The Datai Pledge Initiatives
All of our initiatives are aimed to support the overall goals of The Datai Pledge – to be an active instigator for sustainable change and regenerative travel; they range from community outreach projects, to adoption programmes, to projects to support our local flora and fauna. They are led by The Datai Pledge pillar leaders and teams, naturalists, marine biologists, and experts, including our visiting NGO and social enterprise partners.
Discover Our Initiatives
Community Outreach
Comprehensive and far-reaching, the community support programme of The Datai Pledge is the result of a holistic, cross-pillar approach, producing both tangible short and longer-term results.
Turtle Project
Datai Bay was once a site for turtles to nest (the last sighting prior to the year 2021 was in the late ‘90s). Since 2021, we have been working hard to regain the bay as a turtle-friendly beach by creating the right…
Young Reporters for the Environment
An award-winning programme in over 40 countries worldwide, Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) gives young people aged 10-24 years a platform to research environmental issues and promote solutions through…
Beach Clean-Ups
Organised on a regular basis, volunteer Dataians from all departments take turns collecting between 50 - 200 kg of trash during each beach clean-up. When the situation allows, under the Youth for the Future programme…
Achieving Zero Waste to the Landfill
This ambition to protect nature whilst improving the welfare of the local community has achieved many milestones since 2019: five new centres were created (…
Carbon Emissions Study
With the target to offset greenhouse gas emissions within Datai Bay, carbon emissions have been calculated yearly by leading scientific benchmarking certification for travel and tourism, EarthCheck, since 2018. We…
Establishing Wildlife Corridors
Langkawi’s great loss of its natural wildlands has resulted in fragmented zones that threaten the existence of wildlife. To mitigate this effect, wildlife corridors are created through replanting canopy trees (or…
Creating Hornbill Nesting Boxes
Due to a loss of their rainforest habitat and poaching, there has been an increasing decline in the number of hornbills in Langkawi. For the largest bird on the island, the Great Hornbill, the reduced prevalence of…
Installing Wildlife Camera Traps
A database on Langkawi’s terrestrial vertebrae via camera trapping is currently in development. The photographic documentation of nocturnal wildlife residing around Datai Bay has already been captured via our camera…
Adoption Programmes
Choose between our programmes where all funds go directly towards the sustainability and conservation work of The Datai Pledge, with all proceeds shared equally amongst the four NGO and social enterprise partners.
Coral Restoration Programme
Research indicates that although Malaysian reefs have a relatively high average level of live coral cover at 40.63%, a decline has been recorded over recent…
Reforesting Langkawi
To combat the effects of deforestation, a Native Tree Nursery has been established. The focus of the initiative is on growing specifically food and nectar plants suited for birds, butterflies and mammals, as well as…
The Four Pillars
Our programme is divided into four pillars,
each supporting the work of a designated NGO and social enterprise partner.
To make our business operations sustainable and regenerate the environment and community.
To conserve coral reefs and marine life, and promote sustainable fishing.
In partnership with
To nurture youth’s appreciation of nature through environmental education.
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