Quechua Treks Perú, an ATTA member based in Lamay in the Sacred Valley, became a certified B Corporation in July. The operator has spent close to two decades designing tailor made trekking and adventure journeys across Peru and neighboring countries, working with community based partners, local family businesses, and NGOs, and the certification now formalizes commitments the company has been building on for years.
What distinguishes the certification is its scope. Two sister projects operating under the Quechua Treks umbrella were assessed as part of the same process, which means the standards apply across the group rather than to the tour operation alone.
A Zero Waste Shop in the Sacred Valley
Del Campo Mercado, the newest of the three businesses at four years old, is described by the company as the first zero waste shop in Peru. Everything is sold in bulk with no packaging. Customers bring their own containers and buy the quantity they need, an approach that asks something of both supplier and customer and has given the team a working sense of where packaging is necessary and where it is a habit, while also creating an opportunity for local producers and entrepreneurs to develop and offer their products in a zero-waste model.
Catering That Follows the Same Principles
Del Campo Catering serves organic food in outdoor settings, applying the same zero waste packaging standard and sourcing from local producers wherever possible. For an adventure operator this closes a familiar loop, since catering is where a trip's waste and sourcing decisions tend to be most visible to guests and most readily improved.
Certification Across Multiple Entities
Bringing three related businesses through a single assessment is less common in the adventure travel trade, where sustainability commitments often stop at the edge of the core operation. For Quechua Treks the appeal was consistency, giving a shared framework to businesses that were already pulling in the same direction and a clearer way to describe that work to travelers and partners.
The company's "Committed to Sustainability" badge is now live on the ATTA Member Directory, and the team has said it would welcome the chance to compare notes with other members working through certification, particularly those weighing how to cover more than one entity.