By ensuring that we care for the spaces that our clients enjoy we are helping maintain them for future generations.

We work with our partners to promote a healthy, environmentally-friendly way to enjoy UK and Ireland's golf courses in a way that's both good for you and the local communities we operate in.

We always look for opportunities to support those communities, operate in an ethical manner and reduce the waste generated by our tours.  We think this is the right thing to do and what we've done since we started over 30 years ago.

The Glasgow Declaration

Morton Golf recently became a signatory to the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism.

The Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism was officially launched during COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021.

The objective is to raise the climate ambition of tourism stakeholders and secure strong actions to support the global commitment to halve emissions by 2030 and reach Net Zero as soon as possible before 2050.

Transforming tourism through climate action is crucial for the sector’s competitiveness, sustainability and resilience.



The Declaration aims to:

• Define a clear and consistent sector-wide message and approach to climate action in the coming decade, aligned with the wider scientific framework and urgency to act now. 
• Outline the pathways and specific actions that will accelerate tourism’s ability to transform tourism and achieve net zero emissions as soon as possible. 
• Encourage signatories across the tourism industry to demonstrate their public support for scaling up the sector’s response to the climate emergency.

Along with all signatories of the Glasgow Declaration Morton Golf agree on five shared pathways to ensure climate action is aligned across all of tourism sector: Measure, Decarbonise, Regenerate, Collaborate, Finance.

The Green Tourism Business Scheme

We were delighted with our recent 'Silver' award from the Green Tourism Business Scheme which formally recognises our commitment to social, environmental and economic sustainability in all of our business practices.

Through this scheme we are committing to:

• Reduce, reuse and recycle
• Promoting sustainable transportation options before, during and after our tours
• Ensuring all our team drive in a fuel efficient manner, minimising carbon emissions
• Expanding our fleet of electric vehicles
• Supporing ‘Green Tourism’ businesses, local and sustainable food producers, and environmentally friendly visitor attractions
• Promoting Scotland as a ‘Green Destination’ to clients by highlighting initiatives such as renewable energy, and sustainable golf course management, forestry and fishing
• Supporting and participating in local community programs aimed at promoting sustainable tourism and protecting the environment
• Raising awareness about environmental issues among our team, partners and clients

However, we will not rest on our laurels but rather focus on an action plan to further raise our game with a focus on securing a 'Gold' award at our next assessment.

The Woodland Trust

We are delighted to have contributed to the Scottish Inbound Golf Tour Operators Association (SIGTOA) donation made to the Woodland Trust to mitigate our clients UK travel emissions.

Pip Greensmith, Head of Partnerships with the Woodland Trust commented on the new project:

"SIGTOA is making a welcome commitment to nature in choosing to mitigate the carbon footprint on behalf of their clients. These trees will provide new homes for wildlife and contribute to our work to create more resilient landscapes across the UK."

Malcolm Roughead, CEO for VisitScotland was delighted to support the initiative:

"Scotland and Scottish Tourism have ambitious plans to address the climate emergency and mitigate our carbon footprint but to be successful it has to be a collective effort and I welcome this great initiative by SIGTOA and its members in conjunction with The Woodland Trust.

This initiative demonstrates clearly how tourism is a force for good sustaining communities across the whole country and nurturing those natural assets which make Scotland a great destination for golfers from around the world."

Both individually and as part of the combined efforts of SIGTOA, we continue to seek opportunities to provide our clients with the peace of mind they are looking for to ensure that their impact on Scotland's natural landscapes is a positive one.

Bikes and Brochures

Morton Golf is part of the Bike2Work scheme, promoting healthier lifestyles and sustainable transport for our team.

We recycle as much as possible, but that’s just the start of our story!  We have not produced any printed brochures or booklets in the last 2 years (I'm pleased to say that these were printed on recycled paper with vegetable-based inks!) and have made a commitment to take all of our brochureware online in an effort to eliminate all waste here.