Resort and spa group Six Senses is to implement a new carbon emission strategy at its flagship property, Soneva Fushi in the Maldives, which is intended to make the property carbon neutral by 2008 and carbon free by 2010.

Soneva Fushi is currently a main contributor to the Six Senses Carbon Offset Fund, which will initially support the Converging World project, intended to establish alternative energy production methods, such as wind turbines, in communities of developing countries before they become dependent on the energy sourced from fossil fuels.

In addition, UK environmental engineering and design consultancy, XCO2, has been engaged since early 2005 by Six Senses in order to move towards powering the entire Soneva Fushi property with zero-carbon energy.

Other initiatives and ideas make further use of Soneva Fushi’s island location, such as seawater intake from boreholes or deep wells for desalination purposes.