:: Banyan Tree - The Green Imperative ::

Supporting Local Businesses
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Banyan Tree’s efforts to create sustainable development include supporting local business ventures and upgrading the skills of the local people.

For instance, at Banyan Tree Phuket, we work with local hawkers and traders who traditionally ply their trade on the beachfront to ensure proper

hygiene standards and to limit pollution from refuse and waste food scraps by constructing a food center with proper facilities from which the hawkers can operate.

Wherever possible, we also buy from local suppliers for our resorts’ daily needs, as well as hire local staff to ensure the smooth running of resort operations.

Keeping Cottage Crafts Alive
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A number of rural communities in Asia have been engaged to make cushions and tapestries for the guestrooms of Banyan Tree resorts. These initiatives complement ongoing efforts by Banyan Tree Gallery to showcase cottage crafts and the work of indigenous artisans at our lifestyle galleries, as well as the Museum Shops, a collection of outlets in Singapore museums from which you can purchase a piece of ancient Asian art recreated as contemporary ornaments, accessories and stationery.

This arrangement has the two-fold benefit of keeping traditional arts and crafts alive while providing Asian communities with a means of earning a living.

Indeed, the objectives of the Museum Shops include promoting Asian culture and heritage, supporting the skills and artisanship of the region's indigenous people, and giving visitors an understanding of how the museum exhibits relate directly to their homes.

We invite you to join us in our support of these indigenous communities by visiting the Banyan Tree Gallery and the Museum Shop online.