The Climate Action Certification Program is designed to assist businesses in reducing carbon emissions and assuring consumers that your products have a certified commitment to sustainable practices and to addressing climate change.

Climate Action Innovators are businesses that have undertaken a set of adaption
and emissions reduction and are auditing and measuring their carbon footprint.

Benefits of becoming Climate Action Certified:

• Gain an understanding of climate change concepts and terminology.
• Increase your awareness of credible offsetting activities that can be undertaken.
• Learn clear and practical ways to reduce your carbon footprint through design, equipment selection and changes in operational practices.
• Take on best practice examples that are relevant to your business sector and operating environment.
• Climate Action Certification places significant attention on adaptation responses, which are vital to business planning, development and investment.

What is Ecotourism? - Ecotourism is ecologically sustainable tourism with a primary focus on experiencing natural areas that fosters environmental and cultural understanding, appreciation and conservation.

Ecotourism Australia currently delivers two certification programs for the industry: The ECO Certification Program and the Eco-Guide Australia Program. Both programs are industry driven and designed to set high standards for the Ecotourism and Nature Based tourism industries.

Ecotourism and nature tourism certification provide industry, protected area managers, local communities and travellers with an assurance that a certified product is backed by a commitment to best practice ecological sustainability, natural area management and the provision of quality ecotourism experiences.

What is the ECO Certification Program? The Eco Certification Program is a world first. It has been developed by industry for industry, addressing the need to identify genuine ecotourism and nature tourism operators in Australia. The Eco Certification Program is now being exported to the rest of the world as the International Ecotourism Standard.
addresses the need to identify genuine ecotourism and nature tourism operators in Australia.

The ECO Certification Program is a triple bottom line program that includes comprehensive coverage of the 3 elements of economic, environmental and social sustainability. 

ECO Certification represents current best practice in the ecotourism industry. With the inclusion of business criteria, the ECO Certification Program now provides you with the “green tick” – the Accredited Tourism Business Australia tick (also known as NTAP and TABV). This effectively provides you with two certifications as a result of one application.

 The ECO certification program recognises that Sue and Sean Delaney have achieved best practice ecologically sustainable tourism with a primary focus on experiencing natural areas, that foster environmental and cultural understanding, appreciation and conservation.

At Sinclair's Gully we offer best practice environmentally sustainable tourism demonstrated by our advanced Eco-certification. This is achieved through;

q       Conservation of high value areas on our property

q       An ongoing commitment to restoring and protecting the endangered bushland and associated fauna

·        Sinclairs Gully has an environmental management system, ecomapping and a vegetation management plan covering the management of the property’s; 

q       Biodiversity conservation

q       Water conservation – all waster used is collected on site and recycled

q       Treatment and re-use of waste water on the garden areas

q       Noise and air quality procedures

q       Waste minimization – Sinclair’s Gully has a zero waste program – a 100% recycling program at cellar door and in the office. Recycled paper products are used in the office; no disposable cups, plates, cutlery or towels are used at cellar door. All bottles, cardboard, cartridges, paper are recycled. Foods scraps are fed to chooks or composted

q       Energy efficiency program

q       Minimal disturbance to wildlife

·        Other eco-activities include;

q       The protection of endangered bush land through weed control, feral animal control, bird and plant surveys, bush condition  monitoring

q       Adopting sustainable land management practices across the entire property and vineyard

q       Working with local landcare groups, the community, neighbours, government organisations, UFBP on environmental projects