easyJet holidays has today announced a new partnership with Conservation Collective to support vital sustainable tourism projects in destinations it operates to. The collaboration aims to support biodiversity conservation and sustainability efforts within popular Mediterranean holiday hotspots.

Conservation Collective is a global network of over 20 local foundations funding effective grassroots initiatives to protect the environment, restore nature and build climate resilience. The partnership will initially see easyJet holidays support vital sustainable tourism projects in Menorca (Spain) and the Cyclades (Greece).

Through this partnership, easyJet holidays is bringing funding and awareness to Menorca Preservation and Cyclades Preservation Fund’s local campaigns.

Tackling Plastic Waste in Menorca

In 2019 the Law on Waste and Contamination Land was introduced, however many hotels still struggle to reduce their use of plastics. With Menorca Preservation, easyJet holidays is working with 10 of its partner hotels to achieve a plastic-free certification: an initiative to eliminate single-use plastics and promote sustainable alternatives. Certified hotels will receive reusable beach item stations, reducing waste on Menorca’s beaches and improving the health of local ecosystems.

Protecting Posidonia Meadows in Santorini

Posidonia meadows, which soak up 15 times more carbon dioxide every year than a similar-sized area of the Amazon rainforest, play a crucial role in marine biodiversity while also filtering the Mediterranean’s waters, giving them the vibrant blue-green hue they’re famous for. However, these vital seagrass beds are declining across the Mediterranean.

To help protect this essential species, easyJet holidays is partnering with the Cyclades Preservation Fund (CPF) in Santorini to raise awareness among tourists and tour operators about the importance of Posidonia Oceanica. The initiative includes providing webinar training for hotel staff on the ecological significance of this seagrass and ways to safeguard it and distributing educational materials at hotels, and organising for holidaymakers to responsibly visit seagrass meadows.

Matt Callaghan, easyJet holidays’ Chief Operating Officer, said:

"We’re committed to making a more positive impact in the destinations we serve, and we know our customers increasingly care about responsible tourism too.

“So, we’re delighted to be launching a partnership with Conservation Collective to enhance biodiversity in some of Europe’s most loved holiday hotspots. By working together, we can help drive real change, ensuring the places that make our holidays so special are preserved for years to come."

Jade Brudenell, Director of Conservation Collective, said:

“We are excited to work with easyJet holidays on these important projects led by Menorca Preservation Fund and the Cyclades Preservation Fund. easyJet holidays is bringing crucial funding and awareness to this important work.

“This partnership enables us to engage tour operators and visitors in protecting these incredible destinations together. By supporting these locally driven initiatives, we can turn the tide for tourism to become a good force for nature.” 

 

 

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About easyJet holidays: 

easyJet holidays, which launched in 2019 is a leading package holiday provider which operates from the UK, Switzerland, Germany and France. The company took over 2.5 million customers on holiday in 2024.

Named UK & Ireland Travel Company of the Year 2024, it offers great value beach and city holidays to over 7000 hotels, in more than 100 destinations across Europe and North Africa, directly through its website and through over 7000 travel agent partners. The ATOL-protected holidays can be secured with a deposit of just £60 per person, including flights and accommodation, as well as 23kg luggage and transfers on beach breaks. easyJet holidays is a member of ABTA, and all packages are covered by its Ultimate Flexibility, offering freedom to change a booking, a refund guarantee, and best price guarantee.

Winners of the Sustainable Future Award, easyJet holidays’ sustainability strategy, ‘Holiday Better’, focuses on three key pillars – create better holiday choices by making sustainable travel affordable and accessible to everyone; keep our holidays special by maximising the benefits and minimising the negative impacts of travel and tourism, and transform travel for everyone by embedding sustainability into business decisions and behaviours and driving meaningful change in the industry. The tour operator has partnered with UN Tourism to help develop the first environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework for tourism businesses, co-designing a measurement tool that is meaningful and feasible for better monitoring how tourism businesses impact, and depend on, people, planet and prosperity.

easyJet holidays was named one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work in 2023 and 2024.

About Conservation Collective

Conservation Collective is an environmental charity on a mission to protect and restore the wild places we know and love. The vital work of protecting nature is already in the hands of dedicated local communities, but they’re often underpaid or working as volunteers. Less than 3% of charitable giving is directed towards saving the natural world. 

Since 2020, we have launched, funded and grown over 20 Foundations where they create the most impact: at the grassroots. Our nature restoration work now spans from Devon to Sri Lanka and across the Mediterranean, dispersing millions to the most effective locally-led groups in the process. Even some of the world’s most celebrated wild places are also the least protected. 

Our global network of local Foundations exists to protect the environment, restore nature and build climate resilience. The power of Conservation Collective is in our ability to replicate our model in new locations, to raise funding effectively and efficiently, and share knowledge and expertise across the network. We pride ourselves on our ability to remove barriers, empower local communities and get things done.

We are set to launch 2 more Foundations in 2025 and we’re only just getting started. Watch this space...