“The POW Pledge” – Our Commitment to Sustainability

Wondering what exactly is the POW Pledge?..

It may not be very convenient or palatable for those in our line of work but the fact is that going skiing is not “eco-friendly”. We need to do a lot more to tackle climate change as effectively we get people to travel large distances, stay in heated chalets with hot tubs and eat our food so we need to do everything we can to minimise the footprint this leaves behind. After all, not only is it the right thing to do but it’s also existential to our entire business and way of life. Even though we are lucky enough to run chalets in high altitude locations this doesn’t mean we can bury our heads in the snow and put this is in the “too hard” or “future problem” pile.

So, after lengthy consultation with the incredible folk at Protect Our Winters we have taken the “POW Pledge” which is a series of commitments and benchmarks that we must now achieve by the pledged dates which you can find below.  The idea to eventually culminate in Net Zero as soon as we possibly can.  This will not be easy to achieve but we are determined to make it happen!

Please check out the page on Protect our winters and feel free to drop us a line with any questions you may have.

Our Pledge

As much as we’d love to promise that we can make every change necessary immediately, these things take time, money and careful planning.  Some of the dates we have set are much further into the future than we hope to actually achieve them but we need to fully understand the realistic timeframes involved, whilst also ensuring our small business can absorb the ongoing extra costs involved with making the necessary changes required to reach these targets.  It’s an absolute minefield involving our entire supply chain and we’ll no doubt make mistakes along the way.

However, in addition to our pledge, here are a few small but important things we are already doing to help try to turn this thing around.  This list is by no means exhaustive as we’re adding things all the time!

Our Initatives

–> We offer free 12 beers to each adult guest (or £15 per child towards extras) to be enjoyed in the chalet who travels to us (and back) by train from the UK.  You MUST actively tell us this at least 6 weeks before arrival in order to receive your free beer or child discount.

–> Our first fully electric vehicle has been purchased and will eliminate around 8000 miles worth of tailpipe emissions per year. Furthermore, we now have an electric van to power our rental fleet making us fully zero emissions! With another electric car added in 2026 making us fully electric across board!

–> We have partnered with “Who Gives a Crap?” to replace all of our toilet rolls with their super eco recycled toilet rolls.  With discount code for guests!

–> We have sourced staff uniform from sustainable sources made from 100% organic cotton and beanie hats form recycled cotton also.  Not to mention t-shirts from POW themselves!

—> We will be using Butta Wax for our personal kit as its low in our own kitflurocarbons and therefore a lot better for the environment than traditional waxes.

–> Our wine comes from a shop just down the mountain in Aime minimising the distance it has to travel to us from supplier.

–> We will be using Phosphate free dishwasher tabs which are better for the environment.

–> We provide “Faith In Nature” hand wash and shower gel in all bathrooms as we want to reduce how much people have to bring with them.  This also cuts down on all the plastic bottles we have to throw away every week.

–> We pre-sort our recycling so that only items which cannot be recycled go to landfill.

–> We will reuse all our shopping bags so that we are not getting new bags every time we go to the supermarket.

–> We already use energy saving lightbulbs wherever possible throughout our chalets and staff accommodation. This is not only better for the planet but also our wallets too so a no-brainer!

–> Replacing sponges with Skoy Scrubers – a reusable scruber made from off cuts from the towel industry and a food grade non-toxic hardener.  They are washable, reusable and outlast any normal sponge so minimise waste! (So much so we’ve been converted in our own homes to these!)

–> We no longer use clingfilm, and instead use Plantwrap, reusable silicon bags, lids and food containers in our chalets.  A product made from plants so fully biodegradable.

–> We’re using OceanSaver cleaner refill drops.  These are eco-friendly zero-waste cleaner refills that are made from vegan and plant-based ingredients which are palm oil free. The sustainable refill drops are biodegradable and lightweight so easy to transport which means fewer trucks on the road, helping to reduce carbon emissions! Win win!