Sustainability on the Andermatt Golf Course

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The 18-hole par-72 championship course in Andermatt offers an especially sustainable golf experience. The course was designed with ecological aspects in mind, is operated in an environmentally friendly manner and provides room for flora and fauna. As a result, the golf course was awarded the globally recognised GEO certification. Climate and environmental protection

Building standard Power Electric vehicles The golf clubhouse is extremely well The Andermatt Swiss Alps Golf Course The Andermatt Swiss Alps Golf Course insulated and was built in line with the gets all of its power from hydroelectric uses only golf carts and trolleys with Swiss low-energy standard Minergie. stations and wind turbines in the Gott- electric drives. hard region.

Waste management Nature protection At the Andermatt Swiss Alps Golf The golf course includes meticulously planned ecological offset and compensa- Course, waste is separated: paper, tion areas, such as the cantonal conservation area Bäz, which makes up nearly cardboard, glass and aluminium are 40% of the total area of the golf course. The water elements – some natural, others recycled. The consumption of plastic is artificially designed – and the dense vegetation along their banks ensure a biotope being reduced, and PET bottles are not network that extends across the entire golf course. available on the golf course.

Water protection Air protection Ecological, restrained turf Drainage water from greens and tees The Andermatt Swiss Alps Golf Course care is filtered through an absorbing well uses alkylbenzene to power petrol- The use of pesticides is reduced to a in the ground before being released operated tools used for course main- minimum through a sophisticated nu- into the water elements. There are two tenance work. As a result, the exhaust trient programme that includes various channels in the water conservation contains significantly fewer substances organically and bacterially enriched zone, where the greens and tee were that are damaging to health and the products. Fertiliser is applied intensi- built on a screen so that that drainage environment. The mowers used to vely on only about one-quarter of the water can be collected and routed out maintain greens, tees and fringes are grounds. Fertilisers and pesticides are of the zone. equipped with hybrid engines. not allowed near the protective buffers of the water elements.

Heating Regional and sustainable resources The Andermatt Swiss Alps Golf Course The Andermatt Swiss Alps Golf Course obtains consumables, heats the clubhouse with CO2-neutral such as sand, from local plants, where possible. Unpainted district heat, which is generated using wood tees and pencils are available. The specially designed wood chips. The wood chips are sour- packaging is made entirely of recycled cardboard. ced from the , as well as from a sawmill in (radius of less than 50 kilometres). 2/4 Society

Local embedding Commitment to golf’s next Golf hiking path Where possible, maintenance work that generation A hiking path was installed around the the golf team cannot handle directly is golf course, which provides attractive The Andermatt Swiss Alps Golf Course performed by local companies in order views of the surroundings with various supports the juniors department of to keep travel distances short and pre- bodies of water and natural meadows. the Andermatt Golf Club. It also serve value creation in the region. As offers trial lessons for schoolchildren a rule, regional trades are always given and local children. preference.

Fair working conditions Employee benefits The employees work for Andermatt If they qualify and are interested, groundskeepers at the Andermatt Swiss Alps Golf Swiss Alps AG. They receive fair pay, Course can receive training at DEULA Rheinland. Two employees have already contemporary hiring terms in line with been trained as certified agricultural technicians for golf course maintenance and the market and social protection. two as certified course workers. Another employee is starting training to become head groundskeeper.

Economy

Value creation in the Jobs region The Andermatt Swiss Alps Golf Course has almost 20 employees. By creating and preserving jobs, and by working together with partners, service providers and suppliers in the area, the Andermatt Swiss Alps Golf Course is making a sustainable contribution to local value creation.

3/4 Andermatt Swiss Alps AG Gotthardstrasse 2 6490 Andermatt andermatt-swissalps.ch

Contact:

Stefan Kern Chief Communication Officer [email protected] VERSION 1 - .20210614150314