Green Globe is an international benchmarking and certification program for the travel and tourism industry managed by EC3 Global, a subsidiary of the Australian based research body Sustainable Tourism Co-operative Research Centre, the world's largest source of tourism research. Its standards are based on the Agenda 21 principles for Sustainable Development endorsed by 182 Heads of State at the United Nations Rio Earth Summit in 1992.

Sustainably planned, designed and constructed from the ground up, the environmentally conscious approach effected at Alila Villas Hadahaa to date has already won the resort the Green Globe ‘Building, Planning and Design Standard’ Certified Status - the first awarded to a resort in the Maldives.

The hotel is now gearing up to the next stage and is currently in the process of obtaining operational certification. We believe that to achieve sustainable commercial success, businesses must put conservation and community as a key priority. Our Management and Eco Initiative Team are proud to promote and communicate our aims and performance to all staff, suppliers and local community partners to improve awareness of sustainability development and operations

Energy initiatives

Resort has been designed to be energy effective in a number of ways including:
• The villas design has been done to provide sufficient light and ventilation without excessive use of energy consumption devices.
• Different size generators have been planned for use during different demand cycles to save fuel.
• Heat recovery from generator cooling is used to supply hot water to the entire island including laundry and kitchen

Water conservation :

Reverse osmosis plants are used for supply of potable water for staff as well as for construction purposes. This practice prevents the need to use groundwater for any construction purpose, thereby saving the island’s precious fresh water table for use by the natural flora.

Natural environment :

Construction has been carefully situated around the original vegetation on the island, clearing only for the footing of the villas and buildings. The absolute minimum of plants & trees has been cut and some buildings and villas have also been re‐located to save trees wherever possible. Large trees around guest rooms and other infrastructure have remained untouched to preserve a more natural feel to the island and to minimize disruption to the islands eco system.