Certification schemes · Positive Luxury
Butterfly Mark: independent ESG certification for luxury brands and hospitality.
Where responsible luxury meets measurable performance.
Luxury hospitality sustainability advisory.
Butterfly Mark at a glance
- Standard ESG+2.1, 21 requirements
- Decision independent certification body
- Cycle three years
Positive Luxury · Butterfly Mark
Responsible luxury, supported by credible evidence.
Luxury hospitality is defined by exceptional experiences, attention to detail and operational excellence. Increasingly, it must also demonstrate responsible environmental, social and governance practices supported by credible evidence.
The Butterfly Mark, developed by Positive Luxury, is a sustainability certification designed specifically for luxury brands, including businesses operating in the luxury travel and hospitality sector.
It provides a structured approach to assessing environmental performance, social responsibility and corporate governance.
For luxury hotels and resorts, this creates an opportunity to integrate sustainability into the guest experience without compromising service quality, comfort or brand identity.
Green Partner brings the operational understanding of an experienced hotelier together with sustainability management and auditing expertise to help luxury properties translate these requirements into effective daily practices.
How we help
How Green Partner supports your Butterfly Mark certification
ESG gap analysis
Evaluate existing policies, management systems and operational practices against the applicable Butterfly Mark requirements.
Environmental performance
Establish reliable data and improvement programmes for energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, water management, resource efficiency and circularity.
Social responsibility
Support the development of policies and controls addressing employee welfare, human rights, responsible employment and supply chain practices.
Corporate governance
Strengthen accountability, management responsibilities, ethical conduct, procurement controls and documented sustainability procedures.
Luxury hospitality integration
Implement sustainability measures that respect the expectations of luxury guests and maintain the property’s service standards.
Independent certification readiness
Prepare evidence, conduct internal assessments, identify gaps and support corrective action before the formal certification assessment.
Why the Butterfly Mark
Why choose the Butterfly Mark?
The Butterfly Mark provides luxury brands with a structured, evidence-based certification framework designed to demonstrate responsible business practices.
Its current ESG+2.1 standard includes 21 requirements covering environmental, social and governance performance, with applicability determined by business size.
Certification involves independent third-party assessment and a certification decision made separately from the scheme owner. The programme operates on a three-year certification cycle, with ongoing surveillance requirements.
Official programme: Butterfly Mark · Our standards
Our approach
Luxury, sustainability and operational excellence.
At Green Partner, we understand that a five-star hotel cannot compromise guest comfort to achieve environmental objectives.
Our approach is to identify where operational efficiency, resource optimisation and responsible business practices can strengthen both the guest experience and the financial performance of the property.
This includes improving energy management without compromising thermal comfort, reducing water consumption without affecting service standards and strengthening procurement practices without sacrificing product quality.
We help luxury hotels build sustainability into their existing management culture, rather than treating it as a separate administrative exercise.
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Next step
Prepare your luxury property for Butterfly Mark certification.
Green Partner provides practical, hotel-specific sustainability consultancy and implementation support to help luxury properties strengthen ESG performance and prepare for independent certification.