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Saskia Griep

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Managing Director and Founder at Better Places
📍 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Saskia Griep is the founder and Managing Director of Better Places, a social enterprise dedicated to making travel more impactful and fair. With a background in Cultural Anthropology and Sustainable Business, she is a recognized pioneer in responsible tourism in the Netherlands. People often describe her as passionate, results-focused, and innovative.

Saskia is passionate about connecting travelers with local communities and nature. A self-described "train fanatic, " she has shifted from frequent flying to exploring Europe by rail, embracing slower, more conscious travel for her own holidays and advocating for it professionally. Her personal travels inspire her work.

She recently co-founded the Future Friendly Fund, an initiative to calculate and voluntarily pay the true environmental and social costs of flying.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Managing Director and Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Sustainable Travel
Her entire career is built around this, founding multiple social enterprises like Better Places to create positive impacts through tourism and reduce negative ones.
Social Entrepreneurship
She founded Better Places as a social enterprise, prioritizing a positive impact on people and the planet above maximizing profit.
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Career

Work history

9-2014
Managing Director and Founder
Better Places
1-2021
Co-Founder
Avontuur Dichtbij
5-2016
Co-founder and shareholder
Fairaway Travel GmbH
9-2013
CSR and Tourism Consultant
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8-2014 - 9-2016
Lecturer CSR, Management Skills and Touroperating (part-time)
Hogeschool Tio
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Education
2011 - 2012
Sustainable Business
University of Cambridge
2013 - 2013
60 day challenge
Hub - Business Models Inc
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