Vote for Erika Rumiche, Green Initiative 2026

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Erika Rumiche works at Green Initiative to turn tourism climate commitments into measurement, planning and action. As Carbon Management Coordinator, she contributes to projects across countries and destinations, with Machu Picchu providing an important example of her work. The submission describes greenhouse-gas accounting, repeated certification cycles and efforts to translate experience into pathways for other destinations.

Her role involves cooperation with teams whose emissions and decisions extend across different businesses and public institutions. Nominated for Sustainability Leader of Tomorrow, Rumiche highlights the skills required to make climate management useful beyond a single organisation. Consistent data, understandable priorities and ongoing coordination help partners see where action is possible. Her contribution combines technical work with the challenge of applying it in places that attract visitors for their cultural or natural significance, supporting an approach in which destination stewardship includes attention to emissions, shared responsibilities and opportunities to learn from experience over time.

This description has been prepared from information supplied by the nominee and has not been independently verified by World Sustainable Travel & Hospitality Awards.