’s most rigorous and comprehensive environmental, community, and economic sustainability criteria. Signal Mountain Lodge joins a growing group of businesses and organizations to achieve this third-party sustainability certification.
The BEST program was created to provide an opportunity and platform for those Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (RRR) Business Leaders that want to elevate their sustainability practices to higher levels of environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and economic vitality.
Tim O’Donoghue, executive director of the Riverwind Foundation, commented, “Signal Mountain Lodge is a long-time sustainability leader that has shown innovation in its environmental management policies in its operations, staff training, and guest education. In particular, Signal Mountain Lodge has led the way in normalizing best practices including but not limited to its management of purchasing and waste, natural resources and energy, and carbon emissions.
