As firms try to scale back their carbon footprint, they’re implementing varied methods to decarbonize their worker journey. However which practices are efficient in driving change and finally empowering organizations to proceed leveraging enterprise journey whereas lowering their local weather influence?
A brand new benchmarking research launched at this time, “Managing Emissions From Enterprise Journey Packages: Overview of Company Finest Practices,” sheds gentle on the approaches that main firms are utilizing to decarbonize their journey applications. This primary-of-its-kind report from the GBTA Basis gives a precious snapshot from purpose-driven firms who’re addressing and mitigating their enterprise journey emissions. Launched throughout Earth Month, the research examines which measures are only in lowering the local weather influence of Scope 3 emissions from enterprise journey and key concerns for implementation and success.
“One of many greatest challenges for attaining extra sustainable enterprise journey is understanding easy methods to construct the trail and this system to get there. We went to firms and leaders in sustainability to deliver forth finest practices and insights that may assist any firm looking for to journey greener and higher,” mentioned Delphine Millot, Managing Director, GBTA Basis.
Millot added that tackling Scope 3.6 emissions must be a joint effort throughout the complete world enterprise journey worth chain and depends on widespread possession and shared accountability between the suppliers and customers of journey companies.
“Company journey managers are uniquely positioned to allow their firms to successfully scale back emissions from enterprise journey as a result of they perceive the mechanisms higher than anybody. I’m hopeful this new report, which incorporates the collective insights of GBTA’s Company Advisory Board members, will help enterprise journey professionals of their local weather journey,” mentioned Alexandru Dinca, International Sustainability Lead, Unilever, and GBTA Basis CAB member.
Forging the trail towards a climate-conscious journey program
The report lays out a pathway of constructing blocks for firms to create a extra climate-conscious journey program – from getting began with measures requiring much less effort and funding, to advancing with extra formidable methods, actions, and outcomes.
Growing a sustainable journey program entails a mix of measures at totally different ranges and dealing with varied stakeholders. The report outlines measures throughout 4 vital classes: journey selections, emissions monitoring, provider engagement, and decarbonization. Moreover, it gives a toolbox of motion areas to effectively scale back emissions whereas aligning to group budgets, accessible time, firm tradition, and different components.
Decreasing the influence of enterprise journey on the setting is an iterative course of. The report identifies commonalities amongst interviewees, emphasizing the integral parts essential to successfully scale back emissions from enterprise journey:
- No One Measurement Matches All: Consider wants and return on funding earlier than drawing from the toolbox.
- Make a Demand Sign: Company journey managers have a key function to play in signaling a rising demand for greener journey choices.
- Begin Right now: Attempt to enhance emissions information − however do not let perfection halt progress.
- Go “Glocal”: International methods needs to be localized to contemplate infrastructure and cultural variations.
- Future Proof: Mix fast wins with longer-term investments.
- Collaboration is Key: Sustainability is a shared effort between company journey managers, procurement, sustainability, and worker vacationers.
Extra matters lined within the report embrace integrating local weather concerns into company journey insurance policies, measuring journey program emissions, greening the procurement course of, and navigating Sustainable Aviation Gas (SAF) alternatives towards decarbonizing air journey.
Methodology
The report’s benchmarking methodology consisted of interviews with a dozen sustainability leaders from world firms that depend on enterprise journey to efficiently conduct their enterprise. Members included members of the GBTA Basis’s Sustainability Company Advisory Board (CAB), in collaboration with the GBTA Sustainability Management Council (SLC).
Go to the GBTA Basis to obtain the total benchmark report.
Extra associated GBTA Basis sources and occasions
- The Basis can be set to launch a brand new world “State of Local weather Motion” research in June 2023. This report follows final 12 months’s “State of Sustainability in International Enterprise Journey Examine” and goals to measure the adoption of finest practices for lowering Scope 3.6 emissions throughout the complete enterprise journey neighborhood. The report will present statistics on the progress made by varied organizations in several areas towards their local weather targets. Insights are nonetheless being collected by way of a survey open till April 28.
- The report will likely be unveiled on June thirteenth at GBTA’s 2nd Sustainability Summit in Washington, D.C. which can embrace journey purchaser case research offered by Google, Salesforce and Shell. Click on right here for extra Summit info and to register to attend.
- The GBTA Basis’s Sustainability Program has additionally launched a Sustainability Toolkit to information, inform, and empower company journey managers in lowering the local weather influence of enterprise journey of their group.
Concerning the GBTA Basis
The GBTA Basis is the non-profit, cause-led arm of the International Enterprise Journey Affiliation (GBTA), the world’s premier enterprise journey and conferences commerce group serving 7,600+ members and advocating for the $1.158 trillion*world enterprise journey and conferences business. The Basis was re-launched in July 2022 to champion motion and optimistic influence from inside the world enterprise journey business towards creating a greater future for individuals and the planet. It’s a U.S. Inner Income Service-designated 501(c)3 authorized entity that operates individually from however below the auspices of the 501(c)6 commerce affiliation. Study extra or make a tax-deductible contribution to our mission at GBTAFoundation.org.
*Primarily based on 2023 GBTA Enterprise Journey Index™ information, July 2022
