Tech Companies So Far Not Focused on Cutting Corp Travel Emissions — New Report
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Campaigners have singled out Microsoft, Google, Facebook and a host of other technology and consultancy firms in a ranking of 230 companies. But this approach is a little backward-looking, with scores failing to include initiatives that will heavily impact business trips in the future.
The companies that brought virtual work practices to the masses during the pandemic are, ironically, being heavily criticized in a new report that rates 230 global companies on their efforts to reduce carbon emissions from corporate travel.
Two environmental campaigners have published a ranking, and claim tech giants including Microsoft, Google and Facebook are not “committed to act with sufficient speed and ambition in line with the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.”
In fact, report authors Transport & Environment and Stand.earth believe just 3 percent of all the companies are fully committed.
The ranking is based on nine indicators, relating to emissions reduction targets, reporting, and air travel emissions. Companies have been rated A, B, C or D.
A company with an "A" score has an "absolute reduction commitment for air travel, some of which are aiming for a 50 percent or higher reduction target by 2025," the campaigners said. These companies have been reporting their business or air travel emissions for more than a year.
Just eight companies (or 3 percent) in the ranking scored an A, with Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk comi
