AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES
Our cycle tour and shipping company has been in existence for 25 years - we endeavour to work as environmentally friendly and sustainable as possible in the course of our activities, for which we have also been awarded for the following cornerstones.
National emblem of the Republic of Austria
In 2003, the Ministry of Economics in Vienna honoured us with the national coat of arms for outstanding achievements in cycling and Danube boat trips. Of the approximately 400,000 companies in Austria, only around 0.35 per cent receive this highest recognition from the Republic of Austria.
Climate Active Award of the Federal Ministry for the Environment
Leonore Gewessler, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, emphasised the purchase of 144 new e-bikes despite the coronavirus crisis in her laudatory speech for Donau Touristik. In addition, there are all company cars with electric drive.
Climate alliance company
The Climate Alliance is the largest municipal climate protection network in Austria. We have been a Climate Alliance company since 2004 - this partnership was renewed in 2020. We implement many initiatives with a catalogue of measures relating to energy, mobility and employee motivation.
- Back in 2013, we installed a solar power system on the entire south-facing roof of our office building and thus generate a single-digit percentage of our electricity consumption ourselves.
- We only use electric cars as company cars (currently 15 cars) for our employees; we have 5 charging stations in our underground car park. Many business trips are made by train.
All 90 or so office employees are reimbursed 100% of the cost of public transport for their commute from home to the office/back.
SPD Innovation Award
In 2017, Donau Touristik was honoured with the SPD Innovation Award for Cohesion and Social Justice in Europe.
- All employees - including those on board - are employed in accordance with Austrian labour rights and laws (collective agreement), which is unique in the river cruise industry. No central office in Malta/Cyprus etc. as is usual with other shipping companies.
Responsibility as a shipping company
Our MS Primadonna is built as a catamaran (double hull), which reduces fuel consumption by around a quarter compared to other ships for 165 passengers. Our landing stage in Linz was also the first to be equipped with a shore power connection back in 2005. This minimises or completely eliminates CO² emissions while the ships are docked.
"Healthy cuisine"
Since 2012, there has been a company canteen with around 800 portions of food per week, which reduces the amount of waste compared to delivery by a catering company. In addition, the company canteen was awarded the "Healthy Kitchen" certificate by the Upper Austrian state government back in 2015; several inspections since then have shown 100% fulfilment of the strict regulations that otherwise apply to nurseries and retirement homes.