Application Form Social & Fairtrade Certification
IMO INStitute for Marketecology - Weststrasse 51 – CH 8570 Weinfelden
Fon +41 (0) 71 626 0 626 – Fax +41 (0) 71 626 0 623 – –
Application Form – Social & Fairtrade CERTIFICATIONFOR Tourism OperatIons
To get a first picture of your operation and to be able to offer you an appropriate and individual service, we would like to ask you for some basic data about your processes in order to give you an estimation of costs and procedures for Social Responsibility (for Life) and/or Social and FairTrade (Fair for Life)Certification.All requested data will be treated confidentially and are being used internally to handle the application process only. Until you sign the certification budget that you will receive and hereby confirm your application you are not yet considered to be formally applying for certification.
Please find more information about the Social & FairTrade Programme Fair for Life at
1. Mandator (= Company which requestsand pays for certification)
Name of company
Street / Zip Code
City / Country
Name of contact person / Position
Telephone / Skype / Fax
E-Mail / Website
Location of next airport / Distance (km) / Travel Time (hrs)
2. Tourism Operation (= Tourism operation to become certified)
Name of company
Street / Zip code
City / Country
Name contact person / Position
Telephone / Skype / Fax
E-Mail / Website
Location of next airport / Distance (km) / Travel Time (hrs)
3. Activities and Certification Aims
We are working in the area of responsible and sustainable tourism:
We are a hotel or hostel
We are a tour operator
We are a restaurant
Please tick the required certifications which you wish to apply for:
We wish to become certified as a Fair for Life FairTrade Tourism Operation
We wish to become For Life Social Responsibility certified by IMO[1]
Review according to Internal standards or programmes; please give details:
4. Basic data for certification: Tourism Operation
4.1. Your operation
Please give a general overview of your
company and activities:
Total number of workers / Permanent: / Temporary:
Please describe history and present efforts in social aspects and fair trade (if applicable)
Do you work with a sub-contracted company which you would like to include in your certification?
In case of subcontractingplease give details, incl. approximate % of turnover you provide for this subcontractor.
Name of subcontracted company
Name of contact person: / E-Mail / Phone:
Number of workers / Permanent: / Seasonal:
Comments regarding your
company’s working conditions and Social Responsibility
Are you owned by a holding or mother company?
If so please give details regarding your holding company’s policy on Corporate Social Responsibility and/or Fair Trade
4.1.1 Hotel or Hostal
Is your hotel/ hostal part of hotel chain or any kind of group?
Services offered
Number of hotel rooms for rent
Number of workers working in the hotel / Permanent: / Seasonal:
If you apply for Fair for Life certification, please outline your intended fair trade beneficiaries and fair trade policy –
see comments at end of this doc.
4.1.2 Tour operator (if applicable)
Number of Tours you wish to include into certification:
Names of the tours and duration:
Number of workers / Permanent: / Seasonal:
If you apply for Fair for Life certification, please outline your intended fair trade beneficiaries and fair trade policy –
see comments at end of this doc.
4.1.2 Restaurant (if applicable)
Size of the restaurant (quantity of seats):
Number of workers / collectors / Permanent: / Seasonal:
If you apply for Fair for Life certification, please outline your intended fair trade beneficiaries and fair trade policy –
see comments at end of this doc.
5. Authorisation
I confirm the correctness of these data.
Date
Name and signature (electronic)
Please e-mail the filled form to or fax to +41-71-626 0 623
IMO Application Form Social & FairTrade TOURISM, page 1 of 2
[1] Fair for Life FairTrade Tourism Operators must demonstrate fair employment practices, one option is to become a fully For Life Social Responsibility certified operation yourself (see explanation on Page 3). You can also apply ONLY forForLife Social Responsibility certification, to certify your good employment practices and possibly use the For Life label.